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The Scottish Naturalist. 



8. H. and th. gr. E. cop. Tib. and ba. j. of an. pale. 



3 or 4 dist. puncs. on 3d int. of e. 3^ 1. B. ! parumpunctatus 

 Very like prec. Unic. cop. Ba. j. of an. hardly pale 



5 dist. puncs. on 3d int. of e. 3^ 1. E. . gracilipes 



Reddish or pit. An., pal., and legs, pale r. H. much 



contr. behind. 3 dist. puncs. on 3d int. of e. 5 1 

 y s. 



9. Th. not el., its sides dist. rounded. Legs quite b. 



- more or less reddish or test. 

 - el., its sides little rounded. E. very finely str. 



10. B. Th. slightly tr. E. widest behind, very finely and 



unif. str. ; ints. flat throughout. 2% 1. E. 



Very like prec. E. narrower and more parallel. The 

 str. deepen a little, and the ints. are not quite so 

 fiat close to ap. 2^ 1. B. 



11. Dusky, with a gr. gloss. Ba. of an., legs, and r.-m. 



of e. , brown. Th. dist. tr. E. rather broad, with 

 gently rounded sides, finely str. 3 1. B. 



Very like micans. Th. more tr. and less contr. at ba. 



E. brown (not gr.), and much more el., with more 



parallel sides. 2}( LB. 

 A stoutly built species. Th. hardly tr. H. and th. b. 



E. reddish or b. (not gr.). Legs and ba. of an. 



reddish b. E. broad and not parallel, rather 



strongly str. 3 1. B. ! ! 



12. H. and th. pit. b. E. pit. brown. Ba. j. of an. and 



legs dark brown. 3 1. B. 



Very like prec. Mar. (at least) of th. test. E. brown, 

 darker near sut. Ba. of an. and legs test. 3 1. 



Olisthopus. 

 Brassy brown. An., pal., and legs, test. Th. tr. E. dist. 

 str. ; . the str. obs. punc. ; ints. flat. 3 1. B. 



Stomis. 



Pit. An., pal., and legs, r. Th. el., much contr. in fr. of 

 ba. E. el., narrow, strongly p.-s. ; ints. flat. 



-) I . I >. • • • • • • 



Platyderus. 



Rusty r. Th. almost square, gently contr. towards ba. 

 E. moderately str. ; ints. flat. 3 1. E. . 



Pterostichus. 

 I. An elev. keel on 1st j. of an. (Species vary in colour — 

 met. gr. cop., bl. orb. An. dusky. Legs pit. or r.) 

 1st j. of an. simple. Ba. angs. of th. rounded off, ill def. 

 --- - well def., not rounded off . 



livens 

 10 

 II 

 12 



scitulus 



gracilis 



micans 



piceus 



fuliginosus 



puellus 



Thoreyi 



rotundatus 



pumicatus 



ruficollis 



2 



3 



4 



