HARPALID-E. — HARPALUS. 151 



the basal joints spotted with black; the palpi fulvous: the legs black, with 

 black cilia : elytra as in Ha. annulicorniSj but of a deep blue. 

 Two of my specimens of this insect I obtained from the Marshamian Cabinet ; 

 bearing the above name, from Mr. Kirby's MSS., in which Mr. Kirby justly 

 inquires. An varietas precedentis ? 



Taken occasionally near London; also in Cumberland. " In 

 Sumk."—Rev. W. Kirby. 



Sp. 29. notatus. Niger, nitidus, palpis antennisque rufo-testaceis, pedibns 

 nigris, tarsis anticis et intermediis piceo-ferrugineis, antennarum articulin 2, 

 3 et At, basi nigris.; thorace postice transverse impressd utringue foveis duabus. 

 (Long. Corp. 4^ lin.) 



Ha. notatus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. p. 31. A^o. 279. 



Also allied to Ha. annulicomis, but differs in having a transverse impression at 

 the base of the thorax, which is longitudinally wrinkled, and has two deep 

 somewhat rugged fovese on each side, adjoining the posterior margin ; the 

 elytra are slightly tinged with blue, moderately and simply striated, with a 

 few impressions at the apex of the third interstice from the margin, and an 

 interrupted series on the margin itself: the legs are black, with the anterior 

 and intermediate tarsi pitchy-ferruginous, antennae and palpi rufo-ferru- 

 ginous ; the second, third, and fourth joints of the former black at the base. 

 Allied to the Ha. Frolichii of Megerle. 



I obtained one specimen from Mr. Marsliam's collection, and 

 have since taken the insect near London. " In Suffolk." — Rev. 

 W. Kirhy. 



Sp. 30. obscuricornis. Brevis, latus, niger, antennarum apice, palpis, tibiarum 



basi tarsisque piceo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 

 Ha. obscuricornis. Megerle. — Steph. Catal. p. 31. No. 278. 



Short, broad, slight glossy-black : thorax with a very faint dorsal channel, very 

 obsoletely wrinkled transversely, with an obsolete shghtly punctulate fovea 

 on each side at the base, on the posterior margin itself: elytra faintly striated, 

 the strife simple, and no impressions at the apex of the third interstice from 

 the margin, but a series on the marginal one towards the tip : thighs black, 

 tibise and tarsi rufo-testaceous, the former blackish at the tips: antennae 

 blackish at the base, the tip pale fulvous : palpi ferruginous. 



Apparently rare; as I have seen but one specimen, which I 

 caught several years since near Dover. It is very distinct from all 

 the preceding. 



Sp. 31. rufipalpis. Niger, subnitidus, palpis rufo-fuhis, pedibus nigris, tarsis 

 piceo-testaceis, aniennisfulvis, articulis 2, 3 et 4, basi nigricantihus. (Long, 

 corp. 4j lin.) 



Ha. rufipalpis. Sturm. — Steph. Catal p. 31. No. 277. 



