36 GEODEPHAGA. HARPALIDiE. 



Black : thorax smooth, without fovea? ; elytra oval, ohsoletely punctate- 

 striated, with 2 minute impressions on the 3d interstice ; hody punctate 

 beneath on the sides; tarsi pitchy. (L. 4^ 1.) Not common: Batter- 

 sea fields; Hackney marshes; Whittlesea Mere ; Abbot's Ann, Hants; 

 Amesbury, Wilts ; Carlisle, &c. : 3-5. 



60 Amara Bonelli. 



249 eurynota III. K. i. 167. ? — Ste. M. i. 127. — Am. acuminata Stu. B. 

 F. vi. pi. 143. f. c. C? — Oval; above brassy, brassy-black, coppery, black, 

 or bluish, sometimes with greenish elytra : antenna? with the 3 basal joints 

 red ; thorax on each side with 2 impunctate fovea? ; elytra simply striated, 

 the apex slightly acuminated, and the stria? deeper ; legs black. (L. 4- 

 6 1.) 



Var. ? Am. a?rata Kirly. — Ste. M. i. 127. pi. 6. f. 6. — The fovea? on the 

 thorax smaller, and the basal joints of the antenna? blackish above. 

 In autumn at Hertford ; near Cambridge ; Barham ; Ashdovvn Copse, 

 Wilts ; Arbroath, &c. Scotland : 5-9. 



250 similata Gyll. ii. 138. — Sle. M. i. 128 Am. obsoleta Stu. B. F. 



vi. pi. 145. f. a. — Oblong-ovate; black; above brownish-brass : thorax 

 with 2 shallow, slightly punctulate fovea? at the base on each side, the 

 inner 1 deepest ; elytra striated, the striae deepest near the apex ; tihia? 

 dull red ; antenna? with 3 basal joints red. (L. 3^-4^ 1.) London; 

 Bottisham^ Kimpton ; Edinburgh; &c. : 2-6. 



251 obsoleta Be J. S. iii. 469. — trivialis Buft. ii. 116. ?— Stu. B. F. vi. 

 pi. 145. f. B. — Ste. M. i. 129. Obs. — Oval; black; above brassy, or 

 greenish: thorax behind with a single very obscure impunctate fovea; 

 elytra striated, the stria? deep at the apex ; legs pitchy-black ; 3 basal 

 joints of the antenna? red. (L. 3^-4^1.) Near London, occasionally : 

 3-6. 



252 ovata Fab. E.'i. 196.? -Stu. B. F. vi. pi. 144. f. B. — Ste. M. i. 129.— 

 Short, ovate ; black, above brassy : thorax convex, with an oblique im- 

 pressed line on each side at the base ; elytra green-bronze, finely striated, 

 the stria? extending to the apex ; legs, palpi, and antenna? wholly red. 

 (L. 3^1.) Near London : 4. 



253 trivialis Gyll. ii. 140. — Ste. M. i. 129. — Be J. Ic. iii. pi. 160. f 6.— 

 Oblong-ovate ; above very glossy bright-brass, rarely bluish or black : 

 thorax behind with a very deep simple puncture or fovea; elytra faintly 

 striated, especially at the apex ; tihia? and 3 basal joints of antenna? red. 

 (L. 3^-4 1.) Abundant throughout Britain : 0, -*. 



254 vulgaris L. ii. 672. — Ste. M. i. 128. — Be J. Ic. iii. pi. 160. f. 5. — 

 Oblong-ovate ; black ; above brassy : thorax behind, with 2 shallow 

 smooth stria? at the base on each side ; disc faintly wrinkled ; elytra 

 striated, the stria? deep at the apex ; legs and antenna? black ; the basal, 

 and sometimes the 2d, joint pitchy, or reddish beneath. (L. 4-4^1.) 

 Occasionally near London ; Bottisham ; Southend ; Kingston ; Scot- 

 land, &c. : 4-6. 



255 spreta Be J. Ic. iii. 248. pi. 161. f. 1. — Oblong-ovate; brassy above : 

 thorax narrowed in front, and on each side at the base are 2 oblong, dis- 

 tinct impressions, which are faintly punctate ; elytra finely striated, the 

 stria? slightly punctate ; tibia? dull red ; antenna? with the 2 basal joints 

 red. (L. 3|-4l.) Rare: at Hertford : 6. 



256 curta Be J. Ic. iii. 253. pi. 161. f. 5. — Short, ovate; above blackish- 

 brass : thorax rather narrowed in front, with 2 obscure punctured fovea? on 

 each side at the base ; elytra faintly striated, the stria? deepest at the apex ; 



