136 Descrii)tive Catalogue [1896. 



Sub-Family CAEABINI. 

 Teibe OMOPHEONIDES. 



Mesosternum covered by the prosternum ; this last part quadrate 

 behind, truncated, and fitting closely against the metasternum ; body 

 . suborbicular ; anterior legs with one apical and another subapical 

 spurs. 



Gen. OMOPHEON, Latreille, 

 Hist. Nat. Ins., 1804, p. 278. 



Mentum with a sharp median tooth at the base ; inner part of the 

 lateral lobes nearly straight, the outer one rounded ; ligula narrow, 

 triangular, a little convex, and with two long setge at the tip ; para- 

 glossse broader than the ligula, very little shorter than the ligula and 

 adhering to it, truncated with the outer angle, angular; last joint of 

 maxillary and labial palpi long, fusiform ; maxillge slender, with a 

 short apical hook and a few very rigid hook-like ciliae, and a few 

 more slender intervening ones inwardly ; mandibles short, sharp, 

 without any tooth in the inner part ; labrum a little incised in front ; 

 head broad, separated from the epistome by an arcuated impression ; 

 eyes large, projecting; prothorax broader at the base than at the 

 apex, with the outer sides regularly curved, fitting against the 

 elytra ; the latter ovate, a little convex, striated ; legs moderately 

 long, slender ; the first joint of the anterior tarsi of the male much 

 dilated and spongy underneath, that of the intermediate ones also 

 dilated, although in a lesser degree, but bristly underneath. 



Found always in the neighbourhood of water, where they hide 

 under the wet sand. The genus is represented in Europe, Africa, 

 India, Madagascar, and North and South America. 



Synoj^sis of Species. 



Elytra with a very broad sutural green band emitting two short 

 fasciae sutitralis. 



Elytra with a very broad sutural band emitting three short 

 fasciae picturatus. 



Elytra with a narrow sutural green band emitting a short fascia 

 behind and with three spots on each side capicola. 



Elytra with a narrow sutural green band, with eight maculas and 



ree longitudinal green bands on each side depressus. 



Omophron suturalis, Gu&\, 

 Iconogr., p. 24, pi. 6, fig. 15a.-'' 



Labrum, epistome, antennae, and legs flavescent ; head metallic 

 green, with a triangular anterior flavescent margin, the punctures 



* An extremely bad figure. 



