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Length, nearly two-iifths of an inch. 



Nf^ad (lark rufous: tips of the luamlihles and eyes black. 



77w7-a.r rufous, iinpunctured, rather wider than lona:, widest 

 before the middle, somewhat narrowed behind : hind an- 

 gles very ol)tuse ; n»argin depressed ; dorsal line sliglitly 

 impressed : f)asal lines obsolete. 



Elytra l)lackish-t)r()wn, with a pale rufous edge ; strife acute ; 

 interstitial lines flat. 



Feet testaceous. 



Venter dusky ; blackish towards the tip, and on the tips of the 

 segments. 



Far. a. A humeral, submarginal, pale, rufous, longitudinal 

 spot ; disk of the thora.x dark rufous, margin |)ale. — Mu- 

 seum of Mr. Peale. 



This species is perhaps a Dromia. 



Genus Galerita- Fab. 



Anterior tibia emarginatc ; elytra truncate at tip ; palpi secu- 

 riform ; tongue exserted, coriaceous in the middle, 

 membranaceous eacli side, and pointed at tip; neck dis- 

 tinct ; penultimate tarsal joint bilobate. 



Species. 



G- Miericana l)lack; thorax and feet ferruginous; elytra 

 black- blue. 



G. Amtrkana black : thorax ferruginous ; elytra azure. Fab. Syst. Ekut. II.. 

 p. -Z\4. Latr. Jicf^ne .Qniinal. 



Carabus lantts. Fab. Syst. Ekut. /., 136. 51. 



Carabus bicolor. Drury Ent. I., lab. 42, fig. 2. 



Zuphium Jimericanum. Lamarck, .'in. San. Vert., Vol. 4, p. 505. 



Jlntenmr redilisli, filiform, a IKtlc longer Ihan half the hocly ; head Wntk, n<l- 

 vanred ; thnrar narrow, sub< urdate, redilisli ; (lylra black or bluei-li binck. 

 striated ; beneath black ; fed reddish, lon^;. iV. .imtr. Cab. oj M. (iiirol 

 dWrcy. Oliv. ,•5, p. G.'>, t. G,/. 72. 



Galerita Americana. Edinb. Encyc. 



