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Thorax black, with ciowiKmI, minute, confliieni puiKluic?. 

 posterior lateral margin rellccteil, |)ostcrior an':;lcs rounded 

 and extending backwards l)e}ond tlie basal line. 

 Elytra black, strire reticulated by smaller transverse linos, 

 wliicl), near tlie base, arc niucli more deeply impressed, 

 so as almost to granulate the interstitial lines, stria' MI'teen. 

 transverse lines very numerous, Iburlli, eighth, and twelltli 

 interstitial lines with several equal, equidistant, dilated, 

 orbicular, impressed, golden dots, and a solitary one near 

 the scutel, exterior marginal groove grccnisli. 

 Pectus each side with minute crowded punctures; sternum 

 impunctured ; postpectus each side, and each side of the 

 abdomen with rather larger punctures. 

 I was formerly misled respecting this insect by that por- 

 tion of the specific description of Fabricius which ascribes 

 to it an apterous character. In this error I was corrected by 

 Professor Wiedeman of Kiel, who assures me that Fabiicius 

 was mistaken, and that his species is certainly winged. 



Genus Carabus. Lin. Latr. 



Anterior tibia entire ; elytra entire ; exterior maxillary and 

 labial palpi subtriangular, dilated ; mandibles not elon- 

 gated, robust; lal)rum short, transverse, bilobatc ; labium 

 profoundly emarginatc and with a central tooth ; antenna;, 

 second joint lialf as long as the next; thorax subcordate, 

 emarginate behind ; abdomen oval. 



Species. 



1. C. *sylvosiis apterous, black ; thorax and elytra margined 

 with violaceous, the latter with a triple series of excavated 

 punctures. 



Length rather more than an incii. 



Carabus $ilvostis. Melsh. Calal. 



Body black, glabrous. 



