knowledge of other groups of the Carabidae, before we give 
an opinion upon so difficult a question ; and as there is nothing 
remarkable in the trophi, we shall pass on to the synoptic table, 
which will be of more real utility than speculations. 
The following 19 species (with the exception of the 3rd) 
are in the Author’s cabinet: 
* Thorax suborbicular. 
1. A. marginatum Linn . — Panz. 30. 12. — June and July, 
marshes. 
2. sexpunctatum Linn. — Panz. 30. 11. Samouelle, pi. 3. 
f. 20. — May. Sexton Wood, Bedingham, Norfolk ; 
and Coombe Wood near London. 
3. Austriacum Fab . — Taken by the late Mr. J. Cranch, 
in Devonshire. 
4. parumpunctatum Fab. — Panz. 92. 4. — caerulescens 
Marsh. — 8-punctatus Marsh . — April, May, and 
June, common everywhere. 
5. viduum///. — Panz. 37. 18. — vernal ePayh. — Common 
in Norfolk. 
6. iEsopus Leach . — Taken near London. 
7. versutum Sturm’s Lent. Faun . tab. 132. A. — Ditto. 
8. mcestum Duft ., Sturm’s D. F. t. 134. B. — Ditto. 
9. afrum Sturm’s D. F. tab . 134. A. — Car. afer Dift . — 
Common in Norfolk. 
10. atratum Dahl. — Sturm’s D. F. tab. 135. A. — nigrum 
Dej. 
11. Bogemannii Gyll. v. 3. p. 697.— From Dr. Leach. 
* * Thorax somewhat obovate. 
12. nitidum Steph. — From Mr. Blunt’s cabinet. 
13. gracile Sturm’s D. F. tab . 136. A. 
14. pullum Leach ? 
15. piceum of the Linncean Cabinet . — April 1810, taken 
at Horning, Norfolk. 
16. Simpsoni Spence. — April, moist banks. 
17. picipes Fab . — lutescens Panz . 30. 17. — April to July, 
moist banks. 
18. pelidnum Payk. — Gyll. — Sturm’s D. F. tab. 135. B. — 
Taken in Norfolk and near London. 
19. livens Gyll . — bipunctatum Sturm , tab . 133. B. — Nor- 
folk, and upon a maple- tree at Bognor, Sussex, the 
beginning of August. 
Fabricius being the first author that described and charac- 
terized A. Austriacum , we have adopted his name instead of 
“ nigricorne” which would only be assisting to perpetuate the 
error into which Olivier and Panzer first led us, by copying 
Fabricius’s description of Carabus nigricornis (which is a Chlre- 
nius\ and figuring Agonum Austriacum to illustrate it : Panzer 
has corrected this error in the “ Kritische Revision.” 
The plant is Serratula tinctoria (Common Saw-wort). 
