COLEOPTT.lt A. 409 



Carabii* Paykullii, Rossi. The species exclusively inhabit Spain, Italy, and the isles of the Mediterranean. 

 [The genus Feronia, as here described, is of very great extent, and on this account the characters which separate 



the different gTOUpS: Of which it is composed (and which are considered by many writers as mi many distinct 

 genera) blend so into each other that it is almost impossible to assign their limits with precision. Hence Itejean 

 united them all into one genus, (for which .Mr. Hope proposes the name of Thalia, Feronia having been long 

 previously used by Leach for a genus of Diptera,) although, in examining a local collection of small extent, as that 

 of England, the paucity of the number of species renders the assigning of characters apparently much more ea 



Mi/its, Zeigl., resembles Alms (L'hrpurux, Latr.) metallicu* ; but the thorax is more dilated at the Bides, with a 

 slight notch in front of the posterior angles. M. ehalybattu, Hungary. Here are also to be arranged the genera 

 Trigonotoma, Dej., formed of large Indian species, and Pteudomorpka, Kirby. 



Sometimes the mandibles are as long as the head, and the body always oblong. The first two genera resemble 

 Scaritcs, and the others Lebia. 



Cephalutes, Hon. (Broscus, Panz.), with the antenna; not longer than half the body ; with short joints, and the 

 labium entire. [Type, Carabtu cephalotes, Fabr.] 



8tomU, Clairv., with the antenna: longer than half that of the body, with long joints, and the upper lip notched. 

 [Type, Stomia pumicatvt, Clairv., a common British species.] 



Catatcoptu, Kirby, differs from the preceding in having the body flattened and broader, with the thorax 

 shorter, the elytra -trongly emarginated at the tips, and the tipper lip elongated. The eyes are large and promi- 

 nent. They are of brilliant colours, and resemble at first sight Cicindehe or Elaphri. The species are from 

 India. Type, C. Hardtcickii, Kirby. The genus is closely allied to Periealtu, M'Leay, which have also the eyes 

 very prominent, but the proportion of the joints of the antenna: is different. Type, P. ci> imlelniilrx, M'Lca\ ; Java. 



In a second subdivision, of much smaller extent, the length of the third joint of the antennae is triple that of the 

 preceding ; these organs and the legs being slender. 



Colpodcs, M'Leay, has the four basal joints of the anterior tarsi of the males large, the penultimate being 

 bilobed. Type, C. brunnetu, M'Leay ; Java. The others have the tarsal joints entire in both sexes. 



Mormolyce, Hagen., has the body very flat, like a withered leaf; very much narrowed in front ; the head is very 

 long ; the thorax oval, truncate at both ends ; the elytra are very greatly dilated, and curved on the outside with 

 a very deep notch at the tip. The only species, .V. phyllodex, Magi nb., is from Java. [It is one of the most sin- 

 gular of known Coleopterous insects. Its true relations are, however, to be found amongst the Truncatipei 

 as proved by the researches of Count Mannerheim and M. Serville.] 



Sphodnu, Clairv., has the body depressed, but not foliaccous; the head ovoid, and the elytra not laterally 

 dilated. Type, Carabtu leueopthalmut, Linn. [A common British species, of large size.] 



The terminal Simplicimani arc distinguished from all the others by the minute teeth on the under-side of the 

 ungues, at the tips of the tarsi. 



Pristonychvt, Dej. (Cteniptu, Latr.), has the body elongated, with the thorax heart-shaped, truncate behind. 

 Tj pes, Sphodnu janthintu and cnmplanatux ; but this genus insensibly blends into the preceding. 



Calal/ius, Hon., has the body oval, arched above, and with the thorax square. Type, C. melanocephalui, Fab. 

 [A very abundant and pretty British species.] 



Taphrla, Bon. (Synuchtu, Gyll.), differs from the preceding in having the labial palpi terminated in a mass like 

 a reversed cone, and the thorax nearly orbicular. Type, Carabtu niralis, Illig. 



5. The fifth section, 1'atki.i.imani, is distinguished from the preceding only by the manner in which 

 the two anterior tarsi of the males are dilated, the basal joints (generally the first three in some, or 

 the first two only in others) being either square, or partially of this form, and the others in form of B 

 heart or reversed triangle, hut always rounded at their extremity, and not terminated, as in the pre- 

 ceding sections, by acute angles, forming an orbicular or oblong plate, of which the under-side is most 

 commonly furnished with brushes of hairs, without any central naked space. The legs are commonly 

 long and slender, and the thorax is often more narrowed throughout its whole length than the abdo- 

 men. The] frequent, for the most part, the sides of rivers, or other aquatic places. 



We divide the PateUimani into two divisions. In the t i r - r , the head is insensibly narrowed behind at 

 the base. Some of these have the mandibles always terminating in ■ point, and the plate of the [fore 

 male] tarsi is always narrow, elongated, and formed of the three basal joints, of which the second and 

 third are square. The lahritm is entire, or without an evident notch; and one 01 ' tWO teeth in the 



notch of the mentum. The following have the nnder-side of the tarsi furnished with two rows of 



papilla', as in the preceding : — 



DoltcAtu, Bon., fas the body very flat, and the tarsal claws are toothed beneath. The thorax Is in the form of a 

 truncated heart. Type, Carabtu flavicornU, I'abr. 



Platyntu, Hon., similar to Dolichus in the form of the thorax, but with the ungues of the tarsi simple, The a 

 are wanting, or are imperfect, In some species, Type, Carabtu angtutleollit, Fabr., [a common British 



dgottum, Hon., has the thorax nearly orbicular. Type, HorpaltU ridiiux, (iyll. and nth. i - ; a common Hritish 



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dnehomtntu, Bon., differs from the three preceding genera in having the bod] of tin- ordinary thickness, and 

 the thorax always in the shape of a truncated heart. Type, Carabtu p rari n ut, Fabr. ami others, 



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