46 GEODEPHAGA. HARPALID^E. 



339 binotatus Fab. E. i. 193 Pz. F. xcii. f. 3.— Ste. M. i. 157.— 



Black, shining : thorax with the lateral and hinder margins thickly and 

 roughly punctured, with a small fovea near each posterior angle ; the latter 

 acute ; elytra deeply striated ; interstices convex ; legs pitchy-black ; tai-si 

 and claws reddish ; or wholly red ; antenna? with the basal joint red ; palpi 

 reddish ; forehead mostly with 2 distinct red dots. (L. 4^ 5\ 1.) 



Var. ? Ha. spurcaticornis Ziegler. — Ste. M. i. 157. — Rather more narrow; 

 the elytra less deeply striated ; hinder angles of the thorax more acute ; 

 antennas red at the base and apex, and forehead spotless. Common near 

 London ; Bottisham ; Kimpton ; in Suffolk ; Norfolk ; Devon, &c. 



66 Pangus De Jean. 



340 scaritides Stu. D. F. iv. 81. pi. xci. f. c. C. — Ste. M. i. 157.— 

 Shining black : thorax suddenly narrowed behind, with a punctate 3-an- 

 gular fovea on each side at the base ; elytra faintly striated ; tarsi, antenna?, 

 and palpi pitchy-brown. (L. 4^ 1.) Near Gravesend ; on banks of 

 Thames : 4. 



67 Actephilus Stephens. 



341 vernalis Duft. ii. 102. — Stu. D. F. iv. 75. pi. 90. f. A. — Ste. M. 

 i. 154. — Pitchy-black, slightly glossy : thorax with a minute obscurely 

 punctate impression on each side at the base : elytra faintly striated, the 

 outer margin rather pale rust-colour ; legs dull rust-colour ; tibiae and 

 tarsi palest ; antenna? and palpi pale testaceous. (L. 2^-3 1.) On the coasts 

 of Norf., Suff., Ess., &c. : 3-6. 



342 pumilus Stu. D. F. iv. 77. pi. 90. f. B. ? — Ste, M. i. 155. — Black, 

 slightly shining : thorax with a single stria at the base on each side ; elytra 

 faintly striated ; legs black ; antennas fuscous ; their base and palpi red. 

 (L. 3-3i 1.) Also a littoral species : 3-7. 



68 Ophonus Zeigler. 



343 stictus Marsham. — Ste. M. i. 159. pi. 8. f. I. — Broad, black: thorax 

 with hinder angles obtuse, not foveated ; disc deeply punctate ; head and 

 elytra slightly punctate, the last faintly striated, the tip deeply excised ; 

 legs and antennae rusty-red. (L. 63-71. ) Hackney Marshes ; and near 

 Darenth Wood : 3-6. 



344 obscurus Fab. E. i. 192. —Stu. D. F. iv. pi. 92. f. A.— Ste. M. 

 i. 160. — Pitchy-black : above black, the elytra slightly bluish, or greenish, 

 faintly striated, interstices finely punctured ; thorax orbicular, thickly and 

 finely punctured ; the base with a single deep fovea on each side ; legs, 

 antennae, and palpi rusty- red. (L. 4^-6 1.) Gravesend ; Southend ; Kimp- 

 ton ; Dorking, &c. : 3-6. 



345 Sabulicola Fab. E. i. 190.— Stu. D. F. iv. pi. 92. f. B. — Sle. M. i. 

 160. — Pitchy-black; above black, elytra bluish or greenish, faintly 

 striated, interstices thickly punctured : thorax 4-drate, very coarsely punc- 

 tate, the hinder angles with a very slight punctate fovea ; antennae, legs, 

 and palpi rusty-red. (L. 5-^ 6 1.) With the preceding, but rare : 8-5. 



346 punctatulus Duft. ii. 89." — Stu. D. F. iv. pi. 93. f. D. — Ste. M. i. 

 1 60. — Rather wide, flat ; pitchy-black, above brassy-blue : thorax 4-drate, 

 its disc sparingly, and the margins thickly, punctate ; hinder angles with- 

 out fovea? ; elytra finely striated, interstices thickly punctured ; antennae, 

 legs, and palpi rusty-red. (L. 4^-4^ 1.) Near Ripley, 7 ; and at Darenth 

 Wood: 5-6. 



347 nitidulus Schr. A. 213. — Ste. M. i. 161. — Elongate, slightly convex; 

 black ; above blue-green : thorax thickly and coarsely punctate, especially 

 at the hinder angles, each of which has a slight fovea; elytra finely 



