ORDER COLEOPTERA. 18? 



external edge. The posterior angles of the corslet, are pro- 

 longed into a point. 



The other Brachini have the elytra smooth, or slightly 

 furrowed. 



The following species are commonly found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Paris. 



Brachinus crepitans^ Fab. Hist. Nat. des Coleapt. d'Eur, 

 II. Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. xx. 5. Its middle length is 

 four lines. It is fawn-coloured, with the elytra sometimes of 

 a deep blue, sometimes of a bluish green, feebly furrowed, 

 and the antennae fawn, bul having the third and fourth arti- 

 culation blackish. The chest, with the exception of the 

 middle, and the abdomen, are of this colour. With this 

 species has been confounded that which M. Duftschmid 

 has named eceplodens^ Hist. Nat. des Coleop. d'Eur, II. viii. 

 7, and which is also very common. It is one half smaller, 

 with the elytra blue, and almost smooth. That which M. 

 Bonnelli has distinguished under the name of glahratus 

 differs from it, only by the want of spots in the antennae. 



Brachinus Scolopeta, Fab. Hist. Nat. des Coleap. d'Eur. 

 II. ix. 3, resembles the last altogether, but is distinguished 

 from it by the suture of the elytra, which is of a fawn- 

 coloured red, from the base, as far as the middle. The body 

 is also proportionally wider, and of the same colour, as well 

 above as below. 



Another species, Brachinus Bombarda, Iliger. Hist. Nat. 

 des Coleop. d'Eur. ix. 2, holds a middle place between the 

 last and first. The elytra have around the shield a fawn- 

 coloured spot, but which does not extend to the length of the 

 suture. The department of the Herault, presents us two 

 other pretty species, the one, e.vhalans, having the elytra of 

 an obscure blue, with four yellowish points, and the other, 

 causHcus, altogether fawn, with a band along the suture, and 

 a posterior blackish spot. 



