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Tenebrio fossor, Linn. F. S. 817 ; S. N. 2. 675. 

 Scarites fossor, 111. Kafer, 3. Dufts. Faun. 2. 5. 

 Clivina fossor, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 169. Steph. Mand. 1. 39, 

 etManual,p. 11. Erichson, Kafer, 35. Heer,Faun.Helv. 16. 

 Scarites arenarius, Fab. S. El. 1. 125. Sturm, D. F. 2. 128. 

 Clivina arenaria, Dej. Spec. 1. 413. Icon. 1. 215. pi. 23. 



This species is pitchy black, with the margins of the elytra 

 and sometimes the suture pitchy red. Head with a deep rugged 

 fovea on each side and a small impression on the crown, palpi 

 and antennae ferruginous. Thorax nearly quadrate, broadest 

 behind at the posterior angles, disk more or less transversely 

 strigose, the dorsal furrow met in front by a transverse stria 

 which encloses a narrow space. Elytra elongate, sides almost 

 parallel, narrowed towards the apex, deeply striated, the strise 

 punctured, the third with four remote impressions, and the 

 margins with numerous large punctures ; legs ferruginous red. 

 Length 3 lines. 



Common in marshy places, on river banks, &c. 



2. C. collaris : rufo-brunnea, thorace castaneo, quadrato, ely- 

 tris elongatis, subparallelis, striato-punctatis, punctis 

 quatuor impressis. 



Carabus collaris, Herbst, Archiv, 5. 141. 



Clivina collaris, Steph. Mand. 1. 40, et Manual, p. 11. Curtis, 



Ent. pi. 175. Heer, Faun. Helv. 16. Putz. Mon. 76. 16. 

 Cl. fossor, var. b, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 169. 

 Cl. arenaria, var. b, Dej. Spec. 1. 413 ; Icon. 1. 215. pi. 23. 



Smaller, narrower, and more elongate in proportion than the 

 preceding; the thorax chestnut-brown, the rest of the insect 

 ferruginous. Head shorter and rounder than in fossor. Thorax 

 more quadrate, less dilated at the posterior angles, and the disk 

 smoother. Elytra narrower and more elongate in appearance, 

 rather widest behind the middle, less narrowed towards the apex, 

 less deeply striated, but the four impressions on the third stria 

 more distinct. If its distinctive characters are slight, they are 

 at any rate constant, and its colour is unvariable ; the size also 

 is uniformly less than that of the preceding species. 



Local. " Beneath stones by the side of the Tyne and Dervvent 

 in May and June," Messrs. Hardy and Bold. " Common in 

 Battersea fields," Mr. Stephens. It is found also in Scotland. 



Genus 10. DYSCHIRIUS, Panzer. 



Mentum dente media minirno. Ligula cornea, elongata, apice 

 obtusa ; paraglossis coriaceis, abbreviatis. Palpi articuln 



