168 CARABID.E. TRECHUS. 



punctate-striated, the punctured strise rather obsolete on the 

 sides, the outer margins with a few larger impressions behind 

 the shoulders ; body beneath pitchy black, with the apex of the 

 abdomen pale ; legs red. Length 2f lines. 



For restoring the Fabrician name to this insect, I have the 

 authority of Erichson, who informs us that he found it so 

 labelled in the Fabrician collection. It occurs in the north of 

 England and in Scotland, and more rarely in Ireland. 



5. T. lapidosus : rufo-testaceus, nitidus, capite inter dum piceo, 



oculis nigris ; thorace subquadrato, postice utrinque foveo- 

 lato, angulis posticis acutis ; elytris punctato-striatis punc- 

 tisque duobus impressis ; antennis pedibusque pallidis. 

 (PI. II. f. D, PI. III. f. 3.) 



Blemus lapidosus, Dawson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. 214 (1849). 

 B. pallidus, Steph. Manual, p. 50. 



Above reddish testaceous, paler beneath. Head sometimes 

 pitchy, oblong depressed, with a deep longitudinal impression on 

 each side behind the eyes ; the latter black and depressed, palpi 

 and antennae pale testaceous. Thorax subquadrate, sides mar- 

 gined, rounded below the anterior angles, obliquely narrowed 

 behind, posterior angles acute and prominent, disk flattish with 

 an impressed dorsal line, base depressed, with two wide fovese. 

 Elytra much depressed, punctate-striated, the third interstice 

 with two deeper impressions ; legs pale testaceous. Length 

 2f lines. 



Very local ; near Ventnor, Isle of Wight ; South Shields and 

 Berwick-upon-Tweed. A single specimen has been taken by 

 Mr. Haliday on the shore at Holywood, in Ireland. 



6. T. incilis : subtus niger, abdominis apice testaceo, supra 



nigro-piceus ; thorace subquadrato, postice utrinque foveo- 

 lato, angulis posticis acutis ; elytris oblong o-ovatis, striis 

 quatuor dorsalibus abbreviatis in singulo impressis ; an- 

 tennarum articulo 2, 3 et 4 basi nigris, reliquis, palpis 

 pedibusque testaceis. (PI. II. f. C.) 



Dawson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. 213 (1849). 



Oblong-ovate, pitchy black. Head with two deep frontal 

 impressions, with an elevated ridge between them ; antennse 

 reddish testaceous, the second, third and fourth joints ringed 

 with black. Thorax subquadrate, sides rounded and acutely 

 margined, contracted behind, posterior angles acute, disk rather 



