62 CARABID.E. LICINUS. 



p. 443. Dej. Spec. 2. 410 ; Icon. 2. 227. pi. 101. Erichson, 



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



B. sodalis, Sturm, D. F. 3. 191. 



Carabus dorsiger, Dufts. Faun. 2. 151. 



Trimorphus scapularis, Steph. Mand. 1. 180. 



T. confinis, Steph. Mand. 1. 181, et Manual, p. 23. 



Obscure black, with a cyaneous reflection on the elytra. Head 

 round, smooth, depressed in front, mouth yellow, base of the first 

 joint of the antennae testaceous, its apex together with the whole 

 of the second, third and fourth joints brownish, the rest reddish, 

 more or less obscure. Thorax obcordate, sides obliquely sloped 

 and narrowed behind, margins pale, delicately reflexed and 

 elevated towards the hinder angles which are rounded, disk 

 transversely wrinkled, having a deep central longitudinal furrow 

 and two large and very deep fovese at the base ; scutellum large, 

 triangular and black. Elytra oblong-ovate, humeral angles 

 rounded, sides very little rounded and only slightly widest be- 

 hind, disk striated, the second stria with two impressions, and a 

 series of deeper punctures on the margins, the latter together 

 with the suture behind and a broad subquadrate spot widest 

 behind on the shoulders testaceous yellow ; underside of the body 

 brownish black ; legs pale yellow. Length 2 lines. 



This species is local, but widely distributed. " Carlisle in 

 February and March," Mr. Heysham. "Earl's Court, Brompton," 

 Mr. Waterhouse. "Battersea fields; Darenth; in Norfolk; Loch 

 Awe, Scotland," Mr. Stephens. " Castle Wood, Morpeth," Mr. 

 Scott. I have captured it near Hastings ; and for several years 

 procured it annually in the spring from a copse near Shanklin, 

 Isle of Wight. 



Genus 21. LICINUS, Latreille. 



Mentum dente media nullo. Ligula brevis, apice truncata ; para- 

 glossis membranaceis, apice rotundatis, ei tequalibus. Palpi 

 articulo ultimo securiformi. Mandibulse breves, obtuste. 

 Labrum apice leviter emarginatum. Tarsi antici maris arti- 

 culis duobus valde dilatatis, subtus dense spongiosis. 



1. L. depressus : ater, thorace lateribus subrotundato, elytris 

 oblongo-ovatis, punctato-striatis, inter stitiis planis, undique 

 punctatissimis. 



Carabus depressus, Payk. Faun. 1. 110. 



Licinus depressus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 73. Dej. Spec. 2. 401 ; 



Icon. 2. 217. pi. 99. Curtis, Ent. pi. 75. Steph. Mand. 1. 



73, et Manual, p. 23. Erichson, Kafer, 22. Heer, Faun. 



Helv. 47. 

 Carabus cassidens, 111. Kafer, 1. 159. 



