Mr. T. V. Wollaston on the Coleoptera of St. Helena. 303 



Fam. 1. Carabidae. 

 Genus 1. Haplothorax. 



Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. iii. 207 [script. 4i^Zo- 

 thorax] (1841). 



1. Haplothorax Burchellii. 

 Aplothorax Burchellii, Waterh., loc. cit, pi. 12, f. 1 (1841). 

 A truly indigenous and noble Carabid, whicli appears, how- 

 ever, to be both local and extremely scarce. Although re- 

 ceived many years ago from St. Helena, where it was first 

 detected by the African traveller Dr. Burchell, the only ex- 

 amples of it which I have myself seen have been captured by 

 Mr. Melliss. 



Genus 2. Calosoma. 

 Weber, Obs. Ent. 20 (1801). 



2. Calosoma haligena. 



G. supra aut obscure seneum aut fere (vel etiam omnino) nigrum, 

 subopacum ; capite irregulariter punctato ; prothorace parvo, 

 transverso-subcordato, antice ad latera valde rotundato, angulis 

 posticis retrorsum productis sed obtusis, densissime ruguloso- 

 punctato, utrinque intra angulos posticos late et profunde im- 

 presso ; elytris grosse crenato-striatis, interstitiis aequaUter ele- 

 vatis ac transversim imbricato-rugatis, punctis magnis plus minus 

 aenescentibus vel cuprescentibus in triplici serie notatis ; antennis 

 pedibusque nigris aut piceo-nigris. 

 Mas, plerumque vix minor, pedibus sensim crassioribus, tibiis poste- 

 rioribus (prsesertim intermediis) conspicue curvatis, tarsis anticis 

 valde dilatatis. 

 Fcem., plerumque vix major, pedibus sensim gracilioribus, tibiis in- 

 termediis vix curvatis, posticis fere rectis, tarsis anticis sim- 

 plicibus. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 9-11. 



Calosoma haligena. Well., Jom'n. of Ent. i. 208 (18G1). 

 Of this fine Calosoma a single example was captured at St. 

 Helena (in July 1860) by the late Mr. Bewicke, and several 

 more have since been communicated by Mr. Melliss. It seems 

 to belong to the same type as the African species sene- 

 galense and rugosum^ from the former of which it is never- 

 theless abundantly distinct. From the latter it differs {inter 

 alia) in being more depressed, and in having its coppery 

 punctures smaller, in its prothorax being more deeply rugose 

 before and behind, and in its legs being less robust. As re- 

 gards colour, it appears to be either dull brassy or nearly (if 

 not indeed altogether) black ; and its males have their four 



