CARABIDtfl. MASOREUS. 153 



Ilarpalus picipennis, Sturm, D. F. 4. 75. pi. 90. Gyll. Ins. 

 Suec. 4. 439. Dej. Spec. 4. 379; Icon. 4. 231. pi. 197. 

 Erichson, Kafer, 58. Heer, Faun. Helv. 115. 



Ovate, pitchy black. Head with the usual small impression 

 on each side in front, palpi and antennae red. Thorax transverse, 

 sides gradually and very slightly rounded from the anterior 

 angles to the base, with the posterior angles likewise somewhat 

 rounded, disk convex, transversely wrinkled, the dorsal furrow 

 well impressed, base with an oblong stria on each side which 

 sometimes assumes the form of a deep pit, wholly impunctate. 

 Elytra ovate, finely striated ; legs pitchy red. Length 2-3 lines. 



This species is the Carabus vernalis of Fabricius, but not Har- 

 palus vernalis of Gyllenhal ; the latter has been already recorded 

 (Pterostichus). It is a coast species, but rather local; not un- 

 common under stones on the Chesil bank and in similar localities 

 in the south, as well as on the coasts of Norfolk, Suffolk and 

 Essex. 



Genus 42. MASOREUS, Dejean. 



Men turn dente medio nullo. Ligula apice truncata ; paraglossis 

 membranaceisy earn longe superantibus. Palpi articulo ultimo 

 subovato, apice truncato. Tarsi articulo quarto integro : 

 unguiculis simplicibus. 



1 . M. Wetterhallii ; rufo-piceus nitidus ; thorace brevi, dilatato, 

 lateribus rotundato ; elytris ovatis, subtiliter punctato- 

 striatis, basi ferrugineis ; palpis antennis pedibusque rufo- 

 testaceis. 



Harpalus Wetterhallii, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 3. 698. 



Masoreus Wetterhallii, Erichson, Kafer, 25. 



M. luxatus, Dej. Spec. 3. 537 ; Icon. 3. 325. pi. 171. Curtis, 



Ent. pi. 287. Steph. Hand. 5. 383, et Manual, p. 48. 

 Trechus laticollis, Sturm, D. F. 6. 103. 



Above pitchy red, very shining. Head pitchy black, very 

 smooth and glossy, having a small pit on each side at the base 

 of the antennae, which together with the palpi are entirely tes- 

 taceous red, eyes and tip of the mandibles black. Thorax trans- 

 verse, very short and broad, with its sides rounded, posterior 

 angles subrotundate, disk convex, dorsal furrow strongly im- 

 pressed and extending to the base. Elytra somewhat ovate, 

 with the apex obliquely truncate, moderately convex, finely 

 striated, the striae delicately punctured, interstices flat, the base 

 ferruginous red, the rest pitchy black ; legs entirely testaceous. 

 Length 2J lines. 



