34 OEODEPIIAGA — CARABIDAE. 



interstice ; legs l)r()wnish -yellow, femora usually darker. 

 L. 11 — 1^1. Common. M. olscuro-gvttatus, Dnft. 



B. Deep black and shining; elytra with very indistinct 

 striae and without any impression in third interstice. 

 First joint of antennae, tibiae, and tarsi brownish. 



L. 1\ 1. Common. M. truncatelhis, Lin. 



C. Bronze-brown ; elytra with feeble striae and two deep 

 impressions in third interstice. 



Antennae, under-side, and eyes black. L. If^ 1. Common. 



M. fovcola, Oyll. 



Lionycluis. 



Shining black, with a slight bronze lustre. Thorax 

 heart-shaped, with a feeble transverse impression between 

 tlie small but sharp lateral teeth, base flattened and finely 

 wrinkled ; each elytron with two whitish yellow spots, one 

 at shoulder, the other (often absent) somewhat Ijehind 

 middle, and with four distinct striae near suture, and traces 

 of outer ones, each interstice bearing a row of small 

 punctures. L. l^^ 1. Eatlier common. 



L. qua(lrillu7n, Duft. 



A, Elytra black and reddish. 



((. Head l)lack, thorax red. 



I, Elytra reddish, with black markings, viz., atriangtilar 

 spot round scutelluni, attached behind to a broad 

 transverse l)and, which at suture and outer-mai'gin 

 is extended liackwardto apex; scutelluni black. 



Thorax red; In'cast, abdomen, knees, and tarsi lilack. 

 Elytra with feeble, closely-punctured striae. L. 2h — 2| 1. 

 Kare. L. crux-minor, Lin. 



If. Elytra black, witlialarge reddisli-yellow shoulder 

 s]:)ot ; scutelluni red. 

 Thorax red; breast and legs red ; abdomen black. Elytra 

 with strong, almost impunctate striae. L. 2 — ^2| 1. Eare. 



L. turcica, Fab. 



