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apicem latis, deinde usque ad basin subrotundatim an- 

 gustatis, ad basin angustissimis, olivaceo-seneis punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis sat convexis. Long. 85- — 8£ mm. 



Nikko, under moss in forests at high elevations, in 

 early summer. 



Carabus granulatus (Lin.), var. telluris, Lewis, Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 526. 



C. gramdato quoad formam simillimus ; a typo differt 

 thorace creberrime vermiculato-rugoso et punctato ely- 

 trisque inter interstitia catenata costa unica nitida. 

 Niger obscure viridi vel cupreo-tinctus, parum nitidus. 

 Long. 23 mm. 



Tonosawa, Central Japan. 



Neither this nor the following species or local sub- 

 species is the C. Maackl, Morawitz, as Mr. Lewis at 

 first thought (loc. cit.). C. Maackl is said by Mots- 

 chulsky to be an East Siberian variety of C. conciliator, 

 a species well distinguished from C. granulatus by the 

 scale-like minute sculpture of the elytra. In C. telluris 

 the elytral interstices are thickly covered with small 

 separate granulations, more distinct from each other 

 than in the typical C. granulatus, and this does not agree 

 with Morawitz 's description, " interstitiis rugulosis et 

 granulatis." The tubercles of the " chain-strise " are 

 shorter than is usual in the European C. granulatus, 

 resembling in this respect the ordinary varieties of the 

 species so abundant in East Siberia. 



Carabus Yezoensis. 



C. gramdato affinis sed differt elytris magis convexis 

 et ovatis ; viridescenti-niger, opacus ; capite et thorace 

 creberrime vermiculato-rugosis, hoc sicut in C. granulato 

 sed postice (mox ante basin) fortius sinuato-angustato ; 

 elytris elongato-ovatis, lateribus in utroque sexu rotun- 

 datis, inter interstitia catenata 'tricostulatis, costulis 

 fere aequalibus rugulosis, mediana tantum hie illic laevi, 

 interstitiis crebre asperato-granulatis ; apice sicut in C. 

 granulato sat profunde sinuatis. Long. 26 mm., $ , 2 . 



Sapporo, and across to Junsai Lake. 



Although belonging to the granulatus group, this spe- 

 cies differs too much in form and sculpture to be treated 

 as a simple local form of C. granulatus. Its facies is 



