BRACHINlDiE. — BRACHINUS. 33 



own collection, and was obtained from that of Mr. Marsham, in 

 which it was placed as the other sex of Ta. humeralis : the habitat 

 I cannot give. 



f Sp. 4>. humeralis. Plate II. f. 4. Niger glaher, subtiliter punc- 

 tatus, ore, antennis, pedibusque Jerrugineus, el/jtris macula hu- 

 merali margineque anticejla'vo-testaceis. (Long. c. 4 — 5 lin.) 



Ca. humeralis. Fahricius. — Ta. humeralis. — Stepli. Catal. No. 36. 



Head shining black, large, thicldy, but not deeply, punctate : the mouth and 

 palpi ferruginous : thorax much broader in front and truncate, the sides 

 rounded, the base a trifle rounded, with the angles minute and prominent : 

 the disc convex above, sparingly and slightly punctate, glossy black, the edge 

 thickly and strongly punctate and depressed, the sides reddish-piceous : to- 

 wards the base two impressed foveolse : the scutellum punctate, rufo-piceous : 

 the elytra oblong, rather oval, flat, rounded anteriorly, and nearly square at 

 the tip ; they are very deeply striated : the strice very sUghtly punctate, with 

 very minute impressed dots between, and two or three very deeply impressed 

 near the third : in colour they are blackish, the outer margin being testaceous- 

 yellow from the base nearly to the extremity, with an oblong spot of the same 

 colour at the basal angle, which is united to the margin : the body beneath is 

 glossy rufo-piceous, with the edge of the abdomen black : the legs are totally 

 of a pale ferruginous : the antennae are of the same colour, and pubescent, with 

 the base bald. 



I have seen only two specimens of this species, one in the British 

 Museum, captured by Dr. Leach near Swansea ; the other in the 

 Rev. F. W. Hope's cabinet, taken at Cuckfield, Sussex. 



Genus X. — Bracminus, Weber. 



Palpi filiform, the terminal joint truncate : labium membranaceous, Avith a co- 

 riaceous stripe in the middle, the upper margin straight, entire, with the angles 

 rather prominent: labial palpi,- mth. their fourth joint rounded, oval : maxil- 

 lary palpi AUtorm. : mentum Idbated, with a toothless notch in the middle: 

 labrum short, transverse : mandibles short, dentate at their base : tarsi, with 

 their joints nearly cylindric, simple : bodi/ thick, rather convex. Head oval, 

 rather produced behind : thorax elongate-cordate : elytra oval, slightly 

 truncate : legs moderate : claws simple : wings large : antennce filiform. 



The Brachini are readily known from the other genera of this 

 family by the convex form of the body, combined with short filiform 

 palpi ; from Cymindis they are discriminated by having the claws 

 simple, and by their vivid colours : they usually secrete themselves 

 beneath stones or dead leaves, and are distinguished by a faculty 

 subsequently detailed. 



