INSECTA. 5AT 
Blethisa Boneuut (Blethisa and Pelophila D¥:.). 
Notiophilus Dumeérit. Labrum rotundate. Anterior tarsi of 
male with first joints scarcely dilated. 
Sp. Elaphrus aquaticus Fasr., Cicindela aquatica L., PANzER Deutschl. Ins. 
Heft 20, Tab. 3. 
Omophron LAtr., Scolytus Fasr. Labrum transverse, slightly 
bisinuate. Anterior tarsi of male with two first joints dilated, 
densely spongy beneath. Body subglobose, with thorax short, 
transverse, covering scutellum. Feet elongate, thin. 
Sp. Omophron limbatum Latr., Dumérin Cons. gén. s. l. Ins, Pl. 2, fig. 2, 
Sturm D. Fauna, Ins. vit. Tab. 184. (Genus allied to the Dytisci ; 
DESMAREST has observed the larva ; see Sturm Tab. cit.) 
Nebria LAtTrR. 
Alpeus BonELLI. 
Leistus FROELICH, Pogonophorus LATR. 
Sp. Leistus spinibarbis, Carab. spinibarbis Fasr., PANZER Deutschl. Ins. 
Heft 89, Tab. 2, Sturm D. Fauna, Ins. 11. Tab. 70, &e. 
Carabus L., (in part). Labrum bilobed, simuate in the middle. 
Labial and external maxillary palps elongate, exsert, with last 
joint obconical or subsecuriform. Tuibiee with two terminal spines. 
Anterior tarsi of male with four first joints dilated, spongy beneath. 
Calosoma WesER, Fasr. Labrum deeply sinuate in the middle. 
Mentum with lateral lobes exceeding the middle process. Thorax 
short, transversely obcordate. Abdomen quadrate, with rounded 
angles. Wings mostly distinct. 
Sp. Carabus sycophanta L., Vort Col. 1. Tab. 37, fig. 32, Dumérit, Cons. 
gén. 8. l. Ins. Pl. 3, fig. 4, Sturm D. Fauna, Ins. 11. Tab. 66, fig. a. 
One of our most beautiful native insects, nearly one inch long; head and 
feet black, thorax violet-steel coloured, the shield-covers gold-green and 
striated. Both in the state of larva and beetle it belongs to the useful 
insects from devouring various kinds of caterpillars. See R&auMmuR Mém. 
Il. pp. 455—458, Pl. 37, figs. 14—19, Ratzes. Forst-Ins. 1. pp. 22—24, 
26, 27, Tab. 1, fig. 11. 
Carabus Latr. Labrum broadly sinuate in the middle. Mentum 
with middle triangular process extending beyond the lateral lobes. 
Thorax quadrate, with margins rounded, or obcordate. Abdomen 
oval. Wings either none or unfit for flight. 
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