46 CARABID;E. NEBRIA. 



Widely distributed, but rather local. " Darenth and Coombe 

 Woods ; " Midland Counties ; more abundant .in the North ; 

 Midgley Moor ; " Castle Eden Dene ; Long Benton ; South 

 Shields ; " and on the moors near Llangollen in Wales, in the 

 spring and autumn. 



Genus 15. NEBRIA, Latreille. 



Mentum dente medio parvo bifido. Ligula apice subacuminata, 

 paraglossis ei contiguis, eamque vix super antibus. Palpi 

 articulo ultimo cylindrico. Labrum apice truncatum, vel 

 obsolete sinuatum. Tarsi antici maris articulis tribus sub- 

 dilatatis, subtus par dm spongiosis. 



1 . N. complanata : pallide flavescens ; elytris punctato-striatis, 

 fasciis duabus abbreviatis undatis nigris. 



Carabus complanatus, Linn. S. N. 2. 671. 



Nebria complanata, Steph. Mand. 1. 59, et Manual, p. 16. 



Carabus arenarius, Fab. S. El. 1. 179. 



Nebria arenaria, Dej. Spec. 2. 223 ; Icon. 2. 73. pi. 74. 



Broad and entirely pale ochreous yellow, with the inside of 

 the mandibles and two irregular transverse bands on the elytra 

 formed of elongate streaks more or less confluent together 

 with the suture in front black or brownish black. Head very 

 finely striated longitudinally on each side between the eyes. 

 Thorax broad and short, the anterior margin forming in the 

 middle a small obtuse angle, and the anterior angles also pro- 

 duced, sides widest about the middle, rather narrowed behind, 

 posterior angles acute, sides broadly margined, disk strigose with 

 a faint dorsal line and a transverse impression before and behind, 

 and two obscure fovese at the base. Elytra oblong, shoulders 

 rounded, sides almost parallel, apex rounded, disk rather de- 

 pressed, punctate- striated, margins punctured; the bands on the 

 elytra are sometimes entirely effaced and occasionally only a 

 small black dot is left, but the latter variety is said to be more 

 common in France, where the insect is better known under the 

 Fabrician name arenaria. Length 8-9| lines. 



This species is very abundant on sandy coasts in the west of 

 England; at Swansea; Barnstaple; Bideford; Weston-super- 

 Mare; and on the Lincolnshire coast. "A single specimen 

 (half-dead) was found on the Arklow sands by Mr. Furlong." 

 A. H. Haliday, Esq. 



