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little narrowed, sides gradually rounded and widening to about 

 the middle, when they insensibly curve inwards to the posterior 

 angles which are somewhat obtuse, disk transversely wrinkled, 

 dorsal furrow deep in the middle but abbreviated or obsolete before 

 and behind, base rather rugose, having an oblong impressed 

 fovea on each side. Elytra narrowed in front to meet the base 

 of the thorax, then wider but with the sides very slightly rounded, 

 apex obliquely sinuated, convex, striated, the third interstice with 

 a puncture behind close to. the second stria ; legs pitchy black. 

 Length 5 lines. 



H. stygius, fuscipalpis and tenebrosus, Steph., agree with this 

 species, which is common in sandy districts near the southern 

 coasts.. 



28. H. anxius : oblongo-ovatus, niger ; thorace antice suban- 

 gustato, postice utrinque impresso, angulis posticis subrectis ; 

 elytris striatis ; antennis palpisque ferrugineis ; pedibus 

 nigro-piceis. 



Carabus anxius, Dufts. Faun. 2. 101. 



Harpalm anxius, Sturm, D. F. 4. 72. pi. 89. Gyll. Ins. Suec. 4. 



439._Dej. Spec. 4. 375; Icon. 4. 227. pi. 197. Steph. 



Mand. 1. 144, et Manual, p. 41. Erichson, Kafer, 57. 

 H. nigripes et piger, Steph. Mand. 1. 144, et Manual, p. 41. 

 H.femoralis, coracinus et f,aviventris y Steph. Mand. 1. 145, et 



Manual, p. 41. 

 H. luteicornis, Steph. Mand. 1. 153, et Manual, p. 44. 



Shining black. Head depressed in front, transversely impressed 

 on each side between the antennae, which with the palpi are 

 entirely red, occasionally pitchy red. Thorax subquadrate, 

 broad, a little narrowed in front and rounded below the angles 

 to about the middle, thence continued almost straight towards 

 the posterior angles which are a little obtuse, the posterior 

 margin being slightly curved or obliquely sloped towards them, 

 the disk with a fine dorsal furrow transversely wrinkled on each 

 side and met in front and behind by some distinct longitudinal 

 striae, on each side at the base about midway between the dorsal 

 furrow and the hinder angles and touching the posterior margin 

 is a deep oblong impression ; the lateral margins sometimes 

 ferruginous. Elytra oblong-ovate, with the sides very slightly 

 rounded, moderately and simply striated, the striae more slender 

 in the ? and the interstices smoother and flatter ; femora pitchy 

 black, tibiae and tarsi pitchy red, the latter palest. Length 

 3-3f lines. 



H. coracinus, flaviventris and luteicornis, Steph., are immature 



