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previously been employed by Linnseus to represent a different 

 species of Carabus. 



This is rather a local species. " Hackney Marshes, Battersea 

 Fields, and near Southend ; " " Common on the banks of the 

 Tees," are the localities given by Mr. Stephens. I have found 

 it not very commonly in the Isle of Wight. " Near Dublin by 

 J. Tardy." A. H. Haliday, Esq. 



(STEROPUS, Megerle.) 



9. P. madidus : apterus, niger, nitidus ; thorace subrotundato, 



postice utrinque foveolato ; elytris ovatis, striatis, puncto 

 postice impressis ; pedibus nigris vel rufis. 

 Mas, abdominis segmento ultimo obtuse dentato. 



Carabus madidus, Fab. Mant. 1. 199. Fab. S. El. 1. 181. 

 Platysma madida, Sturm, D. F. 2. 49. pi. 112. 

 Feronia madida, Dej. Spec. 3. 294 ; Icon. 3. 79. pi. 136. 

 Steropus madidus, Steph. Mand. 1. 117, et Manual, p. 33. 

 S. arrogans, Steph. Mand. 5. 376, et Manual, p. 33. 



Wingless, shining black, sometimes slightly brassy, palpi red, 

 apex of the antenna? testaceous. Thorax quadrate, slightly 

 rounded at the sides and narrowed a little behind, but again 

 rounded at the posterior angles, disk convex, smooth, or slightly 

 wrinkled, the dorsal line strongly impressed, the base with a 

 broad rugged fovea close to each angle. Elytra ovate, convex, 

 striated, the stria? obsoletely punctured, the third interstice with 

 a deep puncture a little before the extremity ; underside black, 

 legs sometimes black, sometimes entirely red ; last segment of 

 the abdomen in the <? armed with an obtuse tooth. Length 

 7-8 lines. 



Steropus arrogans, Steph., does not differ from this species. 

 Carabus arrogans , Dufts. (Feronia Gagatina, Dej.) is a consider- 

 ably larger insect, which is found in Spain, but neither in France 

 nor Britain. This species is very common in England, Scotland 

 and Ireland. 



10. P. JEthiops : apterus, niger, nitidus ; thorace subrotundato, 



basi utrinque foveolato, angulis posticis rotundatis ; elytris 

 ovatis, striatis, punctis tribus impressis. 

 Mas, abdominis segmento penultimo dentato. 



Carabus JEthiops, Panz. Faun. 37- 22. 111. Kafer, 1. 161. 

 Pterostichus ^thiops, Sturm, D. F. 5 . 3 1 . Heer, Faun. Helv. 84. 

 Feronia ^Ethiops, Dej. Spec. 3. 298 ; Icon. 3. 84. pi. 137. 

 Steropus dZthiops, Steph. Mand. 1. 117, et Manual, p. 33. 



