68 DESCRIPTION OF INSECTS 



3. D. *dilatatus black, inipuncturod, immaculate ; strise ob- 

 solotely punctured towards the tip. 



Length Ibui-lifths of an inch. 



Carabus dilatatus. Mehh. Catal. 



Thorax entirely black, margins depressed, lateral edge 



slightly reflected, dorsal line abbreviated, depression of 



the base distinctly sinuated before. 

 Elytra totally black, strife piofound, obsoletely punctured 



towards the tip, interstitial lines very convex, subcari- 



nated. 



4. D. elongatus black, impunctured, immaculate, striae im- 

 punctured. 



Length three-fifths of an inch. 



Caralms furviis. Mehh. Catal. 



Dicselus elongatus thorace subquadrato, nigcr, eljtris sulcatis, corpore elon- 

 gate. Bonel. Obs. Entom. 



Jintennm gradually becoming ferruginous towards the tip. 



Thorax of nearly equal diameters, contracted before, margins 

 depressed, lateral edge slightly reflected, dorsal line con- 

 tinued to the base, basal depression not distinctly smuated 

 before, basal lines distinct. 



Elytra black, strise profound, impunctured, interstitial lines 

 very convex ; humeral elevated line elongated. 



.5. D. *sc7ilptilis black ; elytra with serpentine striae and 

 sculptured interstitial lines. 



Length four-fifths of an inch. 



Body entirely black, immaculate. 



Thorax, margins depressed, lateral edge slightly reflected, 

 dorsal line abbreviated. 



Elytra, strite very irregularly serpentine, punctured, inter- 

 stitial lines irregular, unequal, a few adventitious punc- 

 tures distinct from the strise arranged in circles or irre- 

 gular figures. 



