modern system, is a large family, distinguished 

 by the name of CAUABiDiE, and containing nearly 

 ninety genera, of which the present is one. The 

 genus Dicj^.Lus, was established by Professor 

 Bonelli, of Turin, in an excellent essay, entitled 

 " Observations Entomologiques," which was pub- 

 lished in the Memoirs of the Imperial Academy 

 of Turin. 



DIC^LUS VIOLACEUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Above and beneath, violaceous-black ; antennae, 

 mouth, and feet, black. 



SYNONYM. 



DiciELus VioLACEus. BouelH. Obs. Entom. 

 in Mem. de VAcad. Imper. de Turin. And 

 the author, in the Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 

 vol. ii. New Series, p. 67. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head black, obsoletely tinged with purplish : 

 mouth and antenme^ black: thorax with the disk 



PLATE XXIV. 



