The Scottish Naturalist. 



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2. Eye longer than first 2 js. of an. together. H. often cone. 



- shorter than first 2 js. of an. together. H. not cone. 



3. E, dull, with met. spaces, or vice versa . 

 E. not met., — variegated with colours, . 



4. E. covering h. -b. Ex. mar. of ant. tib. not dent. 



- - -. - - - - -dentate. (Th. joined to h. -b. by 



peduncle) ..... 



- leave ap. of of h. -b. exposed . 



5. Ap. j. of pal. not sub. 4 dil. js. in ant. tar. of $ . In 



term. tar. of $ gen. dil. 



Less than 4 dil. js. in ant. tar. of $ 



- - - - sub. Ant. tar. of $ with 2 dil. js. 



6. Each dil. j. in ant. tar. of $ contr. at its base. Dil. js 



only 2 .... . 



not contr. at its base. Dil. js. 3 



Carabidac 



Elaphridse 

 Cicindelidae 



Scaritidse 

 Lebiadse 



Harpalidse 



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Bembidiadae 



Trechidse 

 Feroniidse 

 Chlaaniidse 



First Family— CICINDELID^E. (1 genus.) Cicindela. 



1. E. gr. 



E. not gr. 



2. Th. broadest in fr. Br. gr. Legs cop. Mouth wh 



E. with wh. spots (with a b. punc. in $ ). 7 1. B. 

 Th. cyl. shining dull gr. with cop. gloss. Hum. angs. 

 a spot near mid of mar. , and a crescent at ap. , of e 

 obsc. wh. 5 1. E.s. 



Ap. of e. pale ..... 



not pale. Cop. -b. E. wrinkled and pitted. Hum 



angs. and 3 streaks from mar. (the middle one long 



and w shaped) yel. 8 1. E.s. 



Cop. or oliv. E. with a hum. and ap. crescent, and a 

 broad waved band (whose ant. mar. at one end is in a 

 line with/^j - /. at other) not reaching sut. , yel. 7^ 1. 

 E.n.c. ...... 



? var. of prec. Ant. mar. of tr. band at one end behind 

 post, at other. E.s.c . . . . 



2 



3 



campestris 



germanica 

 4 



sylvatica 



hybrida 

 maritima 



Second Family— ELAPHRID^E. (3 genera.) 



I. E. with a consp. polished longi. space on each side of sut. Notiophilus 

 E. not as in prec. ...... 2 



2. H. and th. unif. and thickly punc. 



H. (which is not cone.) and th. not unif. punc. 



Elaphrus 

 Blethisa 



