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distrilnited ; they are as a rule of a deep black colour ; the American 

 genus Zarofus, which is closely allied to Broscus, is brilliantly copper- 

 coloured. We possess one species oidy, which, like other menil)ers of the 

 genu.s, is found under stones in burrows which it hollows out in the 

 ground : when disturbed suddenly it feigns death, opening its jaws and 

 stili'ening its legs in irregular directions. 



There is nothing remarkable about the larva of B. cephalotes, which is figured by 

 Schiodte (iii., PI. .xix.. Fig. 1). It is linear, depressed, and parallel-sided, gradually 

 narrowed from the seventh abdominal sepnient; the head is large, witli powerful jaws, 

 of equal breadth with the segments of the thorax; the anal appendage and cerci are 

 short, the latter twice as long as the former; the claws are solid, not divided; the 

 colour is white, with the head, mandibles, and disc of prothorax ferruginous, and the 

 dorsal shields, legs, and cerci yellowish. 



B. cephalotes, L. Elongate, dull black ; antenna; black, upper 

 joints reddish, apex of palpi red ; head coarsely punctured, with two deep 

 ini})rcssions between antenna) ; thorax cordate, not contracted in front, 

 strongly contracted behind, with indistinct central furrow, disc trans- 

 versely rugose, base strongly punctured ; elytra flat, dull, sides rather 

 parallel, with eight very shallow finely-punctured striie ; legs black, 

 anterior tibia; armed internally with two strong spines for digging pur- 

 poses. L. 17-21 mm. 



Common on the coast in England, Scotland, and Ireland ; it is, however, by no 

 means a coast species exclusively. Bedel gives as localities (1. c. p. 186) "Toute 

 I'Euiope moyenue ; Hautcs Alpes." 



Sub-Div. ii. Patellimani. 



I. Maxillary palpi elongate, the last joint triangularly dilated, and 



inserted obliquely on the preceding ; head constricted behind eyes, 



and dilated into a semi-glol>ular neck Panaojeina. 



II. Maxillary palpi with the last joint simply inserted on the pre- 



ceding ; head not dilated behind into a semi-globular neck. 



i. Mandibles obtuse, emarginate at apex ; clypeus partially mem- 

 branous LiCININA. 



ii. Mandibles simple at apex ; clypeus entirely corneous. 



1. Eighth stria of elytra distant from margin; eyes regular in 



outline Cul.eniina. 



2. Eighth stria of elytra very close to margin ; eyes truncate 



behuid OODINA. 



PANAG^INA. 



The position of this tribe has been much disputed. Dr. Horn con- 

 siders that it stands more nearly alone than any tribe of the Hari)alin;e, 

 and that it bears a close relationship to the Clivina?, and none to tlic 

 Chheniina at all. Lacortlaire included Loriccra, and Bedel (1. c. p. 50) 

 places the tribe at the head of his family Ilarpalidie between the Loi-i- 

 ceridre and the Licinina ; Tliomson places it between the Licinina and 

 Chhiniiina, and Erichson (Naturgesichtc der Ins. Deutsch., p. 316) between 

 the Loriccridai and Chlicuiidte. In several points, especially in the con- 



