102 Mr. Kirsy on Mr. W. S. Mac.Leay's 
Character Artificialis. 
Labium urceolatum, emarginatum. 
Maxille apice sex-dentate, nempe 3. 2. 1. 
Mandibule dorso rotundatæ, apice compressæ bidentatæ : dente 
inferiori truncato. 
Labrum brevissimum, transversum, medio depresso-excavatum, 
vel emarginatum. 
Antenne novem-articulatæ. 
Podez tectus. 
Character Naturalis. 
CORPUS ex oblongo obovatum, convexum, glabrum, alatum. 
Capur ex triangulari subrotundum, declive. Labrum trans- 
versum, brevissimum, medio depressum, utrinque antice 
barbatum, verticale*. Mandibule basi subtriquetro-tri- 
gone, intus orbiculatz transversim sulcatet, apice com- 
pressæ incurvæ bidentatæ : dente superiori obtuso, infe- 
riori truncato subemarginato, dorso rotundatoï. Maxille 
validæ mandibulæformes, apice incurvæ sex-dentatæ, 
dentibus nempe 3. 2. 1.8 Palpi maxillares in nostris 
speciminibus desunt. Labium infra apicem et apud ba- 
sin constrictum unde quasi urceolatum, apice emargina- 
tum|| Palpi labiales triarticulati: articulo primo minu- 
tissimo, intermedio subarcuato crassiori; extimo ovato 
acuto. Mentum subquadratum**. Antenne novem- 
articulate : articulo primo magno apice incrassato, quasi 
dolabriformi ; secundo brevi subturbinato ; proximis tri- 
bus subcylindricis; sexto brevissimo fere pateræformi ; 
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* TAB.III.Fig.4.a,c. +lbid.c,b. ilIbid.a. Slbid.d. ||Ibid.b. M Ibid.aa. 
** Ibid. c. What is here called the Labium is often considered as the Mentum in this 
tribe; but if comparison be made with Carabus L., it will be found, I think, that c in 
the figure rather represents the Mentum. 
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