E8 ORDER COLEOPTERA. 



Chlumis NKMOHALis. ( Plate XX, fig. 5.) 



Bead i ad thorax metallic green; elytra bine-black, rather brilliant ; legs, palpi and an- 

 ie In-own. Length half an inch. 

 Th - is rather broader than the foregoing. 



I'liurMis bericeus. (Plate xx, Cg-7-) 



\ and elytra brilliant green above, glossy black below, punctate ; legs, palpi 

 antenna brown. Length from six- to seven-tenths of an inch. 



Ciiurxn s roMENTOsus. (Plate xx, fig. 2.) 



Sead black, dark bronze, punctate ; elytra dark, bronzed and faint greenish hue, tomen- 



ClILCEXllS LITHOPHILUS. ( I'lale XX, fig. 8.) 



Bead, thorax ami elytra green, brilliant black beneath ; legs, palpi and antennas brown. 

 Length four-tenths of an inch. 



Genus TRECIIUS (ClAirv.). 

 .Mentura transverse, tridentate anteriorly; central tooth shortest; head ovate; thorax 

 [ate truncate ; angles mostly rounded. 



Thechts cinctus. ( Plate xix, fig. 8.) 



Bmall, shining brown; head darker; elytra rather lighter on the outer than the inner 

 gin. Length two-tenths of an inch. 



Tuechls conjunctos. ( Plate xix, fig. 7.) 



Small, shining brown ; head black or dark brown. Length rather more than two-tenths 

 of an inch. 



(iKNis CALATHUS (Bon). Carabus (Lin.). 

 Tarsal claws toothed ; palpi simple and rather long; labial nearly filiform, the terminal 

 at truncate ; labrum transverse, a little emarginate; mandibles denticulated at the 



base ; meiitum with a bifid tooth in the centre of the notch ; elytra elliptic; thorax 

 ^quadrate or trapcziform ; head angular. 



Calathis gregarius. ( Plate xviii, fig. 1G.) 



Form orate; antennas long filiform : head, thorax and elytra of a gii ss\ brown color; 

 margin lighter ; legs brown. Length about four-tenths of an inch. 



