ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



Genus PANAGiEUS. Latreille. 

 Family HARPALID2E. Mac Leay. 



Generic Character. Palpi elongate; labial 

 with the two hasal joints short, second and fourth 

 of the same length, the last securiform ; internal 

 maxillary filiform, with the basal joints the longest ; 

 external with the basal joint minute, the second 

 elongate-clavate, the third short, conic, the last 

 securiform : labrum transverse, slightly notched : 

 mandibles short, bent, simple : mentum notched, 

 with a bifid tooth in the centre : head small : neck 

 distinct: thorax suborbiculate : vnngs two : antennce 

 filiform : anterior tarsi with the two first joints di- 

 lated in the males : claws simple. 



Only two species are known to inhabit this coun- 

 try ; both are rare, or at least very local. 



Sp. 1. Pa. quadripustulatus. Black, each elytra 

 with a round red spot at the base and apex. (26. 

 l.A.) 



Panagaeus quadripustulatus. Sturm. 



Length from 3 to 3| lines. 



Head black and punctured ; thorax black, coarsely 

 and deeply punctured, nearly orbicular, rather con- 

 vex, and sparingly furnished with long tawny hair : 

 elytra black, striated and coarsely punctured, with 

 an irregular large red spot on the anterior part, and 

 a large round spot of the same colour near the apex •. 

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