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MODERN SYSTEM. 
Carabus cinctus. Pans. 
Inhabits the fields near Bristol and Plymouth. 
*® Antenna; linear. 
Genus 3fi. SPIIODRUS. Claim., Bnnel., Pans., Leach. 
Palpi with their fourth joint cylindric : labial attenuated at their base, 
shorter than the third : mandibles elongate : antenna; with their third 
,l°int elongate, as long as the two first taken together : thorax obcor- 
date, the base on each side with one stria, the angles straight : (wings 
sometimes abbreviated ; front tarsi of the male with four dilated joints.) 
Sp. 1 . Sph. planus. Clairv. 
Carabus loueophthalmus. Limit. 
Inhabits houses. 
Genus 37 . AMAH A. Bonelli, Panzer, Leach. 
Palpi with their fourth joint oval, of the length of the third : man- 
dibles short: antemue with their third joint shorter than the first: 
thorax broad, its base transversely impressed ; hinder angles straight. 
This genus contains Carabus vulgaris of Linne, and its affinities, 
all of which have the fore tarsi of the male with three dilated joints. 
*** Antenna: compressed, thicker towards their extremities. Palpi 
with their fourth joint elongate, oval, or mlcylindric. 
Genus 38. BLK I T1ISA. Bonelli, Pans. IIeloihumV Leach. 
Maxillary palpi with the fourth shorter than the third joint: labrum 
emarginate : mandibles with their base subdcnticulated : thorax ob- 
cordate, the base on each side with one stria (elytra with large exca- 
vated dots): anterior tibia with their notch near the apex: anterior 
tarsi of the male with four dilated joints : wings perfect. 
Sp. 1. Ble. mvltipunctulu. 
Car. multipunctatus. L'abr. 
Inhabits moist places; it occurs occasionally in Battersea Fields, 
Genus 3!). CALATHUS. Bonelli, Punz., Leach. 
Maxillary palpi with the fourth joint of the length of the third: la- 
brum entire : mandibles with their base multidentate : thorax trupezi- 
furm, rather Hat, behind on each side punctulate impressed: body 
elliptic: wings [generally abbreviated : anterior tarsi of the male with 
three dilated joints. 
Sp. 1. Cal. cisldoidcs. Panz. 
Carabus cistoloides. Jllig. 
Inhabits under stones and the bark of trees. 
Genus 10. POECILLUS. Bonelli, Pans., Leach. 
Maxillary palps with the first joint of the length of the third : labrum 
truncate entire, or scarcely notched : mandibles with their base sub- 
denticulated : thorax with its base narrower, with two stria: on each 
side, the exterior stria very small, or with obliterated impressed dots : 
wings sometimes abbreviated : (anterior tursi of the males with three 
dilated joints.) 
