32 GEOREPHACA. HARPALIBiE. 



6^ 1. ) Abundant on Hampstead Heath ; Coombe Wood, &c. ; also near 

 Southend ; and in Kent, Norfolk, &c. in spring. 



215 cupreus L. ii. 672 Don. xvi. pi. 554. — Ste. M. i. 110. Oblong- 

 ovate ; shining black : head, and thorax beneath, punctulated ; the latter with 

 2 punctate fovea? on each side at the base ; elytra striated, the stria^ more or 

 less obscurely punctate-striate ; antenna? with the two basal joints wholly 

 red : — colours above extremely variable, being either coppery, green, blue, 

 black, brassy-violet, &c. (L. 5-6% 1.) 



Var. Poe. rufifemoratus Ste. M. i. 110. — With the thighs red, tibiae and 

 tarsi pitchy. Extremely abundant throughout England, and in Scot- 

 land, 0, ifi. — Var. rare. 



216 versicolor Ziegler. — Stu. D. F. v. 99. pi. 120. f. 2. B.C. — Ste. M. 

 i. 110. — Oblong, shining ; black: head and thorax beneath extremely 

 smooth ; the latter with two punctured fovea? on each side at the base ; 

 elytra faintly punctate striated ; antennas with the 2 basal joints red, with 

 a raised black streak above : — colour above still more variable than in Pae. 

 cupreus; in some instances extremely brilliant. (L. 3h-5% 1.) 



Var. Pee. punctatostriatus Ste. M. i. 111. — Elytra very deeply punctate- 

 striate. Extremely common throughout England and in Scotland, ©. 



46 Sogines Leach. 



217 \ punctulatus III. K. i. 175. — Pz. F. xxx. f. 10. — Ste. M. i. 112.— 

 Oblong, dull black : thorax with 2 obscure impressions behind ; elytra 

 finely punctate-striate. (L. 6 1) Devonshire in the spring. 



47 Omaseus Ziegler. 



218 aterrimus Fab. E. i. 198. — Cur. i. pi. 15. — Ste. M. i. 113. — Black, 

 very shining : thorax transverse, rounded behind ; with a deep impression 

 on each side ; elytra finely punctate-striate, the disc with three deep 

 fovea? ; tarsi with reddish cilia?. (L. 1-1\ 1.) Horning in Norf., Whittle- 

 sea Mere, Bottisham fen, and near Cork : 4-6. 



219 Bulwerii, Ste. M. i. 113. pi. 7. f. 2. — Oblong, black; above brassy, 

 shining : thorax with the hinder angles acute, the base sparingly punc- 

 tured, with a deep fovea at each angle ; elytra punctate-striated, the disc 

 with 5 deep impressions. (L. 4-5 1.) Taken near Dublin : 6. 



220 Orinomum Leach. — Ste. M. i. 114. pi. 7. f. 3. var. — Ovate, black, or 

 brassy shining : thorax with hinder angles acute, with a deep fovea at each 

 angle ; the disc faintly wrinkled transversely ; elytra deeply striated, with 

 several ('3-6) impressions in the 2d and 3d interstices. The fovea? on the 

 elytra are sometimes obsolete, and vary in number. (L. 4-5^ 1.) Abund- 

 ant in mountainous districts of Wales, in England and Scotland : 4-8. 



221 Anthracinus III. K. i. 181. — De J. Ic. iii. 69. pi. 134. f. 5. — Oblong, 

 deep black, shining : thorax rather long, narrowed behind, with a large 

 fovea at each angle, the latter acute ; elytra striated ; the striae faintly 

 punctured, 3d stria? with 3 impressions ; interstices flat. Ahdomen of £ 

 with a deep fovea at the apex beneath. (L. 4^-5 1.) Battersea fields; in 

 Cumberland ; Ireland, &c. : 3-5. 



222 Nigrita Fab. E. i. 200. — Be J. Ic. pi. 134. f. 1. — Ste. M. i. 114 



Oblong, deep black, shining : thorax short, slightly narrowed behind, 

 with an impression at each angle ; the latter obtuse ; elytra obsoletely 

 punctate striated ; interstices flattish. Male without the fovea beneath. 

 (L. 4-511.) Extremely common throughout England ; also abundant in 

 Scotland, 0, *. 



223 la?vigatus Ste. M. i. 115. — Glossy black: thorax somewhat heart- 

 shaped, impunctate behind, the hinder angles acute, each with 2 impressed 



