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The Scottish Naturalist. 



Dyschirius. 



1. Clyp. prod, into 3 teeth in fr. .... 



- - - 2 teeth only in fr. 



2. E. dist. p.-s. Th. strongly] rounded. Legs reddish. 



R. -m. of e. carried round ba. Ant. tib. with 2 well 

 def. ext. teeth. E. el. -oval. 2 1. B. c - . 



Very like prec. E. more deeply str. Str. impunc. E. 

 oval. 1% 1. E. N - EC - .... 



3. Striation of e. reaches ap. Ant. tib. only obs. toothed 



on ext. mar. ..... 



- - acutely toothed on ext. mar. 



- - - fails near ap. Brassy b. Legs and an. r. Th. 



round. E. oval, p. -s. in fr. Ant. tib. with a strong 

 ext. tooth, i^l. B. . 



4. R. -m. of e. not carried round ba. 



- - - carried round ba. Th. el, E. cyl., strongly p.-s. 



Mouth, an., and legs reddish. \% 1. E. sc - 



5. Str. of e. not dist. punc. throughout. In. ap. spine of 



ant. tib. clearly shorter than outer. E. oblong oval. 

 Mouth, legs, and an., reddish. 



- - - dist. punc. throughout. Ap. spines of ant. tib. 



about equal. Th. el. E. narrow with sub-parallel 

 sides. 2 1. B. c - . 



6. Str. of e. unif. deep, and impunc. in hi. half. Int. elev. 



2 */ 1 "Re. 



Str. of e. not deep, and fainter near mar. , punc. exc. in 



2 



3 



thoracicus 

 obscurus 



4 

 7 



globosus 



extensus 



hi. third. 2J4 1. B. NC - 



Legs and an. 



7. R. -m. of e. not dist. carried round ba. 



dusky ...... 



- - - dist. round ba. Crown strongly wrinkled, E. 

 not broader than th., cyl., deeply p.-s. Clyp., 

 mouth, an. and legs r. 1^3 1. E. c - 



8. E. cyl., deeply p.-s. in fr. fainter behind. Str. unif. 



punc. to behind mid. Out. teeth on ant. tib. both 

 well def. 2 1. B. c - 

 E. oblong oval, deeply p.-s. nearly to ap. Str. more 

 faintly punc. from mid. Only loiver ext. tooth on 

 ant. tib. well def. 1 l A 1. E. 



politus 



impunctipennis 



nitidus 



8 



angnsiahis 



salinus 



seneus 



Fifth Family— BRACHINID.E (1 genus) Brachinus. 



I. U.-s. ofh.-b. dusky. H., th., pal., and legs, r. An. 

 r., often marked with b. .... 



U.-s., h., th., pal. and an., clear r. E. bl., with ba. of 

 sut. r., scarcely str. 2-3 1. E. 8 - . 



sclopeta 



