OF THE ORDER COLEOPTERA. ^T/S 



dug, or in the crevices of the earth, and also under stones. 

 In the fine weather they issue forth from their retreats, and 

 always at the hottest moments of the day, but without re- 

 moving far from their habitation. Their walk is rather slow. 

 The species called aristus bzicephalus, has been seen to climb 

 on the blades of meadow grass, and carry off the little balls 

 from them. All of them are winged. Some males differ 

 from their females, by prominences of a conical figure on the 

 anterior extremity of the head. Their larvae have a singular 

 resemblance to those of the cicindelae, and live in the same 

 manner. 



Two species of this sub-genus are to be found in the 

 neighbourhood of Paris ; one is the scarites bucephalus of 

 Olivier, of which Fabricius has made a Scaurus. The 

 second species (Aristus fulcatus) is almost one-half smaller 

 and of a more flatted form. 



The Harpali are, in general, found upon the ground, 

 under stones, or in holes, and most frequently in dry, or but 

 moderately humid places. The numerous spines with which 

 their anterior limbs are provided, give them the facility of 

 digging retreats for themselves in light and sandy soils. 

 They run tolerably fast, and without fearing, like many 

 species of Feronia, the light of the sun. Their larvas inhabit 

 the same places. They have a conico-cylindrical form, and 

 present at the posterior extremity of their body a mem- 

 branous tube, terminating in an elongation of the anal 

 region, and two fleshy appendages articulated and tolerably 

 long. The head is thick, and armed with two tolerably 

 strong mandibles, and almost similar to those of the perfect 

 insect. 



The insects of the sub-genus loricera, live after the 

 manner of the carabi (which shall be described below), and 

 are found under stones in humid places, and on the edge of 

 rivers. 



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