CARABID^E. PANAGJ2US. 59 



Black,, pubescent. Head small, with an impression on each 

 side in front; eyes very globose and prominent; palpi large, 

 black, pilose ; antennae black, pubescent. Thorax very globose, 

 truncate in front, sides slightly margined, posterior angles 

 rounded, disk very rugosely punctate, set with erect hairs, having 

 an impression near each hinder angle. Elytra ovate, rounded 

 at the apex, convex, deeply punctate-striated, densely pubescent, 

 red, with a black patch surrounding the scutellum, the suture 

 and an irregular broad transverse fascia across the middle, black, 

 and forming a cross, the apex also with a black spot ; body 

 beneath deeply punctured, and together with the legs black and 

 pubescent. Length 3 lines. 



Locally abundant in the fenny districts of Cambridgeshire 

 and Huntingdonshire, at the roots of trees and among refuse in 

 damp places. Also at Lawrence Waltham, Berks ; Cobham, 

 Norwood and ShooterVhill, near London. 



2, P. quadripustulatus : niger, pubescens ; thorace longiore ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, rufis, basi cruce communi limbo 

 postico apiceque nigris. 



Sturm, D. F. 3. 1 72. Dej. Spec. 2. 288 ; Icon. 2. 150. pi. 88. 

 Steph. Mand. 1. 70, et Manual, p. 22. Erichson, Kafer, 21. 



This species resembles the preceding, but is smaller, narrower, 

 and otherwise sufficiently distinct. Thorax more orbicular, 

 smaller, proportionally longer and more narrowed behind, with 

 the basal impressions less distinctly marked. Elytra more 

 convex, more narrowed in front and the angles more rounded, 

 the rufous colour generally of a deeper shade, the posterior red 

 spot is always round (and not angular like the corresponding one 

 in crux-major), and does not touch the outer margin, so that the 

 entire limb is narrowly black. Length 3 lines. 



It is apparently a less common species than the preceding. 

 The first British specimen was taken in May 1812, in a gravel- 

 pit in Coombe Wood, and the species has frequently been found 

 since in the same locality. It has usually been considered an 

 insect of solitary habits, but has on two occasions been taken in 

 profusion ; at Hertford under stones and clods of earth, and at 

 Fulbourne near Cambridge, from tussocks of coarse grass. I 

 have taken it from moss in a gravel-pit at Fort Monkton, Hants ; 

 near Sandown, Isle of Wight ; and on the sand-hills at Deal, in 

 May and September. 



Genus 20. BADISTER, Clairville. 



Mentum dente media nullo. Ligula brevis, apice truncata ; para- 

 glossis membranaceis, elongntis, earn longe superantibus. Palpi 



