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PCECILUS LEPIDUS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidse Lat ., Leach. 
Type of the Genus Carabus cupreus Linn. 
Pgecilus Bon., Panz., Leach, Lat . — Platysma Sturm . — Harpalus 
Gyll . — Carabus Linn., Fab., Marsh. 
Antennae inserted before the eyes at the base of the mandibles, as 
long as the thorax, compressed, pubescent excepting the 3 basal 
joints which produce only a few bristles 3 1 1 -jointed, basal joint 
the most robust, 2nd the smallest, 3rd the longest, the remain- 
der of nearly equal length, the terminal joint rather longer, ob- 
long, compressed at the apex (fig. 6 ). 
Labrum subquadrate, angles rounded, anterior margin producing 
bristles, and slightly emarginate ( 1 ). 
Mandibles rather slender, bent, acute, denticulated towards the 
base, one having a tooth near the middle on the internal side ( 2 ). 
Maxillae short, bent, acute, ciliated with strong bristles internally. 
Palpi ; internal not longer than the maxillae, biarticulate, basal 
joint clavate, 2nd bent 3 external long, 4-jointed, basal joint mi- 
nute, 2nd and 3rd of nearly equal length, the former the most 
robust, the latter clavate, 4th rather shorter, subcylindric trun- 
cate (3). 
Mentum transverse, deeply emarginate, the centre producing an 
obtuse lobe. Lip long, subquadrate, the centre furnished with 
2 bristles, the sides forming 2 membranous acuminated lobes. 
Palpi 3-jointed, arising from long scapes, not remote, basal 
joint small, 2nd and 3rd long of equal length, the latter trun- 
cated (4). 
Head rather large. Eyes small. Thorax subquadrate , base truncated , 
2 channels or fovece on each side near the posterior angles, which are 
acute. Scutellum minute. Elytra abruptly emarginate near the 
apex, the abbreviated stria very much longer than the scutellum. 
Wings, sometimes rudiments only. Tibiae, anterior deeply emargi- 
nate. Tarsi 5 -jointed, anterior with the 3 first joints cordiform and 
dilated in the males. Claws simple , bent, acute (5, afore leg) . 
Lepidus Payk. 3 Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 1. pars 1 . p. 153. n. 124. — vulga- 
ris DeGeer — var.f. ccerulescens Herbst. 
Var.f: deep blue with a violet tinge, long, narrow, smooth and 
shining. Head with a channel on each side the nasus. Thorax 
inclining to green, quadrate, sides rounded, rather narrowed be- 
hind, a channel down the centre and 2 very deep and short im- 
pressions at the posterior angles which are punctured. Elytra 
long and narrow with 8 punctured striae' on each, the 1 st furcate 
at the base 3 on the sutural side of the 3rd are 3 impressed points, 
and the 8 th is punctured with larger marks especially towards 
the apex. Wings none. Mandibles, antennae, legs and under- 
side black : trochanters very long, extending beyond the margins 
of the elytra. 
hi the Author's and other Cabinets. 
