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The Scottish Naturalist. 



Notiophilus. 



I. E. with the ap. dist. paler than the disc 



E. unic. H. consp. punc. near ba. Brassy. Tib. red- 

 dish. E. deeply p.-s., the str. failing near the ap. 

 1 B ' 



The whole legs (especially the ant. 



E. 



A 



s., 



2% 



ones) r. E. deeply p.-s.- throughout. 2)4 !• 

 - -. - almost impunc. Brassy or b. Tib. gen. b. 

 more el. species than the prec, less strongly p 

 the str. failing near the ap. 2^4 LB.!. 



2. 2nd int. beyond the polished space broader than 1st 

 not broader than 1st. Firsts ints. both much 



broader than the rest. H. narrow. Punc. of str. 

 fine. Brassy. Tib. r. 2]/^ LB. 



3. Only 2nd int. a little broader than the rest. H. broad. 



Punc. of str. coarse. Brassy. Tib. r. E. with / 

 large consp. punc. 2^1. B. !! . 

 Very like prec. (? var.) E. with 2 large consp. 

 puncs. E. . 



palustris 



rufipes 



aquaticus 

 3 



substriatus 



biguttatus 

 quadripunctatus 



Elaphrus. 



1. Tib. more or less test. ..... 



- not test. ...... 



2. Oliv. Tar. br. gr. Unif. and closely punc, exc. a few 



elev. spaces on the in. ints. E. with 4 rows of 

 faintly impr. pits. 3^ LB.!. 

 Bronzy. Tar. not gr. Spar, and irreg. punc. E. with 



4 rows of deeply impr. pits. Th. with a deep chan. 

 forked in fr. ^H LB.!. 



3. E. much less closely punc. than th. Glossy b. , gr. , r. , 



or golden. E. with 4 rows of faintly impr. pits. 

 4/^ 1. S. M - 

 E. punc. much as th. Met. gr. or b. E. with 4 rows 

 of dist. impr. pits. Th. with 2 obi. pits on either 

 side of an irreg. dors. chan. 4X LB.. . 



Blethisa. 



Dark bronze. Mar. of th. and of the p.-s. e., gen. gr. 

 Third int. with 4 or 5 large pits, fifth with 2. 



5 1. 1». • • • • • • 



npanus 

 cupreus 



lapponkus 

 uliginosus 



multipunctata 



Third Family— CARABID.E. (6 genera). 



1 . Th. not consp. prod, backw. at hi, angs. 

 Th. consp. prod, backw. at hi. angs. . 



2. E. str. Th. not closely punc. over entire surface 



- -. - closely punc. over entire surface . 



- not str. ...••• 



2 



Carabus 



3 



Calosoma 



Cychrus 



