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dilated: antenna with the second joint as long or longer than the 
fourth : wings wanting, or two incomplete : abdomen oval or ovate. 
Genus 11. CYCIIRUS. Fair., Payk., Latr,, Tionelli, Leach, Sclwn- 
Iterr, 
Palpi with the fourth joint spoon-shaped: tip with the tooth of the 
notch simple : lubrUm bilobate : elytra d (‘flexed, embracing the sides 
ol the abdomen : wings none, or very short. 
Dr. Leach has observed that the palpi of the male arc larger than 
those of the female. Anterior tarsi in both sexes simple. 
®p. 1. Cyc. rostratus. Fabr., Panz., Latr., Leach, Schbnherr. 
Garabus rostratus. Marsh. F.nt. Brit. i. 
inhabits pathways in woods, roots of trees, beneath stones, and under 
tnoss. 
Genus 12. CARABUS of authors. Tacuypus. Weber. 
Palpi with their last joint securiform: tip with the tooth of its notch 
simple: labrum bilobate: elytra not embracing the abdomen : wings 
v ery short or entirely wanting. 
The males have their anterior tarsi more or less dilated, and their 
thorax is evidently narrower than that of the females. 
P-1. Car. violaceus. Black; margins of the thorax and elytra violet- 
copper : elytra finely xugulose, somewhat smooth : abdomen elon- 
gate-oval. 
Garabus violaceus. Linn., Fair., Oliv., Marsh., Latr. 
u (habits Europe. It is frequent in Britain at the roots of trees, under 
stones, &c. 
S P- 2. Car. catenulatus. Black : margins of thorax and elytra violet : 
thorax broader than long, deeply cmarginate behind; each elytron 
with about fourteen stria-; the fourth, eighth, and twelfth from the 
suture interrupted, the intervals with a distinct, somewhat rugose 
fine : abdomen oval. 
Garabus catenulatus. Scop., Fair., Latr. Carabus intricate. Marsh., Oliv. 
^habits the south of France, Germany, and Britain. It is sometimes 
found quite black, at other times with a tinge of fine violet: and is 
v ery plentiful in this country. 
'P-3. Car. iutricatus. Black violet above, black beneath : thorax nar- 
row, with nearly equal diameters: elytra with irregular stria:; the 
intervals punctate-rugose; each elytron with three elevated catena. 
fated lines. 
a-rabus intricatus. Linn., Latr. Carabus cyancus. Fabr., Panz. 
^habits Europe. There is but one instance of its having occurred in 
Britain. D r . Leach took a single specimen under a stone in a wood 
opposite the Virtuous Lady Mine, on the river Tavy below Tavi- 
s st °ck in Devonshire, in the last week in May. 
•P’ 4. Car. nemvralis. Black; margin of the elytra and sides of the 
