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LEISTUS FULVIBARBIS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidse LaL, Leach. 
Type of the Genus Carabus spinibarbis Fab. 
Leistus Froehlich Claim., Leach, Sturm, Dej . — Pogonophorus Lat. f 
Gyll . — Manticora Jur., Fanz . — Carabus Fab., Marsh. 
Antennae inserted before the eyes, very long, filiform, slender, 
1 1 -jointed, 4 first joints naked, the remainder pubescent, basal 
joint long robust, 2nd short, 3rd as long as the 1st, 4th only 
half the length of the 5th which is the longest, the remainder 
decreasing very slightly in length (fig. 6). 
Labrum transverse, rounded, producing a few long bristles in 
front, ciliated on the sides (1). 
Mandibles acute, dilated externally towards the base, one pro- 
ducing a strong tooth near the middle on the internal edge (2). 
Maxillae long slender, very much bent and terminated by a 
slender acute hook, ciliated with rigid bristles on the internal 
edge, the external side below the palpi producing setiform spines. 
Palpi 2, internal biarticulate, basal joint clavate, 2nd linear 
bent : external long, 4-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd long 
rather stout, 3rd slender, much shorter, 4th not so long as the 
2nd 5 subclavate truncated obliquely (3). 
Mentum transverse, rounded before, emarginate, the centre pro- 
duced and slightly notched, producing 2 bristles. Lip long 
horny, quadrate towards the base, the angles acuminated, atte- 
nuated beyond the middle, very slender at the apex, which pro- 
duces 2 bristles and a strong spine on each side. Palpi as long 
as the maxillary, arising from very short scapes, 3 -jointed, basal 
joint short, 2nd very long and slender, 3rd long, very clavate 
and truncated obliquely (4). 
Head quadrate, strangulated at the base. Eyes very prominent, not 
touching the Thorax, which is broader than the head , margined, cor- 
diform , and truncated at the base. Coleoptra much broader than 
the thorax, oval elongated. Scuteilum small. Wings ample. Legs 
long. Thighs rather robust. Tibife all simple, spurred. Tarsi long- 
slender and 5 -jointed, 3 basal joints of anterior pair a little dilated 
in the males (5, fore leg of a male). 
Fulvibarbis Hoff., Dej . — rufibarbis Fab. ? — Raulinsii Sam. 
Shining. Eyes black. Mouth, antennse and legs ferruginous 
ochre. Head and thorax bluish black, the latter convex, very 
much narrowed at the base, where it is deeply punctured as well 
as at the anterior margin 3 a deep channel down the centre. 
Elytra violaceous black with 9 punctured strise on each, the 1st 
abbreviated, the 2nd and 3rd united at their base, 4 obscure 
punctures between the 3rd and 4th striee, and a line of serrated 
punctures on the external margin. Beneath piceous. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets. 
