ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



Genus CALOSOMA. Fabricius. 

 Family CARABIDJE. Mac Leay. 



Generic Character. Labrum deeply emargi- 

 nate : mandibles arcuate, with a tooth at their base : 

 maxilla increased towards the tip : palpi with the 

 basal joint minute, second elongate clavate, third 

 and fourth equal, the latter subsecuriform truncate : 

 labial palpi with the two basal joints short, third 

 elongate, fourth securiform, truncate : labium short, 

 broad, the upper margin setose, acuminated : men- 

 tum sublinear, rounded laterally, unidentate in the 

 middle : antennce linear, second joint shortest, third 

 longest, compressed : thorax transverse suborbicu- 

 late : abdomen subquadrate, convex : wings two, 

 anterior tarsi of the males dilated. 



Sp. 1 . Cal. inquisitor. Coppery or brassy bronzed 

 black : elytra margined with green, striated and 

 reticulated : abdomen shining green : antenna; and 

 feet black. (25. 1. A.) 



Carabus inquisitor. Linne. Calosoma inquisitor. 

 Fabricius. Leach. Sam, Curtis. Stephens. 



Length from 8 to 10 lines. 



Head, thorax and elytra deep coppery or bronzed 

 black, the latter with a green margin, and about 

 sixteen reticulated striae, each elytron having three 

 rows of deep impressions placed between the fourth, 

 eighth and twelfth striae from the suture : the body 

 beneath shining green, glossed with violet : legs and 

 25-2 



