HARPALID^. AMARA. 135 



Deep black, slightly glossy, very convex : head smooth : thorax rather broad, 

 with a slight dorsal channel, and two subpunctate foveae on each side at the 

 base near the hinder angles ; the inner rather deepest : elytra very faintly 

 striated, the external stria with an interrupted series of impressions; the 

 reflected margin of the elytra and the sides of the thorax beneath aeneous, the 

 body black : legs elongate, the femora feneous, the tibiae and tarsi pitchy-red ; 

 the antennae stout, fuscous, with the three basal joints testaceous. 



Remarkably convex, and of a deep rather obscure black, which characters, and 

 its slender somewhat elongated legs, well distinguish it from its congeners : it 

 somewhat resembles a Helops. 



One specimen only found near London. 



Sp. 25. tibialis. Nigra, supra ctsrulescens aut cenea, antennaram basi tibiiique 

 rufo-testaceis, thorace utrinque bis fovcolato, ehjtris pundato-striatis. (Long, 

 corp. 2 — ^\ lin.) 



Ca. tibialis. Pai/kuL— Am. tibialis. Steph. Catal. p. 28. No. 238. 



Oblong, small, brassy-black: head glossy smooth: thorax transverse, nearly 

 quadrangular, sUghtly convex, glossy, smooth, with a faint dorsal channel, 

 and at the base on each side with two small impressions : elytra rather convex, 

 faintly striated, the striae distinctly punctate, the usual abbreviated stria near 

 the scutellum obliterated, on the margin is an interrupted series of impres- 

 sions: the thighs are black or piceous ; the tibiae and tarsi more or less rufo- 

 testaceous, the three basal joints of the antennae the same. The colour of the 

 upper surface varies greatly, being of various shades of blue, violet, aeneous, 

 coppery, or black. 



This and the following species are distinguished from the other Amarge by the 

 usual abbreviated stria near the scutellum being obliterated, or by having it 

 simply indicated (in some cases) by a few remote punctures. 



Not very common ; occurring but sparingly near London, and its 

 vicinity. " On the banks of the Tees." — L. Rudd, Esq. " Bot- 

 tishara." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Sand-pit, Riverhead, Kent," — Mr. 

 Ingpen. 



Sp. 26. infima. Nigra, nitida, antennis pedibusque rufescentibus, thorace breviore 

 lateribus rotundato,foveolis haseos punctatis. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 



Ca. infimus. Duftschmid.— Am. infima. Steph. Catal. p. 28. No. 239. 



Similar to the last, but differs in the punctation of the thorax, and in form : 

 glossy black : head smooth : thorax short, with its lateral margins rounded, 

 the disc transversely convex ; on each side at the base are two punctate foveae, 

 the inner oblong and deepest ; the lateral margin, and sometimes the hinder, 

 tinged with ferruginous: elytra as in Am. tibialis : body beneath black, glossy, 

 the breast sparingly punctate ; the legs stout, rusty-red, the thighs occasionally 

 dusky : antennae dull ferruginous, the three basal joints pale testaceous. 



Apparently scarce ; taken near London, and in Norfolk. 



