40 GEODEPHAGA. HARPALIDiE. 



colour; and legs, antennas and palpi blackish. (L. 5-7^ 1.) In cornfields, 

 on the ears of corn, at Hastings ; Worthing ; Brighton ; Cambridge ; 

 Kimpton ; in Ireland, &c. : 6-8. 

 (286J: obesus Latreille. — Cur. iv. pi. 188. — Ste. M. i. 141. — Robust, very 

 convex ; pitchy, above black with a brassy tinge : thorax with the hinder 

 angles obtuse, and a punctured fovea on each side, near the base ; elytra 

 slightly brassy, faintly punctate-striate ; legs, antennae and palpi dull chest- 

 nut. (L. 7£ 1.) Said to occur in Devon.) 



64 HAitrALUs Latreille. 

 A. Hinder angles of thorax obtuse : elytra sinuate-truncate at tip. 

 1. Thorax not narrowed behind : body short, more or less convex. 



287 serripes Schon. S. i. 199. pi. 3. f. 4. — Ste. M. i. 142 — Oblong- 

 ovate, slightly convex ; deep opaque black : thorax faintly wrinkled, a little 

 narrowed in front, with an obsoletely punctulated fovea on each side at the 

 base ; elytra slightly striated ; legs pitchy ; tibiae with strong black spines ; 

 antenna? and palpi rust-coloured with the base pitchy. (L. 5$ 1.) On 

 shores of Thames below Gravesend ; Southend ; Isle of Wight : 4-6. 



288 stygius Wilkin. — Ste. M. i. 142. — Very convex ; black, somewhat 

 opaque ; thorax with a deep impunctate fovea on each side at the base ; 

 remote from the hinder margin ; elytra simply striated ; legs wholly black ; 

 antennae with the basal joint and tips of the others pitchy-red, not black ; 

 palpi black, with tips of the joints tawny. (L. 4^1.) Glamorganshire 

 coast : 4. 



289 tardus ///. K. i. 168. — Pz. F. xxxvii. f. 17. — Ste. M. i. 142 



Oblong-ovate, shining black : thorax smooth, slightly narrowed in front, 

 with a fovea <jn each side at the base ; posterior angles rather straight, 

 elytra striated, the striae obscurely punctured ; legs pitchy testaceous ; tibial 

 spines reddish ; antennae tawny, the base of several of the joints black ; 

 palpi also fuscous, black at the base ; tarsi rust-coloured. (L. 4 1.) Near 

 Southend and on the coasts : 3-7. 



290 rufimanus Marsh, i. 441. — Ste. M. i. 143. — Rather depressed; black, 

 shining : thorax with a transverse impression behind, terminating, on each 

 side, in a broad, shallow, obscurely punctured fovea ; elytra simply striated ; 

 legs pitchy-black ; tarsi and claws red; antennae and palpi tawny-red. (L. 

 4^ 1. ) Abundant in gravel pits near London ; occasionally near Edin- 

 burgh : © 



291 fuliginosus Baft. ii. 83. — Stu. B. F. iv. 92. pi. f. F. B. — Ste. M. i. 143. 

 — Slightly depressed, hroad : thorax very obsoletely punctate behind, 

 with a faint marginal fovea on each side at the base ; elytra simply striated ; 

 legs testaceous -red, the thighs and tips of the tihiae dusky or black ; antennae 

 and palpi rust-coloured. (L. 4^ 1.) London and Southend in spring. 



292 latus L. ii. 672. — Schcsff. Ic. 1 94. f. 7. ? — Ste. M. i. 1 43. — Broad, 

 depressed ; black : thorax with a distinct impunctate stria on each side, 

 touching the hinder margin ; elytra slightly striated ; legs red ; thighs 

 •and tips of the tibiae pitchy ; antennae and palpi wholly red. (L. 4^ 1.) 



Sand and gravel pits near London and Southend : 4-7. 



293 fuscipalpis Stu. B. F. iv. 66. pi. 88. f. b. B. — Ste. M. i. 144. — 

 Slightly convex : black : thorax with a transverse impression behind, ter- 

 minating on each side in a simple foveola ; elytra simply striated ; thighs 

 black; tibiae and tarsi wholly rusty-red; antennae fuscous, with basal joint 

 red; palpi black. (L. 4^ 1.) Occasionally near London: 3-5. 



294 atricornis Ste. M. v. 379. — Flattish ; shining black : thorax behind, 

 with a simple stria on each side towards the angle ; antennae black, with the 



