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3. 5th j. of an. about double length of 4th 



- - - - cons, longer than 4th, but much less than double 



- - - - scarcely longer than 4th (E. with consp. pits) . 



Cychrus. 



B. The long narrow h. , and strongly mar. th. and e. 

 all coarsely gran. E. with traces of 3 elev. lines. 

 oy^, 1. a. ...... 



Carabus. 



1. E. with 3 continuous strongly elev. longi. lines . 



E. without these lines ..... 



2. Space between the lines simply gran, or wrinkled 



- - - - (the first of which is obs. in the hi. third) occupied 



by chain-like rows of elev. lines. Brassy. 10 1. 

 B ' 



- - - - occupied by large pits connected into rows by 



short elev. lines. Brassy. 12 1. B. 



3. H. and th. cop. E. gr. with a cop. mar. Legs black- 



ish. 8 1. B. . . . . . 



Rich gr. Mouth, pal., ba. 4 js. of an., and legs, r. 

 11 1. E.8.C ..... 



4. Th. more or less tr. . 



- as long as broad. Blackish bl. Ap. j. of pal. consp. 



hatchet-shaped. E. with chain-like rows of elev. 

 lines, 3 of them very consp. '12^ 1. E.s-w. 



5. E. with rows of shallow but dist. imprs. 



- without dist. str. , imprs. , or elev. lines 



- dist. str., with elev. lines, but not dist. imprs. 



6. Int. of str. continuous and dist. elev. , exc. 4th, 8th, and 



1 2th, which consist of short elev. lines. Colour 

 variable. 12 1. E. 



- - - - but scarcely elev., exc. 4th, 8th, and 12th, which 



consist of short strongly elev. lines. Colour vari- 

 able. 9 1. B. 



- - - much interrupted ; 4th, 8th, and 12th more elev. 



than the rest. Bl. -b. Mar. of th. and e. often vio. 

 iij^ 1. B. ! 



7. H. and th. bronzy. E. greenish, gran., with 3 chain- 



like rows of scarcely elev. lines, on each of which is 



a very dist. row of imprs. 1 1 1. B. ! 

 B. , with mar. of th. and e. , bl. E. only twice as long 



as th., covered with close elev. lines, on which 



are 3 faint rows of imprs. 8 1. E. 

 S. Sut. gently elev., especially behind. B. gen. tinged 



with vio. or gr. E. gran. — the granulation tending 



to run into lines. 12 1. B. ! 

 Sut. flat. Glossy b. , tinged with steel bl. Very conv. 



E. very finely and evenly gran. 12 1. B. M « . 



(To be continued.) 



Leistus 



Nebria 



Pelophila 



rostratus 



2 

 4 

 3 



granulatus 



clathratus 



nitens 



auratus 

 5 



intricatus 



7 

 8 

 6 



. monilis 



arvensis 



catenulatus 



nemoralis 

 cotivexus 



violaceus 

 glabratus 



