48 BRITISH BEETLES. 



Gang Chine, Isle of Wight) ; it never takes to the 

 wing, but runs with great rapidity over the wettest 

 places, like an Elaphrus. The commonest is the above- 

 mentioned C. campestris, plentiful round London, arid 

 indeed almost everywhere, in sandy places : it is half an 

 inch long, with the head and thorax much narrower than 

 the wing-cases ; bluish-green above, with six round white 

 spots on each elytron. When handled, it often emits a 

 smell of roses. The largest species, C. sylvatica (Plate 

 I., fig. 1) is found on the " Bagshot sand," and at 

 Bournemouth. 



2. The CARABID^E, distinguished from the Cic'm- 

 delidae by the maxillae not having any articulation at the 

 tip, may be divided into the following subfamilies : 

 Lebiides, Scaritides, Carabides, Chlteniides, Feroniides, 

 Harpalides, Trechides, and BerMdudes, which will now 

 be noticed seriatim. Many others are sometimes em- 

 ployed, but these will be found sufficient for the classifi- 

 cation of our species. 



The LEBIIDES have a constant character in their wing- 

 cases not reaching to the end of their abdomen, and 

 being cut straight off at the apex. Their front tibiae 

 are notched on the inner side. In most of them the 

 ligula and paraglossae are united, and the basal joints of 

 the front tarsi are not widened in the male; and in 

 some the first joint of the antennae is very elongate. 

 The body is never very convex, but usually more or less 

 depressed; none are very large, and most of them small. 

 Their chief habitats are in and under reeds, etc., in clay 

 and mud-cracks, under bark, and beneath stones and 

 shingle. The type, and most elegant of the family, 

 Lebia crux-minor, is very rare; only occasional speci- 

 mens having been found, in different parts of the country, 



