154 CARABID^E. STENOLOPHUS. 



GyllenhaPs name is restored to this species in right of 

 priority. 



The insect is somewhat local, but maybe taken rather plentifully 

 on the Chesil bank, in the Isle of Portland ; on the sand-hills at 

 Deal ; and near Sheerness, in May and June. 



Genus 43. STENOLOPHUS, Megerle. 



Mentum dente medio nullo. Ligula apice truncata ; paraglossis 

 membranaceis, subrotundatis, ligulam hand superantibus. 

 Palpi articulo ultimo fusiformi, apice subacuminato. Man- 

 dibulse breves, acutiusculce. Labrum transversum, quadratum, 

 apice truncatum. Tarsi anteriores maris articulis dilatatis, 

 subtus biseriatim pectinato-setosis, ultimo aut bifido, aut 

 obcordato. 



* Tarsi antici maris articulo penultimo profunde emarginato, 



bilobo. 



1 . S. Teutonus : oblongus ; capite pectore abdomineque nigris ; 

 thorace rufo, quadrato, postice utrinque subfoveolato, an- 

 gulis posticis subrotundatis ; elytris rufis, striatis } macula 

 magna communi postica nigro-subcyanea ; antennarum 

 basi pedibusque testaceis. 



Carabus Teutonus, Schrank, Enum. Ins. Aust. 214. no. 404 



(1781). 

 C. vaporariorum, Fab. Mant. 1. 205 (1787). Fab. S. El. 1. 



206. Panz. Faun. 16 (1789-1810). Dufts. Faun. 2. 141. 

 Harpalus vaporariorum, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 161. Sturm, D. F. 



4. 120. 

 Stenolophus vaporariorum, Dej. Spec. 4. 407 ; Icon. 4. 239. 



pi. 198. Steph. Mand. 1. 165. pi. 9, et Manual, p. 48.- 



Erichson, Kafer, 59. Heer, Faun. Helv. 115. 



Oblong. Head black, with a small deep fovea on each side in 

 front ; mouth, palpi and two joints at the base of the antennae 

 testaceous, the rest of the antennae fuscous black. Thorax red, 

 quadrate, sides very slightly rounded, the posterior angles obtuse 

 or subrotundate, the dorsal line very indistinct, transversely 

 wrinkled and met in front by a slight depressed space, the base 

 with a smooth shallow impression on each side. Elytra oblong, 

 sides almost straight, obliquely sloped at the tip, striated, inter- 

 stices flat, red in front, and with a large blue-black or cyaneous 

 patch covering the hinder part, common to both and extending 

 more or less upwards, sometimes leaving the shoulders alone 



