44 DESCRIPTrON OP INSECTS 



Pectus and pnatpedus l)lack ; feet black ; tibia and iflrsi pi- 

 ceous ; abdomen black. 



15. F. Hartarica entirely black, immaculate, glabrous; strife 

 of the elytra impunctured. 



Le?jgth three-fourths of an inch. 



Body glabrous, black. 



Head, frontal lines distinct ; antemm with ferruginous hair 

 towards the tips, joints attenuated towards their bases ; 

 labrum truncate. 



Thorax large, transverse, gradually a little contracted behind, 

 base nearly equal to the base of the elytra, dorsal line 

 profoundly and equally impressed, anterior transverse line 

 more profoundly impressed, confluent with the marginal 

 groove at the anterior angles, basal lines strongly im- 

 pressed, excurved, and distinctly confluent with the mar- 

 ginal groove behind the angles, lateral edge excurved at 

 the hind angles, posterior angles acute. 



Elytra, strise impunctured, interstitial lines very convex, 

 third with three remote punctures, one near the base, 

 one near the middle, and one towards the tip. 

 • Feet black ; tarsi piceous. 



16. F. ^rnuta black; thorax punctured each side at base; 



elytra with obsoletely punctured stria?. 

 Length half an inch. 



Carabus adoxus, Melsh. Catal. 



Body glal)rous, black. 



^Mtennm ferruginous towards tip, joints attenuated towards 



their bases ; palpi piceous. 

 Thorax m the middle as broad as the elytra, gradually a little 



contracted to the base, where it is very slightly excurved ; 



base somewhat de|;ressed, and distinctly punctured each 



side, dorsal line distinctly continued to the base. 



