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S. tener, valde elongatus, depressus, piceus nitidus, thorace elytrorum margine et apice rufes- 
centibus, illo subcordato, latitudine non breviore, postice angustato, lateribus subsinuatis, 
angiilis posticis rectis, ad basin utrinque foveato, vix punctato, elytris tborace paulo latioribus, 
parellelis, ad apicem oblique subsinuatis, striis sat profundis, 2nda unipunctata, antennarum 
basi, palpis pedibusque testaceis. Long. '16. 
One specimen found at San Jose, California. Resembles in form S. alterrians Lec. — (Trans. 
Am. Phil. Soc. 10, 386 ; Aepus et Badister testaceus Lec.) 
S. calif ornicus , niger, nitidus tborace subquadrato, latitudine paulo breviore, postice angus- 
tiore, lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis obtusis vix rotundatis, ad basin punctulato utrinque 
subfoveato, elytris thorace latioribus, elongatis, parellelis ad apicem baud sinuatis, striis pro- 
fundis, 3ia unipunctata, stria scutellari nulla ; antennis piceis, palpis pedibusque flavis. 
Long. 'lO. 
Found in every part of California. Belongs to the division of the genus which contains 
most of the North American species of Acupalpus described by Dejean ; the tarsi of the male 
are hardly dilated. 
Promecognathus Chaud. 
P. laevissimus , niger, nitidissimus, mandibulis porrectis, capite baud brevioribus, capite 
utrinque bistriato, thorace latitudine longiore, postice angustato, et lateribus subsinuato, angulis 
posticis subobtusis, ad basin marginato, et utrinque siibfoveato, elytris thorace latioribus, ovali- 
bus postice valde declivibus. Long. •43 — •46. Tab. I, fig. 4. 
Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1846, 524. 
Eripus laevissimus Dejean, Sp. Gen. 4, 11 : Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1843, 210. 
San Jose, California, on rocky hills, under stones. I have failed to perceive any relation- 
ship between this genus and Stomis, near which it is placed by Baron Chaudoir. By the form 
of the mentum and labrum, as well as by the structure of the antennae, it seems closely allied 
to Pasimachus and Scarites, although differing by the anterior tibiae, which are not palmate. 
Cychrus Fabr. 
G. tuherculatus, ater, opacus, capite valde rugose punctato, piano, lateribus subcarinatis, 
fronte late bisulcato, et medio elevato, thorace profunde confluenter punctato, ad apicem et basin 
truncate, postice angustato, angulis posticis obtusis, ad basin transversim impresso et utrinque 
foveato, elytris ventricosis, tuberculis parvis nitidis obsitis, tuberculisque maioribus serie triplici 
positis, quarum tuberculo intermedio postico maior. Long. ^88. Tab. I, fig. 6. 
Harris, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, 2,200. 
A specimen collected in Oregon by the late Dr. J. K. Townsend was given to me by Mr. 
Willcox. 
Carabus Linn. 
0. taedatus, niger, thorace latitudine breviore, minus convexo, postice subangustato, lateribus 
antice rotundatis^ pone medium anguste reflexis, angulis posticis modice productis ad apicem 
rotundatis, disco parcius lateribus et basi dense punctato et intricato-rugoso, elytris saepe piceo- 
purpureis, thorace sesqui latioribus, elongatis, subtiliter dense striolato-punctatis, foveisque 
magnis minus profundis, serie triplici impressis. Long. '92. Tab. I, fig. 7. 
