60 CARABID^E. BADISTER. 



articulo ultimo subovato. Mandibulae breves, obtusa. Labrum 

 bilobum. Tarsi antici maris articulis tribus valde dilatatis, 

 subtus dense spongiosis. 



1. B. bipustulatus : capite nigro> thorace subcordato pedibus 



elytrisque rufo-testaceis, his postice nigris, suturd margine 

 summo maculdque communi rufo-testaceis. 



Carabus bipustulatus, Fab. S. El. 1. 203. 



Amblychus bipustulatus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 74. 



Badister bipustulatus, Sturm, D. F. 3. 186. Dej. Spec. 2. 406; 

 Icon. 223. pi. 101. Steph. Mand. 1. 72, et Manual, p. 22. 

 Erichson, Kafer, 23. Heer, Faun. Helv. 49. 



B. microcephalus, Steph. Mand. 5. 373, et Manual, p. 22. 



Var. j3. capite paulo majore, thorace breviore, scutello rufescente. 

 B. lacertosus, Sturm, D. F. 3. 188. Steph. Mand. 5. 374, et 

 Manual, p. 22. 



Head black, in some examples very small, in others large, but 

 always narrower than in the next species, basal joint of the 

 antennae testaceous. Thorax testaceous red, subcordate, sides 

 rounded and narrowed behind and the posterior angles rather 

 rotundate (PI. I. f. 16), the dorsal furrow very fine, the base 

 furnished with two fovese. Elytra oblong, wider than the thorax, 

 simply striated, testaceous red in front with the suture and 

 margins paler, having a broad cyaneous patch behind including 

 a common reddish testaceous spot before the apex varying con- 

 siderably in shape from round to oblong and occasionally obsolete; 

 scutellum usually black, but sometimes pitchy red ; breast wholly 

 black, legs testaceous. Length 2|-3 lines. 



Common. 



2. B. unipustulatus : capite thoracis latitudine nigro, thorace 



breviore postice magis angustato, pectoris scapulis pedibus 

 elytrisque rufo-testaceis, his postice nigris, suturd margine 

 summo maculdque communi ru/O'-testaceis. 



Bonelli, Obs. Ent. Mem. de 1'Acad. Imp. Turin, 1811-1812, 



p. 443. Erichson, Kiifer, 22. Heer, Faun. Helv. 49. 



B. cephalotes, Dej. Spec. 2. 406; Icon. 2. 223. pi. 100. Curtis, 



Ent. pi. 139. Steph. Mand. 1. 72, et Manual, p. 22. 

 B. suturalis, Steph. Mand. 1. 73, et Manual, p. 22. 



Larger than bipustulatus. Head broader, about as wide as the 

 thorax, very much depressed in front, the basal joint of the 

 antennae testaceous only at its base. Thorax considerably shorter 

 (PI. I. f. 17), wide in front, and much narrower behind than in the 

 allied species, with the posterior angles more rotundate, the dorsal 



