78 DESCRirTION OF INSECTS 



Carabiis catenaius. Melsh. CataL 



Body black, glabrous. 



Head smooth, impunctiired ; antetmm fuscous beyond the 

 middle. 



Thorax, exterior margin obscure violaceous, and with the 

 base somewhat scabrous, disk impunctured, dorsal and 

 basal lines ol)solete, the latter oblique. 



Elytra margined with obscure violaceous, edge near the base 

 slightly serrate, interstitial lines about fifteen, obtuse 

 and smooth, connected by numerous transverse septae 

 which are equally prominent and obtuse, not continued, 

 fourth, eighth, and twelfth line dilated, interrupted, obtuse. 



Postpectus and venter each side punctured. 



Tile name catenatus has been applied by Panzer to a 



species inhabiting Carniola. 



Genus Nebria. Latr. 



Anterior tibia entire ; elytra entire ; exterior maxillary and 

 labial palpi with the last joint elongated, subcylindrical, 

 the latter of equal joints ; tongue not longer than the la- 

 brum, and not tricuspidate at tip ; labrum entire ; labium 

 profoundly emarginate, and with an emarginate, obtuse, 

 central tooth ; mandibles not dilated at base ; thorax trun- 

 cate, cordate ; abdomen oval, depressed ; antennae filiform. 



Species. 



N. */)a%;es black; thorax dilated, very short; feet testaceous. 



Length nearly half an inch. 



Body black, glabrous, depressed. 



Head with two obsolete piceous spots on the vertex ; mouth 

 piceous ; palpi paler at base ; aiitennce rufous, base paler ; 

 labium elongated, nearly as long as the labrum, bisetous 

 near the tip. 



Thorax much abbreviated, as broad as the elytra, much con- 

 tracted behind, exterior and posterior margins depressed, 



