HARPALIDiE. — PTEROSTICHUS. 121 



Dr. Leach has been remarkably successful in capturing the 

 species of this genus, four of which were added to our Fauna by 

 his exertions during the year 1825 ; of these the only two appa- 

 rently described were recorded in my list of Harpalidse, published 

 in November last, in which I inserted^'yg species, including the two 

 described by Marsham in 1802. 



t Sp. 1. fasciato-punctatus. Apterus, ater, nitidus, elytris striatis, interstitiis 

 punctis plurimis transversaliter impressis. (Long, corp, 8 lin.) 



Ca. fasciato-punctatus. Creutzer. — Pt. fasciato-punctatus. Steph. Catal. p. 25. 

 iVo. 202. 



Deep glossy black : head smooth, with two sulci between the eyes : thorax rather 

 convex, shining, with a deeply impressed dorsal line, and a fovea near each 

 angle at the base : elytra slightly convex, deeply striated, the striiE impunctate, 

 with three or four irregularly disposed transverse rows of impressed dots, 

 more or less united into fascice, the margin densely punctated : legs rather 

 long, pitchy-black : tarsi pitchy. 



One specimen found by Dr. Leach in Devonshire. 



f Sp. 2. brunnipes. Niger, nitidus, thorace postice utrinque bistriato, elytris 

 striatis, disco punctis tribus impressis; pedibus piceo-brunneis. (Long. corp. 

 7^—8 lin.) 



Pt. brunnipes. Samouelle MSS.— Steph. Catal. p. 25. No. 203, 



Shining black: head large, impunctate: thorax with a deep dorsal channel, ob- 

 soletely wrinkled transversely and longitudinally at the base : near the hinder 

 angle on each side is a deep smooth impressed line, and a smaller one at the 

 angle : elytra striated, the striae impunctate, with three impressions on the 

 third from the suture, and a slightly interrupted series on the margin : thorax 

 very obsoletely punctate beneath: legs and antennae pitchy-brown: palpi 

 pitchy-red : mandibles obtuse, rufescent. 



This appears to be the Pt. parumpunctatus of De Jean, according to Germar's 

 description — " thorace cordato, postice utrinque impresso, loevi, ater, nitidus, 

 elytris striatis: strid marginali punctata, disco tripunctatis f — but as it is 

 impossible for me to ascertain with sufficient accuracy the identity of spe- 

 cimens amongst approximating species, which are deposited in the British 

 Museum, 1 speak with hesitation on this point, and have adopted the name 

 appUed to the insect by Mr. Samouelle. 



Three specimens tal^en by Dr. Leach beneath stones in Devon- 

 shire : one near Stonehouse in a marsh, another between Crabtree 

 and Ridgway, the third between Bickleigh and Shawbridge near 

 the river. 



f Sp. 3. elongatus. Elongatus, ater, nitidus, thorace postice utrinque impresso, 



elytris striatis, punctis quinque impressis. (Long. corp. 7^ Un.) 

 Pt. elongatus. Samou. MSS. — Curtis, v, pi. ]96.—Steph. Catal. p.' Q5. No. 201. 



