128 The Rev. F. W. Hope’. 9 Descriptions 
XXIII. Descriptions of some Species of Carabidae, collected 
by Charles Darwin, Esq., in his late Voyage. By the 
Dev. F. W. Hope, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 
[Read May 1, 1837.] 
Species 1. Carabus suturalis, Fab. 
Aptevus; elytris striatis, viridibus ; sutura aurea. Long. lin. 8|; 
lat. lin. 3J. 
Habitat in Terra del Fuego. In Mus. Dom. Banks et C. 
Darwin. 
Statura Carabi aurati. Antennae fuscae, basi ferrugineae. 
Caput viride, laeve, nitens, ore fusco. Thorax cordatus, 
viridis, margine aureo. Elytra substriata, viridia, striis tribus 
fere obsoletis punctorum convexorum ferrugineorum ; sutura 
aurea, nitens. Pectus virescens. Abdomen atrum. Pedes 
ferruginei, plantis nigris. 
Obs. — This insect, although described by Fabricius, is appa- 
rently unknown on the Continent. It is one of the most beautiful 
of published species. When captured, it emitted (like all the 
other species of Carabus from Terra del Feugo) a strong ammo- 
niacal odour. 
Species 2. Carabus ValdJivice. 
Ater ; capite thoraceque viridibus ; elytris auratis, igne mican- 
tibus, marginatis, crenato-sulcatis. Long. lin. 12; lat. lin. 4|. 
Habitat in Valdivia. In Mus. Dom. Darwin. 
Statura C. Chiloensis. Antennae fuscae ; articulis quatuor primis 
piceis, reliquis pubescentibus. Caput viride; oculis promi- 
nentibus, atris. Thorax cordatus, punctulatus, linea longi- 
tudinali fortiter impressa marginibusque lateralibus aureis. 
Scutellum nigrum. Elytra punctato-striata, sutura nigricanti, 
in medio disci virescentia, marginibus externis auratis, igne 
micantibus. Corpus subtus piceum. 
Obs. — Found in the Cordilleras of Valdivia. 
Species 3. Carabus Chiloensis, Eschscholtz. Zool. Atlas. 
Ater; capite thoraceque viridibus ; elytris striato-punctatis, aureis 
et marginatis. Long. lin. 10; lat. lin. 3|. 
Habitat in Chiloe. In Museo Dom. Darwin. 
Praecedenti affinis at minor. Antennae quatuor articulis primis 
piceis, reliquis pubescentibus. Caput viride. Thorax sub- 
