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cylindrical, and that of those attached to the labium, oval or almost 
like a reversed and elongated cone. The first subgenus, the 
Loricera, Lat., 
Is very remarkable. The antennae are setaceous and curved, vdth 
the second and four following joints shorter than the last, and fur- 
nished with fasciculi of hairs. The mandibles are small. The max- 
illae are bearded externally. The labial palpi are longer than those 
of the maxillae. The eyes are very prominent. The thorax is nearly 
orbicular or cordiform, and widely truncated, Avith its posterior angles 
rounded. The three first joints of the anterior tarsi are dilated in the 
males* * * § . 
Patrobus, Meg. 
The antennae straight, filiform, without the fasciculi of hairs, the 
fourth and folloAving joints equal and almost cylindrical: the mandi- 
bles of an ordinary size; the labrum forming a transverse square, 
with an anterior edge straight. The length of the labial palpi does 
not exceed that of those attached to the maxillae. The thorax is 
cordiform and truncated, with the posterior angles acute. The two 
first joints of the anterior tarsi are alone dilated in the males. The 
eyes are less prominent than in the preceding subgenus, and the neck 
is not so narrow f . 
We will now pass to those Carabici whose anterior tibiaj have no 
emargination on the internal side, or which present one that begins 
close to their extremity, or that does not extend on their anterior 
face, and forming a mere oblique and linear canal. The ligula is 
often extremely short, terminated in a point in the middle of its sum- 
mit, and accompanied by pointed paraglcssae. The mandibles are 
robust. The last joint of the exterior palpi is usually larger, com- 
pressed into the form of a reversed triangle, or securiform in some, 
and almost into that of a spoon in others j;. The eyes are prominent. 
The elytra are entire or simply sinuous at their posterior extremity. 
The abdomen, compared with the other parts of the body, is volu- 
minous. They are generally large Insects, are ornamented with 
brilliant metallic colours, run very fast, and are extremely carnivo- 
rous. They constitute a particular section, the sixth of the genus, 
which we will name the Grandipalpi§. 
A first division is thus characterized: the body always thick and 
apterous ; labrum always bilobate ; last joint of the exterior palpi 
always very large ; emargination of the mentum edentate ; internal 
* Loricera anea, Lat.; Car aims pilicornis, Fab.; Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ., XI, 
10 ; Oliv., Col. Ill, 35, xi, 119; Dej. Spec. II, p. 293 (a). 
f Carabus rufipes, Fab. ; C. excavatus, Payk. : Panz. Ib. XXXIV, 2. Two other 
species are mentioned by Count Dejean in bis Species, one from Portugal, the other 
from North America. 
X It is frequently more dilated in the males — a fact very evident in Procerus. 
§ A more characteristic denomination than that of Abdorninales which we formerly 
gave them. 
The only species of the genus. — Eng. Ed. 
