Panagceus.] adephaga. 29 



in wbich the usual transverse central fascia on the elytra is so interrupted as to 

 leave an irregular longitudinal streak of red colour on each elytron instead of the usual 

 two spots ; tlie corresponding variety in P. crux-major is the P. trimaculatus of 

 Dejean. 



LICININA. 



Tliis tribe contains two genera, Liciiiu.s and Badister, which in the 

 form of the palpi, general contoui", and more especially in the fact that 

 the former has only two joints of the anterior tarsi dilated in the male, 

 while the latter has three, appear to differ so widely that the Licinina 

 might well be separated off, and another tribe founded to contain Badister 

 and its allied genera {DiplorhUa, Dicrdus, &c.). The points of agreement 

 between Licinus and Badister are the obtuse emarginate tips of the man- 

 dibles, the short forehead and impressed labrum, and the fact that the mar- 

 gin of the elytra is not interrupted l)elund and has no internal plica ; the 

 paraglossaa are free and separated from the ligula in the Clilajniidse, but 

 in these two genera are soldered to it. 



I. Three joints of anterior tarsi dilated in male ; palpi normal ; 



antenna? with two basal joints glabrous Badistee, Clairv. 



II. Two joints of anterior tarsi dilated in male ; palpi with the 

 last joint enlarged and truncate; antenna) witli three basal 



joints glabrous LiciNUS, Latr. 



BADISTER, Clairv. 



About twenty species are comprised in this genus, which ranges as far 

 as Siberia, North America, Japan, India and Madagascar. The first two 

 of our species bear a strong resemblance to Stenolophus Teutonus and the 

 species allied to it. 



The larva of i?. hipustulalus is figured by Schicidto (vi., PI. i., Fig. 1). It is long 

 and fusiform, white with tiie scuta pale ferruginous, and the cerci darker; the head 

 is small and narrow, the prothorax is broader but narrower than the meso- and meta- 

 thora.\ ; all the abdominal segments are angled at the sides; the anal appendage is 

 rather short, and the cerci are stout and a little curved, with long erect hairs, and 

 thickly set setigerous tubercles; they are about as long as the last two segments of 

 the abdomen. 



I. Thorax red. 



i. Mesothoracic ejiistcrna red ; head as broad as 



thorax ; length 7 mm 15. UNIPUSTULATUS, Bon. 



ii. Mesothoracic ei)isterna black ; head somewhat 



variable but narrower than thorax ; length 4 to 



6 mm I}. DiPusTi'LATrs, F. , 



II. Thorax black or black with yellow margin. 



i. Elytra black with a large humeral yellow spot . H. sodalis, Duft. 

 ii. Elytra unieolorous black with metallic rcHection. Ii. I'ELTATUS, Panz. 



B. unipustulatus, Bon. Head black, antenn;\; yellow with the 

 middle black ; thorax red, somewhat cordate, very transversa, sides 

 strongly contracted behind, anterior margin considerab'y broader than 

 posterior ; elytra oljlong, testaceous red with a broad cyancous patch on 

 each, enclosing a common testaceous spot towards apex, which is variable 



