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Newark, where he has taken them both in spring and autumn, 

 among grass and rushes. It is also stated to have been taken 

 at Raehills, Dumfriesshire, by the Rev.W. Little; and near Paisley. 

 The Rev. Mr. Jarman captured it abundantly in May 1853 near 

 the railway bridge that crosses the lode in Holme Fen, Hunts. 



7. S. meridianus : oblongus, niger ; thorace postice angustato, 



utrinque foveolato punctatoque, angulis posticis obtusis ; 

 elytris striatis, basi sutura pedibusque testaceis. 



Carabus meridianus, Linn. F. S. 797. Fab. S. El. 1. 206. 

 Harpalus meridianus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 165. 

 Acupalpus meridianus, Dej. Spec. 4. 451 ; Icon. 4. 265. pi. 200. 

 Trechus meridianus, Steph. Mand. 1. 170, et Manual, p. 49. 

 Stenolophus meridianus, Erichson, Kafer, 62. Heer, Faun. 



Helv. 117. 

 Trechus suturalis, Steph. Mand. 1. 168, et Manual, p. 49. 



Oblong. Head and thorax shining black, very glossy ; palpi 

 and antennae pitchy testaceous, base of the latter pale. Thorax 

 broad in front, and about equal to the length, and rounded below 

 the angles, obliquely narrowed behind, posterior angles obtuse, 

 dorsal furrow entire, having on each side at the base a large 

 punctured fovea. Elytra oblong, very slightly widest behind 

 the middle, rather convex and distinctly striated, black, with the 

 base and the suture testaceous ; underside black, legs testaceous. 

 Length If line. 



T. suturalis of the Stephensian collection belongs to this 

 common species. 



8. S. derelictus : oblongus, nigro-piceus ; thorace quadrato, postice 



utrinque foveolato, angulis posticis subrotundatis ; elytris 

 subtiliter striatis ; antennarum basi pedibusque pallide 

 testaceis. 



Oblong, pitchy black. Head with a minute fovea on each side 

 in front, palpi and two joints at the base of the antennae testa- 

 ceous. Thorax reddish pitchy, with its margins testaceous, 

 broad and nearly quadrate, sides rounded and very slightly nar- 

 rowed behind, posterior angles somewhat rounded, very mode- 

 rately convex, the base depressed, having an impunctate fovea on 

 each side. Elytra about half as wide again as the thorax, 

 shoulders somewhat elevated, sides almost straight or very slightly 

 widest behind the middle, the apex distinctly emarginate, disk 

 moderately convex, finely striated, the striae impunctate ; under- 

 side black, legs pale testaceous. Length If line. 



This apparently unique insect is about the size of S. dorsalis, 



