42 ORDER COLEOPTERA. 



Brachixus confokmis. (Plate xviii, fig. 5.) 



Head, thorax and legs brick-red. Elytra blue lustrous, or semi metallic. Al domen dark- 

 brown. Length one-fourth of an inch. 



Brachinus fvmans. ( Plate xviii, fig. 6.) 



Head, thorax, under and anterior part of the abdomen, and legs brick-red. Elytra pur- 

 plish. Sides of the abdomen brown. Length about half an inch. 

 Found under stones, rails, etc. in June, July and August. Not uncommon in New- 

 England and New-York. 



Gexis CIMINDIS (Latreille). Tarus (Clairville). 



; Body depressed ; thorax cordate truncate ; claws denticulated ; tarsi simple ; labial 

 ' palpi of the males with the basal joint securiform' ( Westwood). 



Cimixdis piLosrs. (Plate xviii, fig. 13.) 



Insect dark brown, pilose ; legs light brown. Head and thorax about two-thirds the length 

 of the abdomen, which is rounded, and nearly covered by the elytra. 



Gexvs GALERITA (Fab.). Polysticius (Bar.). 



' Body depressed ; head triangular ; thorax subcordate ; palpi long; tarsi simple; men- 

 ' turn tooth triangular' (Westwood). 



Galerita america.va (L.). (Plate xviii, fig. 1-2.) 



Head elongate, small and black or brownish black ; thorax and legs bright red. Elytra 

 blue-black, submetallic with cupreous reflexions. Length from six- to seven-tenths 

 of an inch. 



Gems LEBIA (Latr.). 



' Body depressed, broad ; thorax transverse, lobed behind ; penultimate joints of the tarsi 

 ' bilobed' (Westwood). 



Lebia atrivextris (Say). (Plate xviii, fig. 2.) 



Head, thorax and legs brick-red ; elytra and abdomen glossy black. The lower and an- 

 terior part of the abdomen is of the same color as the thorax, and the upper surface 

 of the tarsi is black. Length one-fourth of an inch. 



