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Not common; but found in the marshes about Whittlesea 

 Mere and in the Cambridgeshire fens. " Banks of the Thames 

 and Stockton-on-Tees," Mr. Stephens. " Dunston in June/' 

 J. Hardy. 



2. B. cognatus : oblongus, subpubescens, nigro-piceus ; thorace 

 subquadrato, postice subangustato , utrinque foveolato 

 punctatoque, angulis posticis subrotundatis ; elytris piceo- 

 ferrugineis, striatis, maculd magnd oblongd nigro-piced ; 

 antennarum basi tibiisque rufo-testaceis. 



Harpalus cognatus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 4. 455. 



Acupalpus cognatus, Dej. Spec. 4. 440 ; Icon. 4. 255. pi. 199. 



This insect is nearly allied to the preceding, but is smaller, 

 darker-and very finely pubescent. Head black, palpi and antennae 

 pitchy, apex of the former and the basal joint of the latter red. 

 Thorax pitchy black or black with the margins narrowly and the 

 base more broadly obscure testaceous, subquadrate, a little 

 narrowed behind, posterior angles rather more rounded than in 

 placidus, the dorsal furrow terminating in front in a depressed 

 space extending transversely to the anterior angles and carrying 

 numerous punctures, the base also punctured and with a punctured 

 fovea on each side, as in the allied species. Elytra pitchy black, 

 with the suture, the shoulders and the lateral margins ferruginous, 

 more or less pitchy, sometimes reddish testaceous with a large 

 dark cloud covering the hinder portion and extending more 

 narrowly upwards, disk convex, very finely pubescent, rather less 

 deeply striated and the sides less dilated behind than in placidus ; 

 legs pitchy black, tibiae reddish testaceous. Length 2 lines. 



This is peculiarly a mountain species and has never occurred in 

 the south. In Wales, Yorkshire and other northern counties, as 

 well as in Scotland, it is taken upon the high moors. Stephens 

 made a mistake when he recorded its capture near London ; the 

 specimen which he mistook for this insect is an immature meri- 

 dianus. Abundant on Midgeley Moor, &c., Yorkshire; in pro- 

 fusion on Griben Oernant, Moel y Gamelin and other moors near 

 Llangollen. Mr. Haliday has captured a single specimen on the 

 hills near Belfast. " Near Edinburgh ; Renfrewshire, Berwick- 

 shire." Murray's Catalogue. 



3. B. fulvus : oblongo-ovatus, rufo-piceus ; thorace subquadrato, 

 postice utrinque foveolato punctatoque, angulis posticis 

 obtusis ; elytris striatis, striis externis obsolete punctulatis ; 

 antennis pedibusque testaceis. 



Carabus fulvus, Marsham, Ent. 456. 



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