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fleeted ; elytra blackish ijlossud with purple, strife pruluuud, im- 

 puuctured, interstitial Hues very convex ; beneath. 



2. 1). viOLACEUS. [Ante, 1, ol] [68] 



3. 1>. DILATATUS. [Ante, 1, r)3.] 



4. IX ELONGATUS. — Black, iuipuncturod, immaculate, striae 

 impunctured. 



LeriLTth three-fifths of an inch. 



Carabus furvus Melsh. Catal. 



Dicalua elonyutus, thorace subquadrato, niger, elytris sulcatis, corpora 

 elongato. Bouel. Obs. entoiu. 



Antenna) gradually becoming ferruginous towards the tip; 

 thorax of nearly e(jual diameters, contracted before, margins 

 depressed, lateral edge slightly reflected, dorsal line continued 

 to the base, basal depression not distinctly sinuated before, basal 

 lines distinct; elytra black, stria) profound, impunctured, inter- 

 stitial lines very convex; humeral elevated line elongated. 



5. I). scuLi'TiLis. [Ante, 1, 53.] [69] 



6. D. SPLENDIDUS. [Ante, 1, 52.] 



PANAG.El^S Latr. 



Anterior tibiae emarginate; elytra entire; exterior maxillary 

 and labial palpi with the terminal joint subsecuriform ; [mentum] 

 tridentate, middle tooth short, obtuse ; tongue short ; head smalj ; 

 labium much wider at base; neck distinct, abrupt ; thorax or- 

 bicular; abdomen subquadrate; antennae filiform. 



1. P. CRUCiOERUS. — Black, hirsute; elytra with four large 

 fulvous spots. 



Length nine-twentieths of an inch. 



Body black, opake, punctured ; liead with obsolete punctures; 

 antennie with a few rufous hairs towards the tip; thorax trans- 

 versely suboval, widest behind the middle, punctures numerous, 

 dilated, and distinct, edge abruptly excurved near the jiosterior 

 angles, which are small, prominent, acute ; elytra with obtuse 

 striaa, punctures dilated, each elytrum with two large fulvous 

 spots, of which one is near the [70] ba.se, rounded, attaining the 

 margin, and the other near the tip, orbicular and distinct; pec- 

 tus, postpectus, aud abdomen each side at base with dilated 

 punctures. 

 1823.] 



