42 GEODEFHAGA. — HARPALID^T. 



4. Thorax narrowed behind. 



304 cupreus Be J. S. iv. 281 Ste. M. i. 146. pi. 8. f. 4. — Robust, 



somewhat convex ; pitchy-black, shining, above glossy green : thorax 

 ruggedly punctured behind, with a deep rough fovea on each side near the 



. angle; elytra rich green, with the suture brownish -brass ; deeply striated, 

 the striae faintly punctured, the short sutural one rather longer than 

 usual; 3d marginal interstice with a few impressions. (L. 6 1. ) Rare: 

 on shores of Thames, below Gravesend : 4-6. 



305 Petisii Stu. B. F. vi. 11. pi. 83. f. a. C. — Ste. M v. 380. — Elon- 

 gate ; black : thorax 4-drate, its sides narrowly edged with red ; elytra 

 bright glossy green, finely striated; antennas and legs rusty- red. (L. 6 1.) 

 Near Gravesend : 6. 



306 rubripes Gyll. ii. 118. — Stu. B. F. iv. pi. 86. f. a. A.— Ste. M. i. 

 147. — Broad ; black, above blue or green : thorax with an obscure punc- 

 tured fovea on each side at the base, its sides black ; elytra faintly stri- 

 ated, the 3d interstice from the margin with 5 or 6 deeply impressed dots 

 towards its tip ; legs, antennas and palpi testaceous-red. (£.41-5^1.) 

 Gravel-pits round London, (Coombe, &c. ); Southend; Ipswich: 4-7. 



307 azureus Fab. E. i. 196. — Stu. B. F. iv. pi. 83. f. C. — Ste. M. i. 

 147. — Rather elongate; black, above blue-black, rarely greenish : thorax 

 obscurely striate behind, with very obsolete foveas at the angles ; elytra 

 moderately striated ; with about 3 faint impressions, at the tip of the 

 3d interstice from the margin; antennas, palpi and legs bright red. (L. 

 5 1.) 



Var. ? Ha. chloropterus Ste. M. i. 148. — Rather more narrow and elon- 

 gated ; above brilliant green : elytra with 5 impressions on the 3d inter- 

 stice, and 2 on the 5th. Common about London, &c, and in Norfolk and 

 SufF. : — the var. rare : 3-6. 



308 marginellus Ziegler. — Ste. M. i. 148. — Broad, somewhat convex ; 

 glossy black : thorax and elytra slightly tinted with violet, the former with 

 the sides tawny, and a fovea at each hinder angle ; elytra faintly striated, 

 with 7-8 impressions on the 3d interstice at the tip ; antennas, palpi and 

 legs tawny. (L. 4^-5 1.) Near London ; Ipswich ; Swansea, &c. : 3-6. 



309 fulvipes Stu. B. F. iv. 58. pi. 86. f. c. — Ste. M. i. 148. — Rather 

 elongate and depressed ; pitchy-black ; § a little tinted with gi*eenish above : 

 base of thorax towards the hinder angles slightly punctate, and with a roughish 

 fovea on each side ; elytra deeply striated, the 3d interstice from the margin 

 with several obscure impressions, the edge itself thickly punctured at the 

 tip ; antennas and legs bright tawny. (L. 4^-5 1.) Near London, and in 

 Cambs. : 4-6. 



310 punctiger Ste. M. i. 149. — Pitchy-black, without any tinge of bluish or 

 green ; antennas and legs concolorous with the body : elytra striated, the 3d 

 interstice from the margin with numerous distinct impressions. (L. 4^-5 1.) 

 Occasionally found near London ; Salisbury Craigs ; Scotland : 4-6. 



311 ruficeps Oeskay. — Cur. x. pi. 458. — Ste. M. v. 380. — Ochreous, with 

 a chestnut tinge : head entirely reddish chestnut ; thorax black with chestnut 

 margins ; elytra black, the lateral margins chestnut ; legs, palpi and antennas 

 pale ochreous. Probably a var., or rather immature state, of the foregoing 

 species. (L. 5 1.) Isle of Man, and coasts of Lancashire and Isle of 

 Wight: 4-7. 



312 nigrocasruleus Ste. M. i. 149. — Broad, rather flat; shining black; 

 above obscure violet or blue : thorax impunctate behind, but with 2 deep 

 foveas ; elytra moderately striated, the apex of the 3d interstice from the 

 margin with several impressious ; thighs and tips of the tibias pitchy-black, 

 base of the latter and tarsi pitchy-red ; antennas tawny. (L. 4^-5 1.) Lon- 

 don district ; near Cambridge, &c. j 3 -5. 



