CARABID^. 17 



Elaphrus irregularis. 



Llaphruii irreffuJart'.i Sendd., Tert. In.s. N. A., 534, pi. 1, tig. 5t3 (1890); Contr. Canad. 

 Palseont.. II, 56 (1892). 



Clay beds of Scarboro, Ontario. 



LORICEEA Latreille. 



This is a small group of beetles, mostl}' confined to boreal America 

 and Siberia, of which the species here recorded are the only ones known as 

 extinct. 



LORICERA GLACIALIS. 



Loricera glacialis Scudd., Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., Ill, 763 (1877); Tert. 

 Ins. N. A., 533, pi. 1, figs. 50, 57 (1890); Contr. Canad. Palisont., II, 55 (1892). 



Clay beds of Scarboro, Ontario. 



Loricera I lutosa. 



Loricera? lutosa Scudd., Tert. Ins. N. A., 533-534, pi. 1, tig. 32 (1890); Contr. 

 Canad. Palfeont.. II, 56 (1892). 



Clay beds of Scarboro, Ontario. 



NEBRIA Latreille. 



A north temperate genus rich in species, of which twenty or more are 

 known from North America. Besides the fossil species here recorded, the 

 genus has been recognized in amber, and two species have been described 

 from Aix and Oeningen. 



Nebria paleomelas. 



Neh'la paleomelas Scudd., Rept. Prog. Geol. Surv. Can., 1877-78, 179B (1879); 

 Tert. Ins. N. A., 532, pi. 2, tig. 20 (1890); Contr. Canad. Paleeont., II, 54-55 



(1892). 



Nicola River, British Columbia. 



Nebria occlusa sp. nov. 



PI. I, tig. 3. 



A single elytron, broadest in the middle, the humeral angle wel' rounded, 

 of about the shape of that of iV. jpallipes Say, finely and sharply, but shal- 

 lowly striate, the striae scarcely punctured, the interspaces scarcely convex, 



