HARPALID.E. 65 



Mr. Dale communicated to me the discovery of this beautiful in- 

 sect during a late excursion in the north of England, he and Mr. 

 Curtis having each taken a specimen from under the slate at the 

 summit of Skiddaw. Three other specimens have been found since 

 by Mr. Marshall, one of w^hich is in my collection. My readers 

 are indebted to Mr. Westwood for a figure of this insect, he having 

 kindly presented me with a drawing of it. 



Sp. 4. spinilabris. Oblongus, rufo-ferrugineus, antennis pedibusque pallidioribus. 



(Long. corp. 2^ — 3^ lin.) 

 Ca. spinilabris. Fabricius. — Le. spinilabris. Steph. Catal. No. 92. 



Above entirely ferruginous^ more or less deep : the thorax is very convex and 

 glossy^ the anterior and posterior margins are very thickly punctate, the 

 lateral smooth : the elytra are somewhat oval, punctate-striated ; the lateral 

 striae rather obsolete : on the third stria are three or four more deeply im- 

 pressed dots : the body is rather paler beneath : the mouth, antennae, and 

 legs are very pale ferruginous. 



A very common insect in the neighbourhood of London, found 

 also throughout the country. 



Sp. 5. rufescens. Oblongus, ferrugineus, vertice anoque nigris, elytris apice 



fuscis. (Long. corp. 3— 3f lin.) 

 Ca. rufescens. Fabricius.— he. rufescens. Steph. Catal. No. 93. 



Very similar to the preceding, but differs in having the head dusky-brown be- 

 hind, and the tips of the elytra and of the abdomen of the same colour : the 

 thorax is rather vdder, and less attenuated posteriorly : the antenna; and legs 

 are somewhat paler than in Le. spinilabris. 



Var. jS. With the apex of the elytra ferruginous. 



Var. y. With a small pale ferruginous sublunar spot on each elytron near the 

 apex. 



Apparently a local insect, which I have hitherto only found in 

 Coombe and Darenth woods. It, however, occurs near Carlisle — 

 as I am informed by J. C. Heysham, Esq., who obligingly com- 

 municated to me the northern habitats of the Leisti, and the notice 

 of var. y. — and also near Netley, and Berkeley Castle, Glouc. 



Family V.— HARPALID^, Mac Leay. 



Ely Ira covering the abdomen, entire, or sUghtly sinuate-truncate behind : an- 

 terior tibial emarginated, not pahnated. Antennw filiform : labrum generally 

 quadratCj sometimes emarginated anteriorly, rarely bilobate: mandibles 

 pointed, or truncate at the tip, generally with one or more denticulations in- 

 ternally : maxiUw ciliated internally, with a claw at the tip : lahiuju quackate, 

 t])e anterior margin straight, without a tooth in the middle ; furnished with 



