60 DESCRIPTION OP INSECTS 



articulation of the lahrum ; eyes prominent : lahrum deep 

 piceous ; antennae hairy, brown, piceous and glabrous at 

 base, somewhat shorter tlian the thorax. 



Thorax black, somewhat transverse-quadrate, anterior and 

 posterior diameters equal, anterior an^jles rounded, little 

 promini',nt, posterior ones rectangular, attaining the outer 

 humeral ansjles, lateral edge obscure piceous, margin ob- 

 soletely purple, a dorsal impressed hue and basal abbre- 

 viated one each side. 



Elytra blackish faintly tinged with reddish purple, striated, 

 striae acute, minutely punctured, a marginal line of ocellate 

 punctures, which are more distant in the middle ; epipleura 

 reddish-purple. 



Genus Epomis. Bonel. Latr. 



Anterior tibia emarginate ; two anterior tarsi dilated in the 

 male, and furnished beneath with dense, granuliform pa- 

 pillae ; antennae filiform ; labrum entire ; palpi with the 

 terminal joint dilated, obtriangular. 



Species. 



E. *tomentosus dusky cupreous opake ; elytra and feet black. 

 Length three-fifths of an inch. 



Carabus tomentosus. Melsh. Calal. 



Head impunctured, dark cupreous ; antenuK black, two basal 



joints rufous ; lahrum piceous ; palpi black. 

 Thorax cupreous, with numerous, green, confluent punc 



tures, as broad as the elytra at base, and gradually con- 



tracting by a curved line to the head. 

 Elytra greenish-black, striate, striae distinctly punctured. 

 Pectus and posfpectiis Ijlack, punctured ; feet black ; abdomen 



black. 



Not uncommon in Pennsylvania. A specimen was brought 



