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Far less common than the last, though it cannot be esteemed 

 rare : it occurs in damp and marshy situations, at Battersea, Hert- 

 ford, near Ripley, &c. " Southend, Deal, and Isle of Sheppey." — 

 Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 4. pulchella. Nigro-ccerulescens, nitida, pedihus rufescentibus , antennis 

 omninb nigris, elytris punctatostriatis. (Long. corp. if lin.) 



Ca. pulchellus. Marsham.—Lo. pulchella. Steph. Catal. p. 39. N~o. 386. 



Glossy blue-black : head with two parallel frontal sulci, placed rather closely 

 together : thorax deep blue-black, very smooth and shining, with a faint dorsal 

 line, and a slight transverse impression behind, terminating in a simple fovea : 

 elytra bluish-black, immaculate, faintly punctate-striated: legs anteriorly 

 rufescent : antennae entirely black. 



The original Carabus pulchellus of Marsham, which is in my col- 

 lection, is the only specimen I have hitherto seen of this species ; 

 it is very distinct from all the others of the genus ; its locality is 

 unknown. 



Sp. 5. assimilis. Plate X. f. 5. — Nigrosuhosnea, nitida, thorace postice bifo- 

 veolato, elytris punctatostriatis, apice pedibusque pallidis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 

 If Km,) 



Be. assimile. Gyllenhal ? — Lo. assimilis. Steph. Catal. p. 40. No. 389. 



Glossy bronzed-black; head smooth, with two rather oblique frontal sulci: 

 thorax moderately convex, of a black or greenish-brass, shining, with a faint 

 dorsal channel, and a subpunctate transverse striga at the base, terminating 

 in a moderately deep simple foveola on each side : elytra greenish-black, mo- 

 derately convex, shining, rather deeply punctate- striated anteriorly, the striae 

 vanishing before the apex, the latter pale testaceous, and within the margin 

 a round pale pellucid spot : legs pale rufescent : antenna? dusky-black, with 

 the base reddish. 



Decidedly uncommon ; the only localities I am aware of being 

 the shores of the Thames, towards the ocean. " Sheppey, in June 

 last, and Southend." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 6. pusilla. JEneo-nigra, subnitida, thorace postice lined transversd punctatd 

 foveolisque duabus impressis, elytris punctatostriatis, nigro-castaneis, apice 

 pallidiore. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Be. pusillum. Gyllenhal— ho. Kirbii. Steph. Catal. p. 40. No. 390. 



Allied to the last ; deep brassy-black, slightly glossy ; head with the front slightly 

 rugose, and bearing two parallel sulci : thorax deep shining black, with a slight 

 dorsal line, and a transverse series of impressed dots at the base, terminating 

 in a deeper fovea on each, and near the hinder angle : elytra deep chesnut, 

 with the tip paler and inclined to pitchy, deeply punctate-striated at the base, 

 the striae vanishing before the apex : abdomen black : legs pitchy-ferruginous : 

 antennae dusky, with the basal joints piceous. 



