6 GEOBErilACA BRACIIIXID-tE. 



than wide, heart-shaped, lobed behind : body slightly depressed, broad : 



tarsi with penult, joint bifid : claws toothed. 

 viii. Brachinus Palpi short, filiform : ant. with basal joint short : tho. 



narrow, heart-shaped . body convex, somewhat oval : tarsi and claws simple, 

 ix. Tarus Palpi short ; labial with last joint dilated, securiform in $ : ant. 



with basal joint short : tho. heart-shaped, truncate : body depressed : tarsi 



simple : claws toothed, 

 x. Polistichus Palpi elongate : mand. short, not porrected : ant. with basal 



joint short : head triangular : tho. heart-shaped : body depressed : tarsi and 



claws simple. 



2 Drypta Fabricius. 



7 emarginata Fab. E. i. 230. — Ste. M. i. 13. — Ca. chrysostomos Sow. B. 

 M. i. pi. 59. — Blue, sometimes with a greenish tinge : mouth, antenna? 

 and legs pale red ; tarsi dusky ; tip of basal and middle of 3d joint of 

 antennae brown. (L. 4-4^ 1.) Rare; sea coast. Hastings, Suss. ; Fa- 

 versham, Kent; Lyme Regis, Dorset; Leith Sands, Scotland: 7-9. 



3 Odacantha Paykull. 



8 melanura Pk. i. 69. — Ste. M. i. 14. — Cur. v. pi. 227. — Green-blue : 

 elytra pale red, with a blue-black spot on the suture at the tip ; base of 

 antenna?, breast, and legs pale red ; tips of antennae and of thighs black. 

 (L. 3 1.) Marshy and hoggy districts : Horning and Yarmouth, Norf. ; 

 Upware, &c, Camb. ; Whittlesea Mere, Hants; Swansea, &c. : 6-7. 



4 Dejietrias Bonelli. 



9 imperialis Meg. — Sturm. I). F. vii. pi. clxxiii. — Ste. M. i. 176. — Pale 

 yellow : head black ; thorax reddish ; elytra flat, pale, with a broad wedge- 

 shaped brown patch on the suture and a deep black spot on the margin, 

 behind the middle, usually connected with the patcli ; breast pitchy ; legs 

 pale. (L. 3 1.) Southend, Ess.; and in the marshes about Cambridge: 

 3-5. 



10 atricapillus L. ii. 673. — Mart. C. pi. 38. f. 36 ? — ,SY<>. M. i. 15. — 

 Pale yellow : head black ; thorax reddish ; breast pitchy ; elytra imma- 

 culate ; suture dusky. (L. 2|1.) 



Var. De. obscurus Newman. — Ste. M. v. 366. — Rather convex and wide : 

 head brown-black ; thorax, elytra, and legs reddish-brown ; suture spot- 

 less. (L. 2| 1. ) Damp hedges, in grass: winters beneath moss, &c. : 

 *, ©. Var. Charlton, 5. 



11 monostigma Leach. — Cur. iii. pi. 119. — Ste. M. i. 15. — Pale yellow: 

 head black ; elytra with a distinct blackish spot on the suture ; breast 

 ochreous. (L. 2 1.) Rather local: South- Creek, Norf. ; "Whittlesea 

 Mere, Swansea, &c. : 3-9. 



5 Dromius Bonelli. 



12 agilis Fab. E. i. 185 Pz. F. xxx. f. 9. var. — Ste. M. i. 21. — Oblong: 



head and thorax reddish ; the latter nearly square, with acute hinder 

 angles ; elytra dark brown, with two rows of impressed dots ; antenna 1 and 

 legs pale red. (L. 2f-3 1.) 



Var. Head dusky ; elytra sometimes with a pale spot on the disc. Com- 

 mon in hedges and under bark of trees : *, 0. 



13 meridionalis De J. S. i. 242. — Ste. M. i. 16. — Ca. agilis Pz. lxxv. 

 f. 11. ? — Ohlong : head and thorax reddish (or brown) ; the latter broader 



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