Lici/ms.] adephaga. 31 



from the Canaries. Dr. Horn (Carabidre, p. 140) says that on one or 

 two occasions L. diphoidex has been found in North America, but un<h;r 

 circumstances that induce him to believe that it has been introduced. 

 Tlie ,f(enus Licinus seems to bear a relationsliip to Fanagceus in tlic for- 

 mation of the palpi and the fact that both genera have two joints ot the 

 anterior tarsi of male dilated and clothed beneath with tine short erect 

 hairs. 



The larva of L. silphoides (brevicolUs, Dej. ) is figured by Schiodte (vi., PI. ii., Fip. 1), 

 and is described as well by Mulsant et Mayet (Opusc. xv., 1872, p. 81). It is rather 

 broad in comparison with some of its allies; the head is very small, the protliorax 

 strongly narrowed in front, narnnver than the succeeding segments ; the dorsal shields 

 are strongly margined and raised on each side, with large muscular depressions ; to 

 the side of each segment is attached a conical process terminating in a large seta j 

 the cerci are black, short, stout, and strongly divergent ; the larva is red with the 

 shields black, except the prothoracic one which is yellow, with a median band and 

 the margins fuscous ; the claws are equal ; the very young larva ditfers considerably 

 from the adult by its larger head and longer cerci, and the absence of the lateral 

 appendages. This larva feeds on young woodlice and phytophagous larvie, and under- 

 goes its transformation in a cocoon which it forms under stones (Bedel 1. c, p. 59, 

 note). 



I. Insect broad, winged ; interstices of elytra coarsely and 



rugosely punctured L. SILPHOIDES, F. 



II. Insect rather narrow, apterous ; interstices of elytra 



finely punctured L. depeessus, Fayk. 



Zi. silphoides, F. {(jranulatus, Dej.; brevicoJlis,Dej.). Black, the male 

 more shiny than the female, which is very dull ; thorax almost double 

 as broad as the head, transverse, anterior and posterior margins strongly 

 emarginate, angles rounded, with fine central furrow ; elytra oval, 

 strongly emarginate before apex, striated, the striae coarsely punctured, 

 the interstices with large rugose punctures, the third, fifth, and seventh 

 .somewhat rai.sed. L. 10|-12| mm. 



Local, but not uncommon in chalky districts on the hill-sides and coast, at roots 

 of grass, under stones, &C. ; sometimes found under sea-weed. Folkestone, Chatham, 

 Hythe, I?ox Hill, Keigate, and other localities in Kent and Surrey ; Swannage, Dorset ; 

 Chesil Bank ; Weymouth ; Lewes ; apparently confined to the south and south- 

 eastern counties of England. 



Zi. depressus, Payk. Smaller than the preceding and mucli 

 narrower ; black ; head and thorax rather shiny, elytra dull in female, 

 more shiny in male ; head broader in proportion, and thorax longer with 

 central furrow very indistinct; elytra with shallow but evident finely 

 punctured striae ; interstices flat, thickly and rather finely punctured. 

 L. 8-10 mm. 



Very local ; chalky districts, under stones, at roots of grass, &c. ; Dover ; Folke- 

 stone ; Canterbury; Box Hill; Gomshall ; Dorking; Chatham; Deal; Winchester; 

 Lewes ; Worthing ; recmded by Mr. Bold as very rare on the sea coast near Hartle- 

 pool, and Castle Eden, Durham. 



CHLiENIINA. 



This tribe has no very striking characteristics, but is chiefly remark- 



