18 INSECTA MADEREXSIA. 



irom the suture extremely broad and much pohshed. Tibice, and base of antenna testaceous. 

 Apex of the latter, the femora, and tarsi black. 



A somewhat rare insect in Madeira, where I have only taken it sparingly, and 

 at an altitude from about 3000 to 4000 feet above the sea. The few examples 

 which I possess are principally from the mountain-slopes at the edges of the 

 Curral das Freu'as : it has however been captiu'cd by M. Rousset on the Pico 

 d' Ai'ribentuo, above Punchal. On the Dezerta Grande, Avhere the specimens attain 

 a larger size, it is far more abundant, occurring in tolerable profusion beneath the 

 small cluster of fir-trees which have been planted, in the red volcanic soU, on the 

 flat portion of the summit near to the commencement of the western promontory. 

 It is found throughout Southern Eiu'ope, and in the north of ^yrica ; and it has 

 been recorded by "\^'cbb and Berthelot in the Canary Islands. 



(Subf. 4. HARPALIDES.) 

 (Div. 1. CHLiENIIDEA.) 



Genus 7. LOEICERA. 



Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. i. 224 (1806). 



(Subgenus ELLIPT0S03IA, Woll) (Tab. I. fig. 2.) 



Corpus mediocre, elongato-ovatum : prothorace subcordato : elytris (in Loricera typica parallelo-ovatis, 

 sed in nostr^) ellipticis : alis obsoletis. Antenna (I. 2 a) ciuratse setacea;, articulis quinque 

 baseos setis longissimis munitis, rehquis dense pilosis setisque debilioribus paulatim evanescen- 

 tibus instructis : articulo primo longissimo robusto subfusiformi, secundo brevi subnodoso, tertio 

 (in specie nostra) valdc elongate trinodoso, quarto paulo brenore binodoso, quinto (secuudo sub- 

 jequali) subclavato, reliquis lougitudine subsequalibus (sexto obconico, sequeutibus subcyliudi-icis) . 

 Labrum (I. 2 b) porrectum, subovatum, postice late truncatum et antice truucato-emarginatum. 

 MandibulcB (I. 2 c) curtae acutissimse incuiTa:, basi intus denticulatse, extus (in nostra) profunde 

 fissa;. Maxilla (I. 2 d) biloba;, cxtus ad basin spinoso-fiss?e : lubo externa paljnfomii biarticulato : 

 interna apice acutissimo intlexo, intus valdc sctoso-ciliato. Palpi elongati iiliformcs, articulo 

 ultimo elongato subfusiformi-truucato ; labiates (I. 2 e) articulo penultimo valdc elongato sub- 

 curvato, intus leviter binodoso pilisque longissimis duabus aucto. Mentum transversum, antice 

 profunde emarginatuin et (in typicA dente medio obtuso, scd in specie Maderensi) dcnte medio 

 nullo instructuui, lobis rotundatis et ad latera externa pilosis. Ligula apice leviter acuminata ; 

 paraglossis eam vix superantibus. Pedes (in typica breviusculi, sed in nostr&), pnesertim postici, 

 longissimi : tarsis anticis in maribus articulis tribus baseos valde dilatatis : unguiculis simplicibus. 



The Madeiran representative of the common Loricera xnUcornis is one of the 

 rarest and most interestui£r of all the indigenous Carabidee. "VMiilst totaUv distuict 

 from that insect in species, it even recedes from it genericaUy in some respects ; 

 and I am by no means convinced that it has not as great a claim to constitute a 

 genus as many other forms have which arc noAV universally admitted, — although 



