48 GEODEPHAGA. HARPALID7E. 



on each side ; elytra striated, with a large oblong pitchy-black patch ; 

 antenna 1 and legs very pale testaceous. (L. 3-3f 1.) On the Kentish and 

 Essex coasts : 5-6. 



69 Diachromus Erichson. 



357 germanus L. ii. 671. — Ste. M. i. 164. pi. 9. f. 1. — Pubescent ; 

 punctate ; black : head, legs, and elytra testaceous! the latter striated, 

 and with a large blue or violet patch towards the apex ; thorax blue- 

 black ; antennae testaceous. (L. 14-4^ 1.) Very rare: Kingsbridgc, 

 Devon : 6. 



70 Stenolophus Ziegler. 



358 vaporariorum Fab. E. i. 206. — Ste. M. i. 165. pi. 9. f. 2. — Oblong, 

 black: thorax red: elytra faintly striated; testaceous, with a large common 

 blue-black patch occupying the hinder portion ; legs, palpi, and 2 basal 

 joints of the antenna? pale testaceous. (L. 2±-2>±\.) Battersea Fields; 

 Wandsworth Common ; Brompton ; and Fakenham, Norf. : 2 -4. 



359 Skrimshiranus Ste. M. i. 166. — Pitchy-black, above dusky-testaceous: 

 head black ; elytra slightly striated, testaceous-brown, darkest towards the 

 apex ; legs, palpi, and 3 basal joints of the antenna? pale testaceous. (L. 

 3 1.) Near Fakenham; and Madingley Wood, Camb. : 3-4. 



360 vespertinus III. K. i. 197. — Ste. M. i. 166. pi. 9. f. 3. — Oblong, pitchy- 

 black : thorax, with a large punctate fovea on each side at the base, the 

 lateral margins testaceous ; elytra testaceous-brown, the disc posteriorly 

 and interiorly black ; legs and basal joints of antenna; pale. 



Var. St. Ziegleri. Pz. F. cviii. f. 8. — Ste. iV. ed. 2. col. 11. — Longer; 

 elytra black, with the margin pale. (L. 2|-3 1.) Damp places near 

 London, as Battersea : also Whittlesea Mere ; Norwich, &c. : 2-4. 



71 Masoreus Ziegler. 



361 luxatus Creutzer. —Cur. vii. pi. 287. — - Ste. M. v. 383. — Pitchy-black, 

 or pale chestnut, sometimes ferruginous : elytra faintly punctate-striated, 

 with the base and the antennas and legs ferruginous ; thorax pitchy, or 

 chestnut, occasionally pale red. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Near Sheerness, and on the 

 Chesil bank, Isle of Portland : 3-6. 



72 Trechus Clair ville. 



A. Mentum with an obsolete tooth : — Trechus pr. 



362 dorsalis Fab. E. i. 208. — Ste. M. i. 167. pi. 9. f. 4. — Pitchy-black, 

 shining : thorax with an obscurely punctate fovea on each side at the base, 

 hinder angles obtuse ; margins pale, disc sometimes the same ; elytra 

 striated, pale testaceous, with a broad glossy black or bluish dash on each 

 near the suture ; antenna? with basal joint pale. (L. 1^-2 1.) Copenhagen 

 fields and Wandsworth Common, in spring ; Fakenham, Norfolk, &c. : 3-6. 



363 parvulus Stu. D. F. vi. 77. pi. 150. f. B? — Ste. M. i. 167. — Black ; 

 margins of the thorax (the base of which is obtuse, and has a small fovea 

 on each side), elytra, legs, palpi, and 3 basal joints of the antenna? pale tes- 

 taceous. (L. lfl. ) Near London, in damp places: 3-4. 



364 flavicollis Stu. D. F. vi. 87. pi. 151. f. C Ste. M. i. 168. —Black: 



thorax testaceous-yellow, with a simple fovea on each side at the base ; the 

 hinder angles obtuse ; elytra faintly striated, pale tawny-yellow, with a 

 broad black dash ; legs, palpi, and basal joints of antenna? pale testaceous. 

 (L. 1^-1-gl.) Near London ; Ripley ; and in Norfolk : 3-5. 



365 ruficollis £&;. M. i. 168. — Ac. exiguus Be J. Ic. 201. f. 2. ? — Pitchy- 

 black : thorax pale tawny, with a slightly punctate fovea at each angle, the 



