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tliat genus. It corresponds with the genus Ars;ii/or of Go- 

 ndii. 



43. F, *hypoUthos a{)tcrous, black, glabrous ; feet rufous : 



stiitp of the elytra piinctiiicd. 

 Length more than clcvcn-twentictlis of an inch. 

 Antenmc dark piceous; palpi rufo-piccous. 

 Thorax narrowed behind, dorsal line decj)ly impressed, sur- 



fi\ce obsolctely transversely wrinkled, basal lines dilated, 



distinctly indented, angles obtusely rounded, lateral edge 



regularly arquated. 

 Ehftra, strise not deeply impressed, irregularly punctured. 

 Thighs and coxit rufous : tibia and tarsi dark rufous. 



This species seems to belong to tiic genus Pterostichus 

 of Bonelli, and it may be distinguished from those which we 

 have mentioned to be referable to that genus by the colour of 

 its feet. 



Genus Abax. Bond. 



Anterior tibia emarginate; antemifo moniliform ; elytra en- 

 tire, united; wings none; labium with the intermediate 

 tooth obtuse or truncated ; thorax large, transversely quad- 

 rate, basal angles each with two abbreviated strisej an- 

 terior tarsi of the male with three dilated joints. 



Species. 



A. *coi^acinus black, beneath piccous-black ; elytra striate, 



a line of marginal ocellate punctures. 

 Length three-fifths of an inch. 



Carabus coracinus. Mehh. Calal. 



Body beneath piceous-black. 



Head black ; a deeply impressed, acute, transverse line be- 

 tween the bases of the antennte, equally distinct with tiic 



