308 The Insect Fauna of Van Biemen^s Land. 



to particular degrees of latitude. Van Diemen^s Land^ as 

 well as the Continent, possesses the remarkable and exten- 

 sive genera Diplmcej^liala, Lamprima, Adelium, Amycterus, 

 Gonipterus, Stenocorus, Taropsis, Thynniis, Myrmecia, Rutilia, 

 Euryjnela, 8)'c. ; often a species appears throughout the whole 

 of the island, and only on a part of the Continent. Their 

 peculiarities will be shown best in a systematic account of 

 the insects sent by Mr. Schayer from Van Diemen^s Land. 



COLEOPTEEA. 



I shall follow as much as possible the classification of 

 Latreille, as I am not acquainted with a better one. 

 The family of Cicindelie is less extensive in New Holland 

 than in other parts of the world, and is limited, as far as 

 we know with certainty, to several species of the genus 

 Cicindela : although the collections hitherto received have 

 not contained a single species, still we can hardly suppose 

 that so universally distributed a genus should be entirely 

 wanting in Van Diemen^s Land, particularly as it appeal's 

 in New Zealandc Twenty-nine species of the great family of 

 Carabi have been forwarded. The discovery of a species of 

 Calosoma is not surprising, for the very general distribution 

 of this genus pre-supposed the existence of at least a few 

 species in New Holland ; it is interesting, because the new 

 species is ascertained to occupy a central position between 

 our own well-known and indigenous species C. sycopJiantes 

 and C. inquisitor. Future researches must determine whether 

 any species of Carabiis exist on the snow-clad mountains of 

 Van Diemen's Land: probably they do, for their appearance 

 in Southern America proves that they are not limited 

 to the northern hemisphere, like Nehria, MapJirus, and 

 Notiopliilus. There is a remarkable new genus (Scojoodes) of 

 the Truncaftpenna, belonging to the group 'Pencalides-^ 



