360 MANDIBULATA. C'OLEOPTERA. 



"Barmouth."" — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Raehills and Braid Burn, near 

 Edinburgli.""— /?er. W. Little. 



Sp. 2. caraboides. RuJ'a, xnpra punctuhdissima, elijtris peiUbusque flavescentibus, 

 (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Sta. caraboides. Limit. — Le. caraboides. Stcjih. Catal. 298. No. 3287. 



Testaceous-red, very much punctured above : head unequal, shining, with two 

 foveae behind: eyes black: neck distinct, thick, smooth: thorax cordate 

 shining, with the sides somewhat margined : elytra above twice as long as 

 the thorax, yellowish-red : abdomen with a large dusky, or black, cloud on 

 the back, towards the apex : legs yellowish : antennae pubescent, testa- 

 ceous. 



Not common in the south of England, but more abundant towards 

 the north, as in Cumberland, &c., and in Norfolk. " Scotland."" — 

 Dr. Leach. " Near Swansea."" — L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. " Cramond.'" 

 —Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 3. globulicollis. Nigra, suhnitida, puhescens, thorace cordato, pulvinato, 

 antennarum basi pedibusque rufis,fronte bi-impresso. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Le. globulicollis. Mannerheim, Pre. Bra. 56. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit, 

 col. 108. 



Black, rather glossy, pubescent, deeply punctured : head with two deep dis- 

 tinct, frontal, channels : thorax cordate, the disc elevated anteriorly, nearly 

 globose, with an obsolete longitudinal channel in the middle : elytra more pu- 

 bescent than the rest of the body, and coarsely punctured : abdomen finely 

 punctured: legs red : antennae black, with the base red. 



Apparently rare: found, I believe, hitherto only in Scotland. 

 " Ben Nevis."— 2?eu. W. Little. 



Sp. 4. canaliculata. Nigro-picea, pubescens, pedibus rufis, anteimii fuscescen- 

 tibus, thorace convexo, canaliculato. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Le. canaliculata. Kirby MSS. — Steph. Catal. 298. No. 3288. Le. Scotica. 

 Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 108. 



P/^c%-black, rather shining, pubescent : head rather narrower than the thorax, 

 triangular, scarcely punctured, with two slightly oblique impressions in 

 front, and between the antennae two faint fovese: thorax obcordate, convex, 

 punctured, with a longitudinal dorsal channel, ending behind in a fovea: 

 elytra one-third longer than the thorax, with the apex widest, coarsely 

 punctured: abdomen broad, mouth with the apex acute: legs ferruginous : 

 antennae dusky, with the base and apex pale : palpi also dusky. 



Taken in Scotland by Mr. Hooker, and also found in Cumberland: 

 not common. "Near Edinburgh." — Dr. Leach. 



