THE TIGER BEETLES. 37T 



by Mr. J. H. Emerton of Salem, running under stones July 1 , 

 1869. It is closely allied to the larva of Galerita Leconlei of 

 the Southern States, a figure of "which, with that of the pupa, 

 is given in the " Guide to the Study of Insects " And though 

 the beetle has not been directly reared from the young, there 

 can be no doubt but that is tlie species to which we have re- 

 ferred it, as no other is found in the Northern States. 



The body is long, slender, flattened, and of a dull, horny 

 brown. The head is horny brown, but whitish on the sides 

 and beneath ; in form it is equilaterally triangular ; hairy on 

 the sides behind the eyes ; one or two of the hairs on a side 

 being nearly as long as the head itself. The eyes form two 

 rounded black spots, each situated about one-third of the dis- 

 tance from the insertion of the antennae to the base of the 

 head. The clypeus is triangular, shield-like at the base, and 

 reaching near to the base of the head. On the front edge, 

 which is as broad as the clypeus is long, is a mesial bifid 

 process nearly as long as the head, and dividing in the middle 

 into two forks, each division being half the length of the en- 

 tire process, and ending in a stout hair. Tlie antennae are 

 long, slender, and four-jointed, the basal joint being equal in 

 length to the bifid tubercle ; second joint a little more than 

 one-third as long as the basal ; the third slightly longer than 

 the second ; fourth joint short, scarcely half as long as the third. 

 From the third and fourth joints arise long, slender hairs, one 

 or two of them being from one-half to two-thirds as long as the 

 entire antenna. The maxillae are .long and slender, the basal 

 joint curved, and as long as the under sidp of the head from the 

 base to the end of the labium ; from the basal joint arise two 

 articulated divisions, the outer one four-jointed, the joints grad- 

 ually increasing in length, the last obconic, acute. The inner 

 division is nearly one-half shorter than the outer, and is two- 

 jointed, the basal joint being rather thick, the second very slen- 

 der, and a little longer than the first. The chin (mentum) is 

 squarish, a little longer than broad, being slightly trapezoidal; 

 the labium is somewhat trapezoidal in shape, about as long as 

 broad, with an acute tooth between the base of the palpi. Tliese 

 last are two-jointed, the joints of equal length. The mandibles 

 are very long, curved, sickle-shaped, as long as the head itself, 



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