28 GEOI3EPHACA. HARPALID^E. 



178 gracile Stur. D. F. v. 197. pi. 136. f. a. A. — Ste. M.\ i. 94. — Ob- 

 long, narrow ; pitchy-black, sinning : thorax rather short, somewhat 

 4-drate, and a little narrowed behind ; elytra oblong, finely striated, with 

 remote impressions on the 3d interstice ; legs and antennae black ; tibiae 

 and tarsi sometimes dull rusty-pitchy. (L. 3k 1.) Occasionally near 

 London, in spring. 



179 pelidnum PL F. i. 134. -De J. Ic. ii. 122. f. 4. — Ste. M. i. 94. — 

 Oblong ; pitchy-black, shining : thorax oblong, faintly wrinkled, without 



. pits; hinder angles obtusely rounded ; elytra pitchy-brown, very faintly 

 striated, the striae impunctate ; legs pitchy-red ; mouth and base of 

 antennae pitchy, apex of the latter fuscous. (L. 3-3g 1.) Near London; 

 more abundant at Whittlesea Mere; and twice at Bottisham: 11-7. 



180 affine Ste. M. i. 94. — Oblong ; pitchy-black, shining : thorax rather 

 short, smooth, with an impression on each side of the base ; elytra some- 

 what faintly striated, striae impunctate ; antennae and legs deep pitchy- 

 black. (L. 3^ 1.) Apparently rare ; taken near London, in Battersea 

 fields : 3-6. 



181 pusillum Ste. M. i. 95. — Deep shining black, with a faint tint of violet : 

 thorax short, broadish, obsoletely wrinkled transversely ; elytra deeply 

 striated, the marginal striae obsoletely punctured ; legs, mouth and 

 antennae deep black. (L. 2| 1.) Near London : 4. 



182 livens Gi/'l. ii. 149. —Ste. M. i. 95. — Ag. 2-punctatum Stu. D. F. v. 

 pi. 133. f. B. b. — Oblong, depressed, black, shining: forehead with 

 2 red dots ; thorax faintly, but obtusely, angulated behind, with a deep 

 punctured impression on each side ; elytra slightly, but simply striated ; 

 apex and body testaceous ; mouth and legs rusty-red ; antennae rusty, with 

 the base of the 2d, 3d, and 4th joints pitchy. (L. 3^-4 1.) A maritime? 

 species ; Bognor, Hastings, Brighton, and Norfolk coasts ; rare : 5-8. 



38 Olisthopus Be Jean. 



1S3 rotundatus Pk. F. i. 136. — Ste. M i. 96. pi. 6. f. 2.— Brown-brassy, 

 shining ; beneath pitchy-red : thorax faintly wrinkled transversely ; elytra 

 simply striated, with 3 impressions on the disc ; legs and antennae at base 

 yellowish, tip of latter dusky ; mouth reddish ; palpi pale, dusky at the 

 tip. (L. 3-3^ 1. ) Common in corn fields, &c. near London ; also found 

 in Suff., Norf., and Salop ; Midgley Moor, Yorks. ; Carlisle ; as well 

 as in Scotland: 3-7 *. 



39 Odontonyx Stejyhens. 



184 rotundicollis Marsh, i. 471. — Ste. M. i. 96. — Wingless; rusty-pitchy 

 or dusky ; shining : elytra paler, obsoletely striated, with 3 impressions on 

 the disc; legs and antennae pale testaceous ; palpi reddish. (L. 2^1.) 

 Found occasionally near London. 5. 



40 Synuchus Bonelli. 



185 nivalis III. K. i. 197. — Ste. M. i. 97. — Ca. nivalis Pz. F. xxxvii. f. 19. 

 — Shining'black : elytra deeply, but simply striated, with 3 remote impres- 

 sions on the 3d stria ; mouth, antennae and legs red. Sometimes the suture 

 and edge of the elytra reddish. (L. 3|-4l.) Rather local; found in 

 damp banks at Coombe, Darenth, &c. ; at Bottisham; Netley ; in Norfolk, 

 &c. ; sparingly in Scotland : 4-8. 



41 Calathus Bonelli. 



1 86 piceus Marsh, i. 444. — Ste. M. i. 98. pi. 6. f. 3. — Wingless ; pitchy- 

 black : thorax narrowed behind, its hinder angles rounded, and its margins 



