28 ADEPHAGA. [PanagcBina. 



struction of the anterior tarsi of the male (which have two joints strongly 

 dilated), the genus Panagaens bears a close relation to Licinus. 



PANAG2EUS, Latreille. 



About twelve species are comprised in this genus, of which two only 

 are European ; the rest are found in Japan, Mexico, !North America, &c. 

 They are diurnal ; our two species are found, the one in marshy and 

 damp places, and the other in drier localities ; they are distinguished by 

 the black suture of the elytra forming with a horizontal band a distinct 

 cross on an orange ground, by their orbicular thorax, and by the securi- 

 form last joint of the maxillary and labial palpi. 



The larva of P. crux-major is figured by Schicidte (vi., PI. iii., Fig. 6). It is fusi- 

 form, convex above and below, pilose, with the head and all the scuta smooth and 

 shining ; the colour is clear white, with the head luteous, aud the scuta black or 

 fuscous ; the head is small, hexagonal, the prothorax trapezoidal, much narrower than 

 the mesothorax, the sides of which are strongly angled ; the uietathorax is hexagonal, 

 strongly transverse; the abdominal segments are plainly narrower than the thoracic 

 segments ; the anal appendage is rather stout, aud the cerci are long and cylindrical, 

 black, with the apex clear white ; the claws are of equal length ; the anteause are 

 long, much longer than is usual in the Carabideous larva3. 



I. Thorax more transverse; eyes more prominent; 



species larger P. CETTX-Majoe, L. 



II. Thorax longer, almost circular; eyes less pro- 

 minent ; species smaller P. quadeipusttjiatus, St. 



P. crux-major, L. Upper side clothed with long yellowish pu- 

 bescence ; head and thorax black, the former strongly produced before 

 eyes, the latter broader than long with sides strongly rounded, very 

 coarsely and rugosely punctured ; elytra red with apex, base, suture, 

 and a band across the middle black, with rows of strong punctures set in 

 rather fine striae, interstices rugosely punctured ; antennae black, fuscous 

 at apex, legs black and pubescent. L. 7 mm. 



Very local but occasionally abundant where it occurs, under stones and refuse or at 

 the roots of trees in damp and marshy places : taken in numbers near Cambridge by 

 Dr. Power ; Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire fens ; Berkshire ; Sandgate ; Hy the ; 

 Eobertsbridge, near Hastings. 



P. quadripustulatus, St. Very like the preceding but smaller ; 

 thorax longer, almost circular, more strongly contracted behind with the 

 strong rugose punctuation less close and more confluent ; the colour of 

 the elytra is darker, and the two markings behind the central fascia are 

 round (and not angular as in P. crux-major), leaving a larger black 

 space at apex ; the punctured striae of the elytra are stronger, and the 

 interstices narrower and more convex. L, 6 mm. 



Fouud under the same circumstances as the preceding, but in drier districts and 

 localities ; usually on chalky hill-sides and in sandy places beneath moss, stones, &c., 

 or at roots of grass ; said to be rarer than the preceding, but it appears to be more 

 often captured; Essex Coast; Dover; Deal; Betchworth ; Mickleham ; Box Hill; 

 Sanderstead (near Croydon) ; Hertford; Hampshire; Sandown (Isle of Wight). 



A variety of this species (taken by Mr. Eye) is figured in the Ent. Annual for 1874, 



