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who has provided facilities for studying the type specimens of V. MOTSCHULSKY' s collection, to Miss H. PERRIN (Paris), through whose kindly help I was able to see types of CHAUDOIR, to Dr. F. HIEKE (Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin) for loaning of extensive material from Caucasus and Anatolia, to Dr. R. KRAUSE (Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden) for the type of N. wiedemanni F.-W.

, to Dipl.-Ing. W. HEINZ who has sent me some types of JEDLICKA and very interesting material from Anatolia, to Dr. J. JELINEK (Národni Múzeum v Praze) for loaning some types of JEDLIŐKA, to Mr. E. KIRSCHENHOFER (Wien) for material from Anatolia. The following abbreviations will be used below: ZIL - Zoological Institute Academy of Sciences, Leningrad ZMM - Zoological Museum of Moscow State University HNHM - Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest MP - Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris MB - Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin NMP - Národni Múzeum v Praze MD - Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden ISU - collection of V.G. SHILENKOV, Irkutsk State University H - collection of W. HEINZ, Wald-Michelbach K - collection of E. KIRSCHENHOFER, Wien IDENTIFICATION KEY TO THE GROUPS 1 (6) Head strongly thickened, eyes small. 2 (3) Interval 8 of elytra twice wider then others, with row of large pores. Body metallic. Fig. 1 N. bonellii group 3 (2) Interval 8 of elytra not wider then others, without row of pores. Body black to dark piceous. 4 (5) First antenna! segment with 2 setae. Antennae and tarsi evidently flattened. Mentum tooth short and wide, convex, depressed at middle. Large species (14.4-17.3 mm) N. fischeri group 5 (4) First antennát segment with 1 seta. Antennae and tarsi not flattened. Mentum tooth simple. Small species (9.4 mm). Fig. 10 N. adjarica group 6 (1) Head not or only slightly thickened, eyes normal. 7 (8) First antennái segment with 2 setae, second segment with 2-3 setae, submentum with row of 4-6 setae, lateral sides of pronotum with 2-4 setae (except postangular seta). Figs 3, 4 N. schlegelmilchi group 8 (7) First antenna! segment with 1 seta, second segment with 1 seta, submentum with row of 6-10 setae, lateral sides of pronotum with 1 seta (except postangular seta). 9 (10) Interval 3 without setiferous pores or with 1-3 very small pores in apical part. Scutellar pores as a rule absent, more rarely present. Small and slender species (8.4-11.5 mm). Fig. 6 N. caucasica group 10 (9) Interval 3 with 3-6 normal setiferous pores, scutellar pores present, very rarely absent. Larger more and robust species (10.8-15.9 mm). Figs 5, 7-9 N. verticalis group Fig. 1. Nebria bonellii heinziana ssp.n., paratype, cf, 14.5 mm - Fig. 2. N. fischeri Fald., Anatolia, 15.8 mm - Fig. 3. N. schlegelmilchi Ad., Caucasus, Borzhom, 12.3 mm - Fig. 4. N. turcica Chaud., Anatolia, 14.0 mm - Fig. 5. N. barbimentosa sp.n., holotype cf. 14.0 mm Fig. 6. N. kubanensis Lutshn., Kuban district, 11.1 mm - Fig. 7. N. faldermanni faldermanni Mén., Talysh, ç, 12.9 mm - Fig. 8. N. faldermanni bagrovdaghensis ssp.n., paratype, 2, 12.8 mm - Fig. 9. N. faldermanni elbursiaca Bod., Iran, 2

, 13.5 mm - Fig. 10. N. adjarica sp.n., holotype, o, 9.4 mm