ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET, 



TACHYPUS ANDREW. Stephens. 

 Carabus Andreae. Fabr. 



Shining, greenish-copper : head rather deeply 

 punctate, especially on the sides : thorax with the 

 disc smooth, faintly channelled, the base trans- 

 versely impressed and punctate : elytra short, broad 

 oval, somewhat convex, regularly punctate striated, 

 the striae diminishing before the tip, the interstices 

 very smooth ; entirely of a pale whitish ochraceous, 

 glossed with greenish round the scutellum, and a 

 little behind the middle a waved, dentate, transverse 

 fascia, common to both elytra, glossed with greenish 

 in certain positions, and not touching either mar- 

 gins ; in the middle of each elytron it inclines 

 towards the thorax : legs and antennae entirely pale 

 testaceous. 



Length 2| to 2£ lines. 



We are indebted to N. A. Vigors, Esq. M. P. &c. 

 for specimens of this pretty and very local insect, we 

 believe, they were found near Dublin ; they have 

 ulso been taken in England, on the Norfolk Coast. 



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