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mountains in the north of England, and in Scotland and Wales. 

 It has been taken on Croagh Patrick in Ireland by Mr. Walker; 

 and on Mangerton and Carran Tual, the highest peak in that 

 island, by Mr. Haliday. 



4. L. ferruginous : rufo-ferrugineus ; thorace brevi, cordato, 



postice coarctato ; elytris oblongo-ovatis,punctato-striatis ; 

 antennis pedibusque pallidis. 



Carabus ferruyineus, Linn. S. N. 2. 672. 



C. spinilabris, Fab. S. El. 1. 204. 



Leistus spinilabris, Dej. Spec. 2. 217 ; Icon. 2. 64. pi. 73. 



Steph. Mand. 1. 65, et Manual, p. 18. 

 Carabus rufescens, Payk. Mon. 58. Duft. Faun. 2. 53. 

 Leistus rufescens, var., Sturm, D. F. 3. 158. 



Entirely ferruginous. Thorax very short, and much dilated 

 and rounded at the sides before the middle, thence suddenly 

 and considerably contracted behind, posterior angles right angles, 

 disk very convex, smooth and shining, the anterior and posterior 

 margins thickly punctured. Elytra oblong-ovate, much narrowed 

 in front and the angles rounded, dilated behind the middle, 

 punctate-striated ; body beneath pitchy red or ferruginous 

 according to maturity, thorax and sides of the breast thickly 

 punctured. Length 3 lines. 



In profusion in marshy localities and generally distributed. 



In the Linnsean Collection this insect is labelled "ferrugineus" 

 with the label to that effect attached to the pin. 



5. L. rufescens : rufo-ferrugineus, vertice elytrorumque apice 



nigris; thorace cordato, postice coarctato ; elytris punct at o- 

 striatis, antennis pedibusque pallidis. 



Carabus rufescens, Fab. Mant. 1. 204 (1787). Fab. S. El. I. 



205. (var. /3.) Payk. Mon. 58 (1790). 

 Leistus rufescens (var. b.), Sturm, D. F. 3. 158. Steph. Mand. 



1. 65, et Manual, p. 18. 



Carabus prceustus, Fab. Ent. S. 1. 162 (1792). 

 Leistus terminatus, Dej. Spec. 2. 218; Icon. 2. 65. pi. 73. 



Head brownish black j mouth, palpi and antennae testaceous. 

 Thorax ferruginous red, convex, sides very much dilated and 

 rounded, narrowed behind, posterior angles obtuse. Elytra 

 oblong-ovate, narrowed in front, the apex more rounded, ferru- 

 ginous red, with the tip occasionally brownish black ; abdomen 

 brownish black, legs pale testaceous. Length 3^ lines. 



