38 GEODEPIIAGA — CAKABIDAE. 



strongly luitchet-sliapud, espccicilly in niale ; antevioi- male 

 tarsi witli two joints dilated. 13ody pubescent, strongly 

 punctured. Panagaeus, Latr. 



Pancigaeiis, 



A. Elytra red, with a large spot round the scutellum, the 

 suture, an irregular transverse band behind middle, and 

 the apex black. 



Head and thorax l^lack ; latter transverse, closely and 

 coarsely punctured. L. 3|- — 4 1. Toleral)ly common. 



P. crux-major, Lin. 



Ji» Elytra black, with a transverse band in front and a 

 round spot Ijehind, red. 



Head and tliorax black ; latter nearly circular, more 

 coarsely but less closely punctured than in P. crux-rnajur. 

 L. 3 1. Not unconniion. 



P. quadripitstulatus, Sturm. 



CHLAEWIIDEA. 



A* Outer lobe of maxillae in one piece, with a little 

 excision in the place where the articulation usually 

 occurs. 



Llentum Math a simple tooth ; ligula dilated in front, 

 paragiossae attached to ligula nearly to apex, and nuicli 

 longer than it ; apical joint of palpi slightly oval, some- 

 what j)ointed. Body pubescent. Callistics, Bon. 



-K. Outer lobe of maxilhxe articulated. 



a. Tooth of mentum double pointed. 



Apical joint of palpi cylindrical, truncate at apex ; tirst 

 three joints of antennae bare ; thorax narrower at base 

 than elytra, on which the eighth stria (bearing depressions) 

 stands apart from the marginal stria. Body generally 

 pubescent. Chlacnius, Bon. 



1), Tooth of mentum simple. 



Apical joint of palpi almost cylindrical, truncate at apex ; 

 thorax generally as wide at base as elytra, on which the 

 eighth stria is confluent with the marginal stria and con- 

 tinued to suture. Body bare. Oodcs, Bon. 



