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MODERN SYSTEM. 
Clivina gibba. Latr., "Leach. 
Inhabits moist places ; is pretty common at Battersea. 
Stirps 13. — Palpi with their last joint oval, wings none : tibia ante- 
rior not palmate-dentated : thorax sessile ; lip with the tooth ot it* 
notch bifid : tibia of the third pair of legs behind spinulose : (elytra 
with no impressed discoidal spots : anus in both sexes very smooth ) 
* Antenna: setaceous. 
Genus 45. ABAX. Bonelli, Panzer, Leach. 
Bod;/ broad, equal depressed : elytra united, their shoulders carinate 
plicate : antenna: rather longer than the thorax : thorax transversely 
quadrate, the base on each side with two stria;, the basal angles 
straight : (anterior tarsi of the male with three dilated joints.) 
Sp. 1. Abac Striola. 
Carabus Striola. Fair. Car. depressus. Olit. 
Inhabits beneath the bark of trees and under stones. 
Stirps 14. — ICings incomplete or none: tibia anterior simple: thorax 
sessile : lip with the tooth of its notch simple and obtuse : (elytra 
obliquely emargiuate-truncate, without any larger impressed, dis- 
coidal spots.) 
Genus 46. CYMINDIS. Latr., Bonel., Panz., Leach. Tarls. 
Clairv. Cymidis. Gyll. 
Labrum subquadrate, emarginate : maxillary pa/pi with the fourth joint 
rounded oval, of the labial palpi compressed, its apex more or less 
dilated : icings none, or very imperfect. 
Sp. 1. Cym. humeralis. 
Carabus humeralis. Fabr. 
Inhabits moist banks. 
III. Anterior tibia notched at their internal side before the apex. Ely- 
tra abruptly truncated, shorter than the abdomen. Wings com- 
plete in both seres. 
Stirps 15. — Palpi short filiform : lip with its notch simple, or with » 
bifid tooth : mandibles dentate at their base : palpi with their fourth 
joint deeply truncate : thorax oblong : body convex : wings two or 
none : neck none : labrum transverse : tarsi with their fourth joints 
simple. 
Genus 47. BRACHINUS. Fabr., Bond., Clain., Latr., Panto 
Sclwnh., Leach. 
Lip with the tooth of its notch wanting : labrum not or scarcely entar- 
ginale •• labial palpi with their fourth joint rounded, oval : elytra 
slightly truncated : legs moderately long : wings two. 
Sp. 1. Bra. crepitans. Fabr. 
Carabus crepitans. Limit, Marsh. 
Inhabits under stones, near Gravesend in profusion, and occasionally 
beneath clods of earth in ploughed fields in May. (FI. 3- fig- i- 1 -) 
