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Entirely deep shining black, the elytra of the ? duller black. 

 Head small, round, much depressed in front, very finely punctured, 

 but a little smooth at the nape. Thorax widest in front with 

 the angles a little acuminated, sides rounded and gradually 

 narrowed towards the hinder angles which are rounded, disk 

 rather convex, densely punctured, the dorsal furrow abbreviated, 

 the base without foveae, but the lateral margins elevated especially 

 at the hinder angles. Elytra oblong-ovate, rounded at the 

 shoulders, apex obliquely truncate, moderately convex, finely 

 striated, the striae obsoletely punctured, interstices flat and thickly 

 punctured ; underside of the thorax and breast punctate ; cilia 

 and claws red. Length 4^ lines. 



This species is found in chalky districts; near Canterbury, 

 Dover, Box Hill, &c. in the autumn. 



2. L. Silphoides : ater, thorace transverse lateribus rotundato, 

 punctato, in media subl&vigato ; etytris ovatis, punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis subelevatis profunde punctatis, tribus 

 magis elevatis. 



Carabus Silphoides, Fab. S. El. 1. 190. 



Licinus Silphoides, Sturm, D. F. 3. 177. Dej. Spec. 2. 394 ; 

 Icon. 2. 210. pi. 98. Steph. Mand. 1. 73, et Manual, p. 23. 



Deep black. Head minutely punctured, depressed in front, 

 with an elevated ridge on each side between the antennae con- 

 nected by a curved transverse fold in front ; palpi and two joints 

 at the base of the antennae pitchy black, the rest fuscous. Thorax 

 transverse, very short and broad, anterior angles produced, sides 

 regularly rounded, widest about the middle, margins elevated 

 especially at the base, hinder angles rotundate, disk strongly 

 punctured and wrinkled but a little smooth in the centre, with 

 an abbreviated dorsal furrow and a broad obsolete fovea on each 

 side at the base. Elytra ovate, broad, humeral angles rounded, 

 sinuated before the apex, which latter is much produced, finely 

 striated, the stria? deeply, regularly and remotely punctured, the 

 interstices sparingly but deeply punctured and slightly elevated, 

 the third, fifth and seventh more elevated, so as to present the 

 appearance of three distinct raised lines ; body beneath minutely, 

 sides of the breast coarsely punctured; cilia and claws red. 

 Length 5|-6^ lines. 



In profusion on the south-east side of Box Hill in autumn. 

 Found also in the Isle of Portland ; at Dover, &c. and in other 

 chalky districts. 



Genus 22. OODES, Boneffi. 



Mentum dente media integro. Ligula apice liber a dilatataque ; 

 paraglossis membranaceis. Palpi articulo ultimo cylindrico, 



