HARPALIDiE. — AGONUM. 8T 



I Sp. 3. austriacum. Nigrum, thorace viridi-cupreo, elytris viridibus, striatis, 

 ad suturam. cupreis; pedibus nigris. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 



Ca. austriacus. Fabricius. — Ag. austriacum. Curtis, iv, pi. 183. — Steph. Catal. 

 No. 124. 



Head smooth green : palpi and three basal joints of the antennae black, the rest 

 of the latter brown : thorax coppery-green, with a central channel, obsoletely 

 strigose transversely, with a thickly punctured fovea on each side at the base : 

 elytra green-copper near the suture, slightly convex, striated, the interstices 

 smooth, the second from the suture with a row of impressed dots, and the 

 marginal stria also with a series of impressions : body beneath and legs black. 



Two specimens of this elegant species are in the British Museum 

 cabinet, captured by the late Mr. Cranch, near Kingsbridge, in 

 Devonsliire ; and the Rev. F. W. Hope has a specimen which he 

 took at Clengre, near Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire. 



Sp. 4. parumpunctatum. Oblongo-ovatum versicolore, elytris striatis disco tri- 



punctatis, tibiis testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 — 4 lin.) 

 Ca. parumpunctatum. Fabricius. — Ag. parumpunctatum. Steph, Catal. No. 



125. — Ca. caerulescens. Mart. C. pi. S5.f. 1. 



Head smooth glossy-green : mouth pitchy : palpi black : antennae black, with 

 the basal joint testaceous beneath: thorax above slightly convex, green, 

 tinged with coppery or brass, very obsoletely strigose, shghtly channelled in 

 the centre ; with an obsoletely punctate fovea at the base near the posterior 

 angles : elytra slightly convex, of a shining coppery or brassy-green, slightly 

 striated, the striae very obsoletely punctated, with three or four impressed 

 dots between the second and third from the suture, and a series of impres- 

 sions on the margin : the body beneath obscure-green, shining, slightly punc- 

 tate : thighs greenish-black, the base sometimes pitchy : tibiae and tarsi dull 

 testaceous. 



Like Ag. sexpunctatum this species varies much in colour above, being occa- 

 sionally found of beautiful tints of blue, purple, azure, and violet, or fine cop- 

 pery green, and sometimes black. 



Not an uncommon insect, occurring beneath stones and moss in 

 damp places : the varieties are, however, rare. 



Sp. 5. pHcicoUe. Viridi-cBnenm, antennis pedibusque piceis, thorace transversi7n 

 rugoso, elytris striatis stria marginali punctis mnjusculis distantibus notatd. 

 (Long. corp. 4 hn.) 



Ag. plicicoUe. Nicolai. — Steph. Catal. No. 126. 



Head brassy-green, ruggedly punctate : mouth piceous : antennae piceous, the 

 first joint palest: thorax convex, transversely rugose, green-brassy, smoothly 

 impressed on each side, with a central channel : scutellum obtuse, smooth, ob- 

 scure aeneous : elytra oblong, broader than the thorax : shoulders rounded, 

 rather depressed, gi-een-brass, simply striated, with three large impressed 

 dots near the second stria from the suture, and a series of distant spots on 



