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8. C, *nemoraUs ciipreoiis-grecn, beneath black ; elytra 

 pui|)Ie-black : anteiiiue and feet rufous ; head inipunc- 

 tured : thorax at base narrower than the elytra. 



Length half an inch. 



Carabus amethystimis. Mehh. Calal. 



Bodij with very short, numerous hairs, cupreous-green; 

 eliih'd dark pur|)le, beneath black. 



Head glabrous, polished ; labrum ferruginous, truncate ; an- 

 te/tnce and palpi rufous- 



Thorax broadest in the tniddic. posterior lateral edge slightly 

 excurved. base narrower- than the elytra, punctures nu- 

 merous, small, impressed lines distinct. 



Sciitel not dai ker than the elytra. 



Eli/tj'a deep pui|)le obscure, with numerous minute punc- 

 tures and punctured strife, inteistiiial lines depressed. 



Sternum slightly tinged with green : feet rufous- 



Is at once distinguished from astivus by the impressed 



front, and from impunctifrons by Iiavingthe tliorax nanowed 



behind. Common in Permsylvania. I found it also in 



Georgia and Florida. 



9. C. *solitarius green, polished, beneath piceous; feet pale ; 

 head impunctured; thorax at base narrower than tjie 

 elytra, subcordate. 



Lerii^h near eleven-twentieths of an inch. 



Bodif green, polished, bencatli piceous-black. 



Head impunctured; antenrue hvovfinsh, pd\er athase; labrum 



truncate, pale ferruginous. 

 Thorax dilated before the middle, contracted behind, dorsal 



lines and base punctured, disk each side impunctured. 

 Scuiel pur[)lish. 

 Eli/tra green, polished, strife indented, obtuse, [junctures 



distinct, intervals not equal to their lenui;th and Itecoming 



obsolete towards the tip, interstitial lines convex, with 



very distinct punctures. 



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