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15 ArISTUS Zi'irjk 



(76 f fulvipes Latr.—De J. S. i. 444. — Ste. M. i. 44. pi. 3. f. 4.— Pitchy- 

 black, punctured : thorax pitchy-red, with an obscure pitchy line : elytra 

 striated, interstices deeply punctured : legs and antenna? wholly pitchy- 

 red. (L. 5 1.) Reputed to have been taken in Devonshire.) 



Fam. 4. CARABID/E Mac Lea y. 



xvi. Cychrus Elytra broad, reflexed over the sides of the abdomen, united 

 at the suture : headlong, narrow : labrum 2-lohed : mand. prominent, 3-den- 

 tate at the tip : palpi with the terminal joint spoon-shaped : labium 3-par- 

 tite : mentum not toothed : wings 0. 



(xvii. Procrustes Elytra united, not reflexed over the sides of the abdomen : 

 labrum 3-lobed : mand. 2-dentate : palpi with terminal joint obliquely 

 truncate : mentum with a bifid tooth : thorax subquadrate : wings 0. ) 



xviii. Carabus Elytra not reflexed over the sides of the abdomen, united or 

 free: labrum 2-lobed : mand. with a small tooth in the middle : palpi with 

 terminal joint obliquely truncate, or securiform : mentum with a single 

 tooth : thorax somewhat heart-shaped : wings 0, or rudimental : ant. with 

 3d joint cylindric. 



xix. Calosoma Elytra free : labrum 2-lobed : mand. with a basal tooth : 

 palpi with the terminal joint ovate, truncate, slightly securiform : mentum 

 1 -dentate: thorax somewhat orbicular: abdomen rather quadrate: wings 

 2, ample : ant. with 3d joint compressed. 



xx. Nebria Elytra free : body depressed : labrum subquadrate, faintly 

 notched : mand. porrect, toothed near the base : palpi short, with the 

 terminal joint slightly dilated, obliquely truncate, and of the inner 

 maxillary longest : mentum 3-lobate, central lobe bifid : thorax transverse 

 (broader than long), heart-shaped: wings 2, ample. 



xxi. Helobia Elytra free: body depressed: labrum transverse, entire: 

 mand. small, toothed at the base : palpi short, terminal joint clavate- 

 truncate, and of the inner maxillary not longer than the penult. : mentum 

 3-lobed: thorax transverse, heart-shaped : wings 2, ample. 



(xxii. Alp^eus Elytra free : body slightly depressed: labrum transverse, en- 

 tire: mand. small, dentate at the base: palpi short, terminal joint rounded: 

 mentum 1 -dentate : thorax rather elongate, heart-shaped : wings 0.) 



xxiii. Leistus Elytra free : body slightly depressed : labrum transverse, 

 notched : mand. dilated at the base externally : maxillce armed with long 

 spines at the outer edge of the base : palpi elongated, the terminal joint 

 longest, slightly thicker, and obliquely truncate : thorax transverse, heart- 

 shaped : wings 2, ample. 



16 Cychrus Fabricius. 



77 rostratus L. ii. 677. — Ste. M. i. 45. —Cur. ix. pi. 426. — Dull black : 

 head punctured ; elytra thickly and roughly granulated, their outer 

 margin with an acute ridge. (L. 8-10 1.) Common under dead leaves, &c. 

 London district ; S. England; S.Wales; Scotland and Ireland : 3-5, #. 



(78 \ elongatus De J. S. ii. 7. — Ste. M. i. 46. note. — Black: head very long, 

 smooth ; thorax with a slight depression behind, its hinder angles not 

 acute ; elytra punctured and granulated, with 3 obscure raised lines. 

 (L. 8-9| 1.) Said erroneously to be British in Literary Gazette for 

 11 March, 1827.) 



(79 \ attenuatus Fab. E. i. 166. — Ste. M. i. 46. note. — Ca. proboscideus 

 Oliv. iii. pi. 11. f. 128. — Black : head extremely narrow ; thorax much 



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