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suture more raised than the rest, and interrupted with remote and larger 

 impressed dots : the body beneath is shining blacky with the sides of the 

 abdomen a little punctate : the legs are totally black ; the four basal joints of 

 the antennae black and naked ; the remainder brownish and pubescent. 



A very common and not inelegant species, found on heaths, in 

 gardens, &c. throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland; being most 

 abundant in the two last countries. I Lave two curious spe- 

 cimens, one of which has the 8th and 9th joints of the antennae 

 implanted on the apex of the 7th, and forming a fork : the other has 

 the anterior and posterior tarsi on the right side considerably abbre- 

 viated, and the ungues totally obliterated. 



f Sp. 4. agrestis. Nigej-, thorace subcordato, elytris tenuissime elevato sub- 



striatis : striis imbricato-scabrosis. (Long. corp. 9 lin.) 

 Carabus agrestis. Creutzer ? — Steph. Catal. No. 64. 



Above metalHc black, opaque : head obsoletely and loosely punctate : thorax 

 subcordate, scarcely attenuated behind^ margined ; the margin reflexed at the 

 base and angles; it is shghtly emarginate anteriorly^ and has an obsolete 

 longitudinal line, and is thickly sprinkled with impressed dots, especially on 

 the sides and base : the elytra are oblong, entire, a Uttle convex, margined ; 

 the margin slightly reflexed ; with a lens they are thickly striated, the striae 

 are composed of oblong elevated dots, broad towards the base of the elytra 

 and acute at the tips ; between them are other impressions which give the 

 surface an imbricated appearance ; and in some specimens there exists a triple 

 series of deeply impressed dots : the legs and base of the antennae are black, 

 the tip brownish : the body beneath shining black. 



The above description, which is abridged from that of Creutzer *, 

 apparently characterises an insect which is unnamed and unique in 

 the British Museum, to which collection it was presented by Dr. 

 Leach, wlio received the specimen from Lincolnshire ; but as there 

 are many approximating species, I will not positively affirm that 

 this is the agrestis of Creutzer, my usual avocations not permitting 

 me to give the requisite examination to the specimen in question. 



Sp. 5. monihs. Aier, thorace cwpreo, elytris striatis, viridi-cupreis aut cyaneis ; 



striis tribus punctoruvi elevatorum lineis ternis elevatis interpositis. (Long. 



corp. 10 lin. — 1 unc. 1 lin.) 

 Carabus monilis. Fahricius.— Steph. Catal. No. 65. 



An elegant species : the head is deep black, bronzed or greenish ; it is rugose 

 in front, with a deep impression on each side, between the antennae : behind 

 slightly punctate : the thorax is subcordate, rather convex, -with an impressed 



* Entomologische Versuche von C. Creutzer. Wien, 1799. 



