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PELOPHILA BOREALIS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidae Lat Leach . 
Type of the Genus , Carabus borealis Payk. 
Pelophila Dej . — Nebria Gyl . — Blethisa Bon . — Carabus Payk., 
Fab. 
Antennae inserted before the eyes at the base of the mandibles, 
rather short, filiform and pubescent, excepting the 4 basal joints ; 
11-jointed, 1st joint the most robust, 2nd obovate, 3rd rather 
the longest, 4 th shorter than the following, the terminal joint 
ovate-conic (6). 
Labrum transverse, sides convex, angles rounded, anterior edge 
e margin ate and ciliated (1). 
Mandibles porrected, naked, bent and acute, one producing a 
tooth near the middle on the internal side (2). 
Maxillce rather long and slender, terminated by an acute hook, 
ciliated on the inside with a double row of spiny bristles. Palpi ; 
internal biarticulate, basal joint scarcely longer than the 2nd cla- 
vate, the latter curved and terminated by a minute vesicle j 
external long and 4-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd the longest 
subclavate, 3rd much shorter, 4th longer ovate-truncate (3). 
Mentum large transverse, sides rounded, emarginate before, with 
a bifid lobe in the centre. Palpi long, attached to 2 moveable 
scapes, basal joint short and curved, 2nd and 3rd subclavate, 
the former rather the longest, the latter truncate. Labium not 
large rounded at the apex, slightly notched at each side and pro- 
ducing 2 bristles at the centre (4). 
Head subtrigonate. Eyes small , prominent , not touching the Thorax 
which is scarcely broader than the head , cordate-truncate , and mar- 
gined, the posterior angles acute. Scutellum very minute. Elytra 
much broader than the thorax, long and ovate, emarginate towards 
the apex. Wings ample. Legs rather long. Tibiae, anterior very 
thick at the extremity and hollowed beneath, with 2 spines at the 
apex, the others spurred at the apex also. Tarsi, anterior with the 
3 first joints very much dilated and spongy beneath in the males, 
the others slender, the basal joint not longer than the terminal one 
(5 , fore leg of a female) . 
Borealis Payk. Faun. Suec. 1. p. 118. n. 28. — Gyll. 2. p. 42. n. 5. 
Black, shining. Thorax with the sides yellowish-cupreous, a 
slight channel down the centre, a faint transverse angulated line 
on the anterior part, and a transverse double semicircular im- 
pression extending to the angles which are depressed. Elytra 
cupreous, with 8 punctured striae on each, an oblique impression 
below the scutellum, 5 foveae between the 3rd and 4th striae and 
4 between the 5th and 6th. Antennae and legs castaneous, the 
former with the apex of the joints black, the latter with the apex 
of the thighs, tibiae, and joints of the tarsi, black also. 
In the Cabinet of Mr. Holiday. 
