162 CARABIDjE. BRADYCELLUS. 



sides not rounded, disk more depressed, finely striated; legs 

 pitchy testaceous. Length 1^ line. 



This insect was first discovered in England by Mr. S. Stevens, 

 who captured a few specimens on Bury hiU near Arundel ; a single 

 example was taken by Mr. Wollaston near Luccombe in the Isle 

 of Wight ; and I subsequently secured a series from beneath 

 rejectamenta on the sands in Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate in 

 Feb. 1849. 



Genus 44. BRADYCELLUS, Erichson. 



Mentum dente medio acuto. Ligula apice medio sinuata ; para- 

 glossis membranaceis, acuminatis, ligulam paululum supe- 

 rantibus. Palpi articulo ultimo fusiformi, apice subacuminato . 

 Mandibulse breves, acutiusculce. Labrum transversum, trun- 

 catum. Tarsi antici maris articulis quatuor dilatatis, primo 

 subquadrato, reliquis obcordatis, singulis subtus biseriatim 

 pectinato-setosis ; intermedii in utroque sexu simplices. 



1. B. placidus : oblongus, rufo-testaceus ; thorace subquadrato, 

 posticb subangustato, utrinque foveolato punctatoque, disco 

 plerumque infuscato ; elytris striatis, testaceis, macula 

 oblonga juxta suturam nigro-picea ; antennarum basi 

 pedibusque testaceis. 



Harpalus placidus , Gyll. Ins. Suec. 4. 453. 



Acupalpus placidus, Dej. Spec. 4. 441 ; Icon. 4. 256. pi. 199. 



Heer, Faun. Helv. 118. 



Trechus placidus, Steph. Mand. 5. 384, et Manual, p. 50. 

 Bradycellus placidus, Erichson, Kitfer, 65. Redt. Faun. Aust. 



103. 

 Harpalus vespertinus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 162. 



Head large, pitchy, convex, the sides punctured behind the 

 eyes, which are large and prominent ; palpi and three joints at 

 the base of the antennae testaceous. Thorax ferruginous, with a 

 dark blotch in the middle, wide and rounded in front below the 

 angles, obliquely narrowed behind, disk moderately convex, 

 having a fine dorsal line which is met in front by a transverse 

 curved depression on which are several small punctures, base 

 punctured, and with a large punctured fovea on each side. Elytra 

 testaceous, with a narrow lanceolate dark stripe on each near the 

 suture, the latter being always pale, oblong-ovate, shoulders a 

 little rounded, sides rather widest about the middle, evenly striated, 

 striae deepest next the suture; legs pale testaceous. Length 

 2 lines. 



