34 CEODEPHAGA. HARPALIDiE. 



49 Miscodera Eschscholtz. 



234 arctica Ph. F. i. 85. — Ste. M. i. 377. — Le Readii Cur. viii. pi. 346. 

 — Extremely glossy ; above brassy-greenish, or bluish-black : elytra punc- 

 tate-striate, the striae vanishing towards the apex ; the space behind the 

 thorax more or less punctate ; body beneath pitchy-red ; legs and antennas 

 pale red. (L. 4-4^ 1.) On Midgley Moor, near Halifax; about Stockton, 

 and in the mountainous districts of Scotland : 3-6. 



50 Broscus Panzer. 



235 cephalotes L. ii. 669. — Don. xiv. pi. 484 Ste. M. i. 118. — Black, 



opaque : head sparingly punctured ; elytra very finely punctate- striated. 

 (L. 9 1.) Very abundant under marine rejectamenta, on most of the 

 coasts of England and Scotland : ©. *. 



51 Stomis Clalrville. 



236 pumicatus Clairv. ii. 48. pi. vi. f. A. a. — Ste. M. i. 118. — Pitchy- 

 black, shining : thorax punctulated behind, and with an oblong smooth fovea 

 on each side ; elytra oblong-ovate, punctate-striate ; legs, antennae, palpi 

 and mandibles red. (L. 3-S^ 1.) Near London, Southend, Bottisham, 

 &c, and occasionally in Scotland: 2-6. 



52 Patjiobus Megerle. 



237 rufipes Fab. E. i. 184. — Ste. M. i. 119. — Ca. excavatus. Pz. F. 

 xxiv. f. 2. — Wingless; pitchy black, paler beneath: thorax rather elongate 

 heart-shaped, with a deep punctulate fovea on each side at the base ; elytra 

 oblong-ovate, punctate-striated, with 3 impressions ; legs and antennae red. 

 (L 3i-4^1.). Common on the banks of the Thames, &c. ; also in Wales 

 and Scotland : 3-7. 



238 alpinus Cur. iv. pi. 192. — Ste. M. i. 120. — Winged; pitchy-black: 

 thorax transversely heart-shaped, of a chestnut hue, with a deep punctured 

 fovea on each side at the base, extending to the hinder angles ; elytra 

 rather elongate-ovate ; faintly punctate-striated, the 4th interstice with 3 

 equidistant impressions; legs and antennae pitchy. (L. 4^1.) Rather 

 sparingly on the Scotch mountains : 4-6. 



53 Cophosus De Jean. 



(239 f elongatus Sam. — Cur. v. pi. 1 96. — Ste. M. i. 121. — Elongate; 

 shining black : thorax much narrowed behind, with a deep impunctate 

 stria near each hinder angle ; elytra simply striated, with 4 deeply im- 

 pressed dots on the 2d, and 1 on the 3d, stria ; claws and tip of palpi rust- 

 coloured. (L. 7 j 1.) Said to occur in Devonshire : 6.) 



54 Pterostichus Bonelli. 



(240 \ fasciatopunctatus Creut.—Fab. E. i. 178. — Pz. F. lxvii. f. 9. — 

 Ste. M. i. 121. — Wingless; black, shining: thorax with a fovea near 

 each angle at the base ; elytra slightly convex, deeply striated, with S or 4 

 irregularly disposed transverse rows of impressions more or less united 

 into fasciae. (L. 8 1.) Also said to occur in Devonshire : 6.) 



(241 f Panzeri Megerle. 1—Pz. F.\. lxxxix. f. 8. ?— Ste. M. i. 122.— Black; 

 shining : thorax with a deep longitudinal stria near the hinder angle, and 

 an obsolete shallow one at the angle itself; elytra irregularly striated, the 

 disc with several irregularly scattered impressions ; thorax beneath and 

 breast punctured ; legs, antennae and palpi pitchy, the latter tipped with 



