74 GEODEPHAGA — CARABIDAE. 



margin of the elytra brownish-yellow. Thorax broader in 

 proportion to elytra, less narrowed behind, posterior angles 

 more rounded, basal depressions more punctured ; elytra 

 with finer striae, and no impression beside the second 

 stria behind. L. If 1. Scarce. S. hrunnipes, Sturm. 



b h. First two joints of antennae and the legs 

 yellow. 



Pitch-black; thorax reddish-pitchy, with its margins 

 pale, broad, very slightly narrowed behind, very moderately 

 convex, base depressed, basal depressions impunctate ; 

 elytra wide. L. If 1. Scarce. S. derelictiis, Daws. 



B B. Thorax rather broader than long, dis- 

 tinctly narrowed behind, posterior angles ap- 

 parent, although very obtuse. 



Entirely pitch-black, except the antennae, of which the 

 first joint' is, like the legs, dull yellow, and the rest brown. 

 Basal impressions of thorax large luit shallow, with scat- 

 tered punctures. L. 1-^ 1. Not uncofnrnon. 



*S'. exignus, Dej. 



The variety luridus, Dej., is l)rownish-yellow ; thorax 

 reddish, often brownish in middle ; suture and outer 

 margin of elytra lighter yellow ; antennae brownish, with 

 yellow base ; legs yellow. 



2. Elytra black, the base and suture yellow-brown. 

 Hesid and thorax black, palpi and antennae coloured as 

 in S. Gijllcnhali ; legs yellow. Thorax narrowed behind ; 

 posterior angles obtuse, base strongly punctured, especially 

 in the deep im})ressions ; elytra almost parallel-sided, with 

 deep striae. L. I5 1. Common. S. mcridianus, Lin. 



ft. Posterior angles of thorax sharp right angles, the 

 sides being sinuate behind. 



Head blackish ; mouth, palpi, first two joints of the long 

 antennae, and legs yellow ; thorax red, often brown in the 

 middle, rather broader than long, narrowed behind, basal 

 depressions large, deep, and almost smooth, side margins 

 raised ; elytra elongate, yellow, with a large, common, oval 

 black spot, divided by the suture, striae deep ; under-side 

 black, apex of abdomen reddish. L. 2 1. Ptather common. 



S. consjyittus, Duft. 



