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lustre. Femora usually dark (frequently pale), first antennái segments usually pale (maybe dark). Length: 20-26 mm. Distribution: Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia. North-western Hungary (Kisalföld) and its close surroundings (Austria: Neusiedler See; Slovakia: Podunajská nizi), the western and central regions of the Great Hungarian Plain (Hungary: Gödöllői-dombság, Mezőföld, Duna-Tisza köze; Serbia: Baöka); the lowlands of temperate-continental climate (with some Central European effects) — Carabus cancellatus rasse adeptus Kolbe, 1913 Carabus semistriatus adeptus Kolbe, 1913 16 (11) Pronotum more transverse. Elytra less convex; lateral margins plainly arched, fairly parallel. Usually dark coppery or bronze red in colour, fairly dull but lateral margins frequently with coppery red or greenish lustre. Femora usually dark (maybe pale), first antenna! segments usually pale (maybe dark). Length: 24-28 mm. Distribution: Hungaiy, Romania and Serbia. The eastern and central regions of the Great Hungarian Plain (Hungary: Jászság, Tiszántúl (up to the southern part of Nyírség); Romania: Banat; Serbia: Banat); the lowlands of temperate-continental climate (with some South-east European effects) — Carabus cancellatus var. tibiscinus Csiki, 1906 Carabus semistriatus tibiscinus Csiki, 1906 17 (10) Primary and secondary elytral intervals strongly prominent. Tubercles of primary intervals strongly convex, usually short oval. 18 (25) Elytral surface finely but distinctly shagreened, most often greasily shining, fairly dull or dull. 19 (20) Large or medium-sized (24-30 mm); stature elongate-oval. Pronotum less transverse; lateral margins less sinuate before posterior angles. Usually coppery in colour, frequently with greenish lustre. Femora frequently dark (Slovakia: Kamenica nad Hronom; Hungary: Budai-hegység, Pilis, Visegrádi-hegység, Börzsöny, Cserhát, Mátra, Bükk, Cserehát) or typically pale ([Austria: Wienerwald]; Slovakia: from Maié Karpaty to Vihorlatské Vrchy and Vychodoslovenská nízina; Carpathian Ukraine: the Ukrainian Carpathians; Romania: Muntii lgnu§ului, Muntii Gutîiului, Muntii Läpu§ului, Muntii Maramureçului, Muntii Rodnei; Hungary: Zempléni-hegység, Bodrogköz, Beregi-síkság, Szatmári-síkság, the north and north-eastern part of Nyírség), first antennái segments typically pale. Distribution: Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania and Hungary (the Northern Carpathians and their close surroundings); the mountainous and hilly regions, as well as the lowlands of temperate climate — Carabus cancellatus v. durus Reitter, 1896 Carabus semistriatus durus Reitter, 1896 20 (19) Medium or small-sized (18-28 mm); stature short oval. 21 (24) Pronotum less transverse, relatively narrow (about 1.25-1.33 times broader than long), more cordiform (lateral margins more sinuate before posterior angles). Elytra usually widest behind the middle. 22 (23) Typically smaller-sized (20-24 mm); stature less elongate, relatively broad. Usually dark coppery, fuliginous or pure black in colour, sometimes with greenish or bluish lustre. Femora and first antennái segments typically pale. Length: 18-26 mm. Distribution: Ukraine and Romania (the North-eastern, Eastern and South-eastern Carpathians). Carpathian Ukraine (the Ukrainian