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Natural Order. — Carabites, Newman. 

 Genus. — Lebia, Lalreille. 



Lehia civica. Nigi-a; antennae nigrae, basi testaceae : prothorax 

 niger, punctus, linea longitudinali impressus: elytra glabemma, 

 nigra, macula utriusque magna antica albida ; utraque macula 

 6 humero ad suturam oblique descendit. (Corp. long. '175 unc. 

 lat. "075 unc.) 



Inhabits New Holland. A single specimen of tins minute insect, 

 in the cabinet of the Entomological Club, was taken by Mr. Davis, 

 at Adelaide. 



Lehia lutosa. Testacea, oculis nigris : elytrorum fascia lata bisi- 

 nuata obscure fusca : hujus insecti panuli colores confusi valde 

 obscuri: prothorax punctus linea longitudinali impressus: ely- 

 tra confertim pimcta, occulte sulcata. (Corp. long. '2 unc. 

 lat. *1 unc.) 



Inhabits New Holland. In the cabinet of the Entomological Club : 

 taken in some abundance by Mr. Davis, near Adelaide. 



Lehia ? plana. Plana, depressa, fusco-ferruginea, concolor, oculis 

 tantum nigris : caput et prothorax glabra nitidissima : elytra 

 obscura confertim puncta, obscure et prave sulcata. (Corp. long. 

 •4 unc. lat. '175 unc.) 



Inhabits New Holland, In the cabinet of the Entomological Club ; 

 taken in some abundance by Mr. Davis, near Adelaide. The species 

 probably belongs to one of the sections divided from Lebia, as Lam- 

 prias, Orthogonius, Colpodems, &c. 



Lehia russata. Caput elongatum, glabrum, subtiliter punctum, cum 

 antennis obscure ferrugineum, oculis tantum nigris : prothorax 

 ferrugineus, transverse subtiliter rugatus, linea mediana longitu- 

 dinali impressus : scutellum fere invisum : elytra lata compla- 

 nata, prave ac indistincte striata, striis subtiliter pvmctis, fusca, 

 margine externo feiTugineo : abdomen subtus ferrugineum : pe- 

 des palhdiores. (Corp. long. '425 unc. lat. •175 unc.) 



Inhabits North America. In the cabinet of the Entomological 

 Club : it was taken in some abundance by Messrs. R. Foster and E. 

 Doubleday, at St. John's Bluff, in East Florida. 



