500 Div. 3. ARTICULATA.— IKSECTA. Class 3. 



The following^ have tlie under-side of the plate of the tarsi furnished with a close and continued brush. The 

 outer palpi, and those of the labium, are terminated, in many, by a thicker or broader joint, like a reversed 

 triant^le : — 



Callisttts, Bon., has the tooth of the mentuni entire, and the outer palpi terminated by an oval joint, pointed at 

 the tip. Type, Carabiis Utnatiis, [a rare British species]. 



Ooden, Bon., differs in having- the last joint of the outer maxillary palpi cylindrical, and of the labial palpi oval 

 and truncated. The thorax is trapezoidal, and narrowed in front. Type, Carabus helopioidcs, Fabr. 



Chhvnius, Bon., has the tooth of the mentuni bifid, tlie outer maxillary palpi terminated by a nearly cylindrical 

 joint, and the labial by a reversed conical and elongated joint. Cara'/ns chictKS, Fabr., and many others, belonq; 

 to this subgenus ; as does also the Carabus saponarius, Oliv., used in Senegal by the natives instead of soap. 



Epnmis, Bon., has the outer palpi tenninateil by a broader compressed joint, in the shape of a hatchet, and is 

 most dilated in the males. The tooth of the mcntum is always bitid. Type, E. circumsciiptus, Dejean, and many 

 others. Dinodes and Lissauchenius, JI'Leay, also nearly approach Epomis. 



Tlie others have generally the mandibles very obtuse and truncated, and bidentate at the tip. The upper lip is 

 distinctly bilobed, the notch of the mentum is not furnished with a tooth, and the dilated portion of tlie tarsi is 

 broad, and nearly orbicular. Some have the mandibles terminated in a point, without any notch or tooth near the 

 tip ; and the plate of the male tarsi is formed of the three basal joints. 



Rembits, Latr., has the upper lip bilobed ; the outer maxillary palpi are filiform ; and the last joint of the labial 

 is slightly thickened, and in the form of a reversed cone. Type, Carabus polilus, Fabr. 



IJiccclus, Bon., has the upper lip merely emarginate, with a central impressed line. Tlie last joint of the outer 

 palpi is nearly hatchet-shaped, and the body almost parallelopiped. The species are from America. 



Others have the mandibles very obtuse, notched at the tip, or with a tooth below it. 



Liciniis, Latr., has the last joint of the outer palpi almost hatchet-shaped. The plate of the male tarsi is broad 

 and suborbicular, formed of the two basal joints. Type, Carabus silp/ioides, Fabr.; C.depressus, I'aykull : [rare 

 British species]. 



Badlster, Clairv. {Ambhjclais, Gyll.), has the last joint of the outer palpi oval ; that of the labial palpi is slightly 

 longer, and often pointed. The plate of the male tarsi is long and square, formed of the three basal joints. Type, 

 Carabus bipustulatus, Fabr., [a common British species]. 



In tlie second division of the Paiellimani, the head is narrowed suddenly hehhid the eyes, as though 

 attached to the tliorax by a peduncle. It is often small, with the eyes prominent. 



Pelecium, Kirby, has not a tooth in the notch of the mentum ; the mandibles are robust, and the upper lip nearly 

 bilobed. The four basal joints of the anterior male tarsi are in the shape of a reversed triangle. Type, P. ci/aiilpcs, 

 Kirby ; South America. In the following, there is a tooth in the notch of the mentuni, ami the upper lip is nearly 

 sti'aight. 



Cynthia, Latr., has the outer palpi terminated by a hatchet-shaped joint. The head is small, and the basal 

 Joints of the male tarsi are of a reversed triangular form. Founded upon a Brazilian species, having the appear- 

 ance of Abax. 



Panogtcus, Latr., has the tarsal plate of the males formed only of the two basal joints. The head is very small, 

 with the eyes globular. The parts of the month are also very small, and the thorax often suborbicular. Type, 

 Carabus Crux major, Fabr., [a rare British species]. 



In the two following subgenera, the outer palpi are filiform : — 



Loricera, Latr., is very remarkable, having the second and four following joints of the antenna: furnished with 

 strong bristles. The maxilla; are bearded on the outside, the labial palpi are longer than the maxillary, and the 

 three basal joints of the fore tarsi are dilated in the males. Type, L. ccnca, Latr. {Carabus pilicornis, Fabr.), [a 

 very common British insect]. 



Patrobus, Megerle, has the antenna; filiform, straight, and without whorls of hairs; the mandibles are of the 

 ordinary size ; tlie length of the labial palpi does not exceed that of the maxillary ; the two basal joints of the 

 anterior tarsi are alone dilated in the males. Type, Carabus rufipes, Fabr., [a species very abundant on the 

 summit of Snowdon, and other high mountains]. 



We now pass to those Carahiques which have the anterior tibiae destitute of a notch on the inside; 

 or which, if they do exhibit one, commences very near the tip of these tihitc, or docs not extend upon 

 the fore face, but forms only an oblique and linear canal. Tlie tonguelet is often very short, termi- 

 nated in a point in the middle of the tip, and furnished with paraglossie, also pointed. The mandibles 

 are robust. The last joint of the outer palpi is generally very large, compressed in the form of a re- 

 versed triangle or hatchet in some, or nearly spoon-shaped in others, and often more swollen in tlie 

 males (Procerus). The eyes are very prominent ; the elytra are entire, or simply sinuated at the 

 jiostcrior extremity ; and the abdomen is generally voluminous, compared to the rest of the bo<l y. 

 These Carahiques are, for the most part, of large size, ornamented with brilliant metallic colours. Tlicy 

 run vei7 quickly, and are very carnivorous. They constitute a peculiar section (the sixth) in the group, 

 and which we name Grandipalpi. 



Those which have the body robust and wingless, with a bilobed labruin, the last joint of the outer 

 palpi always very large, the notch of the mentum without a tooth, the inner edge of the mandibles 



