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Illiger and others. At a later period, in the Syst. Eleuth., 

 Fabricius calls it, by a lapsus calami or memorize, Car. 

 pallipes, a name preoccupied by him for the above-mentioned 

 American insect. 



Anchomenus atratus.— The British species is atratus, 

 Fairm., but not the true Car. atratus, Dufts., which has 

 been re-described by Fairmaire under the name of A. lucidus. 

 In my German Carabidce I have distinguished the atratus, 

 Daws., Fairm., from the true atratus, Dufts., under the 

 name of A. pusittus. Agonum nigrum, Dej., is a mixture 

 of both atratus, Dufts., and pusillus. 



Poecilus versicolor. — A variety of cupreus. 



Argutor vernalis, " Gyll." — Lege vernalis, " Panz." 



Arg. erythropus, Marsh., is the true strenuus, Panz., as is 

 evidently shewn by Panzer's figure. Erichson was misled 

 by some supposed typical specimen to refer it to pullus, Gyll., 

 to which must now be restored its oldest name, diligens, 

 "Sturm." 



Amara vulgaris, Linn. — Car. vulgaris of Linne is a Pte- 

 rostichus (melanarius), as is proved by his description and 

 his cabinet. The insect known on the Continent as A. vul- 

 garis, Panz., Dej., Eric, is not contrusa, Schiodte, as stated 

 in the Catalogue, but lunicollis, Schiodte, which name I 

 have adopted to avoid the confusion connected with the name 

 vulgaris, for Car. vulgaris, Fab. = acuminata, and Harp. 

 vulgaris, Gyll. = A. erratlca. Amara vulgaris of Daw- 

 son can, however, not be referred to vulgaris, Dej., Eric. 

 {lunicollis, Schiodte), as he says that three joints of the an- 

 tennas are red ; it must be referred to communis. 



A. communis, " Gyll." — Lege " Panz." 



Curtonotus spinipes, Linn. — It can be positively proved 

 by Linne's description (" linea media thoracis ' excavata' 

 manibus ' spinosis' " ), which rather refers to a Scarites, that 



