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a kind of support to it. The scutellum is obsolete. The 
elytra are shorter than the abdomen, slightly margined, 
at the end rather widest, truncate and subemarginate, 
taken together of an oblong-oval shape. Their surface 
is distinguished by nine lines of deeply impressed points; 
the line nearest the suture towards the base diverges a little, 
so as to give room for another very short line of points, 
running from the base a little way down the suture : in the 
space between this and the diverging line two impressed 
points are observable. The interstices between the lines are 
rather convex, and very minutely punctulate. The abdomen 
consists of five segments with a very obtuse anus. 
Fabricius describes the tarsi of this insect as consisting 
only of four joints, with the last bilobed; from which it is 
plain he did not take into the account the terminal or un- 
guicular joint. Without this, however, no insect has five 
joints in its tarsi. In Panzer’s figure, which, although 
too blue, is certainly intended for our insect, the tarsi have 
only four joints with the last but one bilobed. This is 
clearly, a mistake. M. Latreille corrects this error, by 
placing it in a section in which the species have all the tarsi 
of five joints. 
Explanation of the Plate. 
Fig. 1 . Carabus chrysostomos, of its natural size. 
2. Ditto, magnified. 
3. a. Labrum or Upper-lip. 
h. Maxillae or Jaws. ( Mandihulce Fab.) 
4. a Exterior Feeler. 
b Intermediate Do. 
c Interior Do. 
d Labium or Under-lip. ( Ligula Fab. Levre 
inftrieure Latr.) 
e Mentum, or Chin. ( Labium Fab. Ganache 
Lair.) 
5. Apex of one of the Valvula. ( Maxilla Fab.) 
6. One of the Tarsi of five joints. 
7. The Antenna. 
8. One of the Elytra, 
