COLEOPTERA. 



CARABID^. 



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shake their victim after they were both brought to light." (Enfom. 

 Mag. vol. ii. p. 181.) 



Amongst the exotic Scaritideous genera may be mentioned Oxys- 

 tomus, remarkable for its narrow elongated form and the very large 

 size of its falcate mandibles, from South America ; Ditomus, of which 

 the males have the head generally armed with a strong occipital horn, 

 chiefly from the shores of the Mediterranean (see Bridle, Expedition 

 Scientifiqiie de Moree) ; Enceladus, comprising a single species of 

 large size, from Angola, having the anterior tibia? quite simple ; 

 Siagona, having the body quite flat ; Carterus, having the anterior 

 tarsi of the males dilated ; and Apotomus, having the maxillary palpi of 

 very great length, and composed of a few minute European species, 

 with long slender legs and the thorax narrow. The genus Carenum 

 is confined to New Holland ; the Eutoma tinctilatus Neiom. being 

 merely a linear species of that genus. This genus exhibits a re- 

 markable character, which has not hitherto been noticed, and which 

 exists in no other Carabideous insects, namely, the maxillae are des- 

 titute of a terminal hook (7%'- 3. 19.). 



The third subfamily Harpalides (Thoracici Latr.) is flu* more 

 extensive than any of the other subfamilies, and is distinguished by 

 having the elytra sessile and not pedunculated, entirely covering the 

 abdomen, and rounded at the extremity {Jig. 4. l., Abax striola). 



Fig. 4. 



The palpi are not terminated by a minute conical joint {Jig. 3. 2. 4.); 

 the anterior tibia; have a deep notch near the tip, but are not palmated ; 

 the basal joints of the two or four anterior legs are dilated in the 

 males {fig. 4. 2. anterior male tarsus of Broscus cephalotes ; 4. 3. ditto, 

 Abax striola ; 4. 4, 5, ditto, Ilarpalus rufipes, above and beneath ; 4. 6, 7, 

 ditto, Chlasnius, above and beneath) ; the body more or less elongated, 



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