6 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
Subfamily 4. Carabides Westw. (Carabide MacLeay. | 
Grandipalpi, Abdominales Latr. ) 
Division 1. Carabidea Westw. (Carabide Steph.) 
CYCHRUS Fabr. Tenesrio p. Linn. 1 sp. JT. rostratus Linn. Curt. 426. 
Head long, narrow ; palpi with the last joint large and spoon-shaped ; mandibles 
long ; tridentate at the tip ; wings 0. 
PROCRUSTES Bon. Carazus p. Linn. 1 sp. C. coriaceus Linn. 
Labrum trilobed ; mentum-tooth bifid ; thorax subquadrate. Stm. D. F. 3. pl. 54. 
CARABUS Linn. Tacuyrus Weber. 17 sp. C. violaceus Linn. Curt. 446. 
Labrum bilobed ; mentum-tootk entire ; thorax subcordate ; wings O or rudimen- 
tal ; palpi with the last joint securiform. 
CALOSOMA Weber. Carazus p. Linn. 2 sp. Car. sycophanta L. Curt. 330. 
Labrum bilobed; thorax suborbicular; abdomen subquadrate ; wings large ; 
palpi with the last joint ovate, truncate. 
LEISTUS Frolich. Poconoryorus Latr. 8 sp. Car. spinibarbis Fabr. 
Maxillz with the base externally armed with long spines; mandibles dilated at 
the base, externally ; palpi elongated. Curt. 176. 
Division 2. Elaphridea Westw. (Elaphrid Steph.) 
NEBRIA Latr. Carasus p. Linn. 3sp. Car. complanatus L. Curt. pl. 6. 
Depressed ; labrum subquadrate, slightly emarginate ; palpi with the last joint 
slightly dilated, obliquely truncate; wings two. 
HELOBIA Leach. Nesria p. Latr. 6 sp. Car. brevicollis Fabr. Curt. 103. 
Depressed ; thorax transverse, cordate; wings two; labrum transverse. 
ALPHZUS Bon. Nesria p. Dej. 1 sp. A. castaneus Bon. 
Subdepressed ; thorax cordate; wings 0; palpi with the last joints rounded. 
PELOPHILA Mann. Bteruiss p. Bon. 1 sp. Car. borealis Pk. Curt. 302, 
Antenne short ; labrum transverse, subemarginate ; thorax cordate, truncate. 
BLETHISA Bon. Carazus p. Linn. 1 sp. Car. multipunctatus L. Curt. 326. 
Antenne short ; labrum subtrilobate ; thorax quadrate; palpi rather short. 
ELAPHRUS Fabr. CicinpEta p. Linn. 5 sp. Cic. riparia Linn. Curt. 179. 
Antenne short ; eyes very prominent; thorax convex ; labrum slightly trilobed ; 
palpi slender. 
NOTIOPHILUS Dum. Exarurus p. Fabr. 18 sp. Cie. aquatica Linn. 
Head as broad as the thorax; eyes large; thorax quadrate, flattened ; labrum 
large, rounded; palpi robust. Curt. 190. 
Subfamily 5. Bembidiides Westw. (Subulipalpi Lar.) 
LYMNZUM Steph. Carasusp. Marsh. 1 sp. Car. nigropiceus M. 
Linear, depressed ; third and fourth joints of the antenne equal; fourth tarsal 
joint with a spine. Steph. 2. pl. 10. f. 1. 
CILLENUM Leach. Buemus p. Dej. Isp. Cill. laterale Lea. Curt. 200. 
Linear, depressed ; third antennal joint longer than the fourth; fourth tarsal 
joint simple; labrum subemarginate. 
TACHYS Zeigl. Bempivium Sturm. 8 sp. B. obtusum Stm. Stm.D.F. pl. 161. f. C. 
Ovate, subconvex ; thorax transverse ; hinder angles rounded, entire. 
PHILOCTHUS Steph. Leta Meg. 6 sp. Bemb. 2-guttatum Stm. Stm. 161. B,. 
Ovate, subconvex ; thorax transverse ; hinder angles rounded and deeply notched. 
OCYS K. Carasus p. Pz Car. tempestivus Pz. Steph. Ill. 2. pl. 10. f. 2. 
Ovate, subconvex ; thorax transverse; hinder angles prominent, acute. 
