154 MODERN SYSTEM. 



Clivina gibba. Latr.^ Leach. 



Inhabits moist places ; is pretty common at Battcrsea. 



Stiiu's 13. — P((//)«\\ith their last joint oval, wintjs none: fihue ante- 

 rior not palniate-dentated : thorax sessile ; lip with the tooth of its 

 notch bifid : tibiee of the third pair of legs behind spinulose ; (elytra 

 with no impressed discoidal spots : anus in both sexes very smooth.) 



* AnteniiiE setaceous. 

 Genus 45. ABAX. Bonelli, Panzer, Leach. 

 Body broad, equal depressed : elyti-u united, their shoulders carinate 

 plicate : anteniue rather longer than the thorax : thordx transversely 

 quadrate, the base on each side with two stria^, the basal angles 

 straight : (anterior tarsi of the male with three dilated joints.) 

 Sp. 1. xibax Striola. 



Carabus Striola. Tahr. Car. depressus. Oliv. 

 Inhabits beneath the bark of trees and under stones. 



Stirps 14. — TI'iHgs incomplete or none : //6/« anterior simple : thorax 

 sessile: lip with the tooth of its notch simple and obtuse: (elytra 

 obliquely emarginate-truncalc, without any larger impressed, dis- 

 coidal spots.) 



Genus 46. CYMIXDIS. Latr., Bond., Panz., Leach. Tarcs. 

 Clairv. Cymidis. Gj/ll. 



Labrum subquadrate, emarginate : ina.villary palpi with the fourth joint 

 rounded oval, of tiie labial palpi compressed, its apex more or less 

 dilated : uings none, or very imperfect. 



Sp. 1. Cym. htaneralis. 



Carabus humeralis. Fubr. 



Inhabits moist banks. 



III. Anterior tibiae notched at their infernal side before the apex. Ely- 

 tra abruptly truncated, shorter than the abdomen. Wings com- 

 plete in both sexes. 



Stirps 15. — Palpi short filiform : lip with its notch simple, or with a 

 bifid tooth : 7nandibles dentate at their base : palpi with their fourth 

 joint deeply truncate : thmax oblong : body convex : wings two or 

 none: nccknowa: /a6;7wj transverse : to-«t with their fourth joints 

 simple. 



Genus 47. BRACIIINUS. Fabr., Bond, Clairv., Latr., Pan:., 



Schonh., Leach. 

 Lip with the tooth of its notch wanting : labrum not or scarcely emar- 

 ginate : labial palpi with their fourth joint rounded, oval : elytra 

 slightly truncated : less moderatelv Ions : ui?i£S two. 

 Sp. 1. Brn. crepitans. Fabr. 

 Caralius crepitans. Linnc, ]\Iarsh. 



Inhabits under stones, near Gravesend in profusion, and occasionally 

 beneath clods of earth in ploughed fields in May. (PL 3. Jig. 19.) 



