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LEBIA TURCICA. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidse Lat. 9 Leach. 
Type of the Genus Carabus crux-minor Linn. 
Lebia Lat., Bonelli , Panz ., Leach, Gyl. Carabus Linn., Fab., Oliv. 
Antennae inserted before the eyes, growing slender towards the 
base, 11 -jointed, the 3 first joints naked, the remainder pu- 
bescent, with a few bristles, 1st joint not very large, 2nd small, 
3rd the longest, 7 following oblong, terminal joint longer than 
the preceding, ovate-elongate (f 6). 
Labrum somewhat orbicular or quadrate, sides membranaceous, 
a few hairs upon the anterior margin (1). 
Mandibles slender, bent, acute, naked, with 2 minute teeth at 
the base on the internal side (2). 
Maxillae small, slender, bent, acute, ciliated on the internal edge. 
Palpi 2, internal robust, not longer than the maxilla, 2-jointed, 
1st joint long, clavate, 2nd short somewhat ovate hairy ; ex- 
ternal robust long, 4-jointed, 1st joint minute, 2nd long, dilated 
in the middle, 3rd shorter clavate, 4th as long as the 2nd, ovate- 
elongate, scarcely truncate (3). 
Mentum transverse, emarginate, centre produced, rounded. 
Palpi3- jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd long clavate, 3rd spheci- 
form truncated. Labium long, projecting beyond the 2nd joint 
of the palpi, rounded, slightly hairy (4). 
Thorax scarcely broader than the head, transverse, nearly straight be- 
fore, with the anterior angles rounded, sides margined , greater por- 
tion of the posterior margin produced in a transverse lobe covering 
the neck (9). Body very much depressed. Elytra shorter than the 
abdomen, abruptly truncated. Wings long. Anterior tibiae notched. 
Tarsi 5-jointed, 4 first joints short, the basal one rather the longest, 
the 4th bilobed , terminal joint longer, clavate (5 afore leg). 
Turcica Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 1 .pars 1 . p. 161. n. 161. 
Black shining : eyes gray : mouth, thorax, neck, scutellum, an- 
tennae and legs ferruginous or brick colour j a lunular spot upon 
each elytron at the base of the external margin, extending nearly 
to the middle, a narrow margin round and 2 minute spots at the 
posterior angles of the elytra ochraceous ; beneath ochraceous 
and brick colour, the margins of the abdomen and the segments 
black. Head rugulose. Thorax with fine transverse lines and a 
channel down the middle. Elytra emarginate at the apex, with 
an abbreviated finely punctured stria next the scutellum and 8 
long ones extending the whole length. 
In the Cabinet of the British Museum. 
