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Syntomus, Hope. 



From <Tvi^To/jL09, brevis. Apterous, body short, 

 contracted. The anterior part of the thorax 

 broader than the posterior, the latter sensibly 

 contracted, and differing from the former genus, 

 which has the ang-les of the thorax rectangular. 

 The elytra are remarkable for the shoulders being 

 rather prominent. I am acquainted with several 

 tropical species which require sub- division. They 

 occur in the Old and New Continents ; none are 

 recorded, I believe, as inhabiting the East Indies ; 

 they will, no doubt, occur in the Himalaya. 



Sp. 44. Bimaculatus. — Now a Brachinus. This 

 last species will be found in the Mantissa Planta- 

 rum of Linneus, at page 5S% and is the only Cara- 

 bideous insect therein mentioned. It will be seen 

 that I have omitted the tables of the genera 

 belonging to the families of Trechidae, Lebiadae, 

 &c. They were purposely passed by, as they will 

 appear in my remarks on the Fabrician Caraboidea, 

 where they will be associated with their allied 

 groups. 



