270 SUPPLEMENT ON THE CARNIVOROUS FAMILY 



remarks are extracted, M. Dufour has discovered the hepatic 

 vessels, which are four in number, and the epiploon, con- 

 sisting, as in many other insects, of fatty whitish shreds, 

 and of very various forms. 



We may observe here that the B. Displosor belongs to 

 the sub-genus Aptinus of the text. 



In Odacantha. The O. melanura lives in shady and 

 humid places, in the cold or temperate regions of Europe. 

 Dr. Leach has found great numbers of them in England, in 

 places planted with reeds and rushes. Its other habits are 

 unknown to us. It is the only species which is indigenous. 



In the sub-genus Drypta the form of the masticating 

 organs, the jaws, being elongated, and armed with powerful 

 crotchets, proves the very carnivorous character of these 

 insects, and their capability of pursuing and seizing their 

 prey, even in its deepest retreats. They are found on the 

 ground, and especially in places somewhat humid. They 

 inhabit only the warm regions of the ancient continent. 



The Lebi.e differ from the Brachini in their tongue, 

 their flatted body, and particularly in the absence of those 

 organs of crepitation, for which those last-mentioned cara- 

 bici are so remarkable. Notwithstanding the assertions of 

 M. Clairville, often too staunch a disciple of Fabricius, this 

 last character of the Brachini is of more importance in the 

 natural order than that furnished by the relative proportions 

 of the antennae, in their second and third articulations. 

 But both Lebia and Cymindis have another character exclu- 

 sively peculiar to themselves, in this tribe. The crotchets 

 of their tarsi are denticulated underneath, in the manner of 

 a comb. Accordingly, these insects often remain under the 

 barks of trees, and have thus the facility of crooking or 

 suspending themselves in a vertical position. All the indi- 

 viduals are winged. 



We have figured a new species of Anthia, under the name 



