48 CARABID.E. NEBRIA. 



Carabus brevicollis, Fab. S. El. 1. 191. 



Nebria brevicollis, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 39. Sturm, D. F. 3. 140. 



Dej. Spec. 2. 233 ; Icon. 2. 82. pi. 76. 

 Helobia brevicollis, Steph. Mand. 1. 61, et Manual, p. 17. 

 H. lata, Newman, Ent. Mag. 1. 284. Steph. Mand. 5. 372, 



et Manual, p. 16. 

 H.varicornis, Newman, Ent. Mag. 1.285. Steph. Mand. 5.372, 



et Manual, p. 1 7. 



Rather depressed, black or pitchy black, sometimes iridescent; 

 antennae red, and in less frequent examples with three or four 

 joints near the base dusky. Thorax short, its sides dilated and 

 rounded below the anterior angles and narrowed behind, broadly 

 margined, all the margins coarsely punctured. Elytra depressed, 

 shoulders a little rounded, sides nearly parallel, crenate-striated, 

 interstices flat, the third stria with three or four larger punctures; 

 underside black, head wrinkled, thorax finely, breast coarsely 

 punctured ; legs red, femora sometimes pitchy black. Length 

 4|~6 lines. 



H. lata and varicornis are not distinct from this extremely 

 abundant and widely distributed species. 



4. N. nivalis : nigra, subdepressa ; elytris striatis, striis sub- 

 punctatis, punctis quatuor impressis ; antennis tibiis tarsis- 

 que rufo-piceis. 



Carabus nivalis, Payk. Mon. 52. Payk. Faun. 1. 119. 

 Nebria nivalis, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 41. Dej. Spec. 2. 237; 



Icon. 2. 86. pi. 76. Heer, Faun. Helv. 36. 

 Helobia nivalis, Steph. Manual, p. 17. 



H. Gyllenhallii, Curtis, Ent. pi. 103. Steph. Mand. 1. 62. 

 H. ^thiops, Steph. Mand. 1. 179, et Manual, p. 17. 

 H. Marshallana, Steph. Mand. 1. 61, et Manual, p. 17. 



This species is smaller than brevicollis', beneath it is black, 

 smooth and shining, with the thorax and sides of the breast very 

 faintly punctured; above it is black or pitchy black, with the 

 elytra sometimes reddish. Head with a shallow impression 

 on the crown, and two obsolete fovese between the antennae; 

 mouth, palpi and antennae black, or pitchy black. Thorax very 

 short, anterior angles produced, sides dilated and rounded at the 

 middle, contracted behind, with broadly reflexed margins, the 

 posterior angles acute and prominent, disk moderately convex, 

 with a short central line terminating before and behind in a 

 transverse depression coarsely punctured, base with two fovere 

 and disk otherwise obsoletely wrinkled. Elytra oblong, the 

 shoulders narrower and more rounded than in brevicollis , sides 

 very slightly widest behind the middle, apex obliquely sinuated, 



