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NEBRIA LIVIDA. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidse Lat. Leach . 
Type of the Genus Carabus complanatus Linn. 
Nebria Lat., Clairv ., Panz., Gyll BoneL, Leach. — Carabus Linn., Fab., 
Oliv. 
Antennce inserted before the eyes at the base of the mandibles, filiform, 
pubescent, excepting the first 4 joints ; 1 1 -jointed, 1st robust, 2nd the 
shortest, 5th the longest, 4th not so long as the 6th, the remainder 
gradually decreasing in length to the end (fig. 6). 
Labrurn transverse quadrate, scarcely emarginate, anterior angles 
rounded, ciliated ( 1 ). 
Mandibles porrected, very much bent and acute at the apex, producing 
2 strong teeth towards the base on the internal edge, slightly dilated 
externally (2). 
Maxillce short, very much bent, the claw very long, producing short 
pubescence and ciliated on the internal side. Palpi naked, internal 
Inarticulate, 2nd joint the longest and slenderest ; external 4-jointed, 
basal joint minute, 2nd the longest robust, 3rd and 4th of equal length, 
the latter dilated and truncated at the apex (3). 
Mentum transverse, subquadrate, not deeply emarginate, the centre 
slightly produced and notched, anterior angles obtuse, internally acu- 
minated. Palpi as long as the maxillary, arising from small scapes, 
triarticulate, basal joint not very short, 2nd long pilose ; 3rd as long, 
dilated and truncated at the apex. Lip elongated, membranous, hol - 
low, rounded, producing no laciniae at the sides (4). 
Head in some broad and flat, the nasus produced. Eyes small. Thorax cor- 
date , truncated behind. Scutellum minute . Elytra very much depressed. 
Wings ample. Legs ; anterior the shortest , posterior the longest. Tibiae ; 
anterior not notched , spurred at the apex. Tarsi 5 -jointed, anterior with 
the 3 first joints dilated and cushioned in the males. Claws simple (5, a 
fore leg). 
Livida Linn. Faun. Suec. 791. — sabulosus Fab. Ent . Syst. v . l.p. 133. n. 40. 
Smooth, shining, pale ochraceous $ piceous beneath. Antennae ferru- 
ginous, excepting the 4 basal joints. Head black, frequently with 2 
ferruginous spots on the crown . Thorax very much narrowed behind, 
deeply furrowed down the middle, with a deep concave impression at 
the anterior margin which is black, and a straight one at the base 
where it is black also. Elytra black with an ochraceous margin, 9 
punctured and deep striae on each, the sutural one abbreviated, and 4 
obscure points between the 3rd and 4th. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets. 
So much attention has been paid to the investigation of this fa- 
mily since it has formed with the Cicindelidse the commencement of 
our system, that the list of species found in this island somewhat 
exceeds the number of those collected from every quarter of the 
