1<»2 GEO. H. HORN, M. D. 



The dissimilarity of the spurs of tlie hind tibia3 is a character which 

 I do not remember having observed elsewhere in the Carabidae. 



The Graphipterini and Anthiini form together an isolated group of 

 genera with very little aflfinity with the other groups. 



Tribe XXXVII.— Anthiini. 

 Anteniife moderately robust and long, the base free, three basal joints glabrous, 

 tiiird joint as long as the first. Head large sometimes slightly constricted behind 

 the eyes, the neck usually stout, two supra-orbital setigerous punctures. Eyes 

 moderately prominent, oval in the axis of the head, very distant beneath from 

 tlie mouth, the gente usually dilated. Clypeus moderately j)rolonged, truncate or 

 broadly emarginate, a setigerous puncture each side. Labrum large, prominent, 

 convex above* anterior jnargin with four or six setse. Mandibles usually variable 

 in the sexes, more elongate in the males, arcuate and acute at tip without setiger- 

 ous puncture on the outer side. Maxillae relatively slender, hooked at tip, densely 

 ciliate within, the outer lobe biarticulate, the terminal joint a little longer, the 

 palpi rather stout, the terminal joint slightly flattened, broader to tip and truncate. 

 Mentum very deeply emarginate without tooth, the palpi stout the terminal joint 

 much shorter and more slender than the second, this plurisetose in front, ligula 

 variable usually long and dilated in oval form witli three short setas on each side, 

 the paraglossse short and corneous. Thorax cordiform or somewhat hexagonal 

 and angulate at the sides with a setigerous puncture at the most prominent part 

 of the sides and none at the hind angle. Body subpedunculate, scutellum small. 

 Elytra not margined at base, sides narrowly inflexed, margin entire, no internal 

 plica, apices usually obliquely sinuate, the sutural angle often prominent. Pro- 

 sternum not prolonged. Mesosternum convex in front, the epimera very narrow. 

 Metasternal epimera distinct, posterior coxse usually separated, sometimes however 

 but narrowly. Legs moderately long. Tibiae very feebly spinous and not suleate 

 on the outer edge, the anterior moderately emarginate on the inner side, the inner 

 spur remote from the apex. Spurs of posterior tibise slender and similar. Tarsi 

 usually flattened, the first joint as long as the next three, the fourth more or less 

 emarginate, beneath spinous. Claws long, simple. 



The males have three joints of the anterior tarsi moderately dilated and ciliate 

 and spinous beneath. 



There are also sexual characters in the mandibles and the thorax is 

 often prolonged behind in two lobes in the males. 



The ligula is described as having no paraglossa^, but this is certainly 

 incorrect and these members will be fovind by dissection as I have 

 figured them (105). 



The genera of this tribe occur in xlfrica. They seem to bear 

 the same relation to the (rraphipterini that the Anchonoderini do to 

 the Lebiini. 



Closely related to the present and preceding tribes are two genera 

 Helluodes and Pht/soa-ofaphus, which should probably form a distinct 

 tribe to be placed between the Anthiini and Graphipterini. Lacordaire 

 places the former genus in his Helluonides (ante p. IGO), the latter in 

 the Morionides (ante p. 133). T have studied Helluodes in nature and 



