CARABID^l. DROMIUS. 13 



Head black and shining ; palpi and antennae pale testaceous. 

 Thorax testaceous red, subquadrate, the length rather less than 

 the breadth, a little narrowed at the base, the posterior angles 

 slightly elevated and nearly rectangular. Elytra livid testaceous, 

 and usually transparent so as to show the wings distinctly be- 

 neath, a little widest behind, obsoletely striated, especially at the 

 sides; underside of the body dusky ferruginous; legs pale. 

 Length 1| line. 



Generally distributed. 



10. D. glabratus : oblongus, nigro-subceneus ; thorace subqua- 



drato, postice angustato, glabrato ; elytris sublsevibus. 



Lebia glabrata, Dufts. Faun. 2. 248. 



Dromius glabratus, Dej. Spec. 1. 244 ; Icon. 1. 121. pi. 13.-^- 

 Steph. Mand. 1 . 25, et Manual, p. 8. Heer, Faun. Helv. 11. 

 Carabus femoralis, Marsham, Ent. 463. 

 Dromius femoralis, Steph. Mand. 1. 25, et Manual, p. 8. 

 D. angustatus, (Curtis) Steph. Manual, p. 8. 

 D. maurus, Steph. Mand. 1. 1/6, et Manual, p. 8. 



Deep glossy or bronzed black. Head round, smooth and 

 convex. Thorax subquadrate, narrowed behind, the sides and 

 base considerably rounded, with the posterior angles nearly ob- 

 solete, the central line very fine and the disk glabrous. Elytra 

 oblong, depressed, with the humeral angles rather prominent, the 

 disk glabrous, with a few rudiments only of striae; legs occasionally 

 pitchy. Length 1^ line. 



C. femoralis, Marsham, is an immature representative of this 

 species, from which D. angustatus and maurus cannot be separated. 



Very common. 



11. D. tmncatellus : nigro-sub&neus ; thorace brevi subcordato, 



postice rotundato; elytris substriatis; antennis basi tibiisgue 

 piceis. 



Carabus truncatellus, Linn. S. N. 2. 673. Fab. S. El. 1. 210. 



Lebia truncatella, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 182. Dufts. Faun. 2. 247. 



Dromius truncatellus, Dej. Spec. 1.248 ; Icon. 1. 127.pl. 13. 

 Sturm, D. F. 7. 51. Steph. Mand. 1. 26, et Manual, p. 8. 

 Erichson, Kafer, 33. Heer, Faun. Helv. 11. 



In form like D. foveolus, but rather shorter and smaller, with- 

 out any brassy tinge and without any foveae on the elytra. Head 

 and eyes smaller. Thorax shorter, subcordate, with the sides 

 regularly rounded behind, posterior angles very obtuse. Elytra 

 shorter than in foveolus and slightly wider, the humeral angles 

 rounded, apex wide and truncate, disk very obsoletely striated; 



