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DYSCHIRIUS INERMIS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidae Lat. Scaritidae MacL. 
Type of the Genus, Scarites thoracic.us Panz. 
Dysciiirius Panz., Sam., Steph ., Curt . — Clivina Gyll., Dej. — Sca- 
rites Fab., Panz . — Carabus Mar. 
Antennae inserted before the eyes, close to the base of the man- 
dibles, not so long as the thorax, slightly thickened towards the 
apex, pubescent (excepting the 1st and 2d joints) and pilose 
11 -jointed, basal joint robust, ovate-truncate, 2nd as long but 
slender, 3rd shorter, 4th shorter than the remainder, moniliform, 
cup-shaped, the terminal joint nearly as large as the 1st and 
subconic (6). 
Labrum pocket-shaped, narrowed at the base, anterior margin 
very concave, furnished with a few bristles, angles rounded and 
producing a few spiny bristles (1). 
Mandibles porrected, slender, curved and pointed, one having a 
minute tooth on the inside near the base (2). 
Maxillae forming a long lobe rounded at the apex and ciliated 
with hair, the internal margin with curved spines. Palpi, inter- 
nal longer than the maxillary lobe, biarticulate, basal joint cla- 
vate, 2nd slender ; externalX arge 4-jointed, basal joint minute, 
2nd large and dilated, 3rd small subobconic, 4th scarcely larger 
than the 2nd reverse pear-shaped (3). 
Menturn transverse-oblong, not very deeply emarginate, the 
tooth in the centre triangular, the lateral lobes thin and obtuse. 
Palpi long, attached to two scapes, triarticulate, basal joint 
minute, 2nd and 3rd long, of equal length, the former subcylin- 
dric, producing a few bristles, the latter large reverse pear- 
shaped. Labium oblong, furnished in the centre with 2 bris- 
tles (4). 
Head rather small. Eyes prominent. Thorax somewhat ovate, nar- 
rowed and truncated behind , but not covering the peduncle of the 
abdomen. Scutellum minute. Elytra linear oval semicylindric. 
Wings very ample. Legs short, anterior robust ; thighs incras- 
sated : tibiae, anterior furnished with a long spine at the apex, 
sometimes with smaller ones below ; a long notch on the inside pro- 
ducing a spine at the lower part and a larger one above and ciliated 
with spiny bristles : tarsi alike in both sexes, 5 -jointed, basal joint 
scarcely longer than the terminal, three intermediate ovate. Claws 
distinct and hooked (5). 
Inermis Curtis's Guide, Gen. 32. n. 1. 
Shiningbluish black ; robust. Trophi and antennae ferruginous, 
the latter blackish towards the apex. Thorax with a transverse 
channel before and a deep one down the middle with a trans- 
verse row of punctures at the base. Elytra ovate with 8 punc- 
tured striae on each, the 3rd from the suture bearing 3 larger 
points. Legs castaneous, the thighs darker. Anterior tibiae, 
terminated by 2 strong spines, the outer one being rather the 
largest and incurved. 
In the Author's Cabinet. 
