H CEOIJEPHAGA CICINDEUD.E. 



what quadrate and flat : elytra arched, very convex, and covering the 

 abdomen, which is ample, mostly flat beneath : leys short; tarsi 4 -jointed, 

 the 3d joint exceedingly minute, concealed within the 2d. 



§ 6. HETEROMERA Latreille. 

 Palpi 4, 2 labial and 2 maxillary: labrum distinct : mand. horny, inner edge 

 with 1 or 2 teeth, and furnished with a fleshy lobe : mentum distinct ; 

 labium leathery and pilose : ant. various, never laminated, or with a 

 pectinated head : leys various : tarsi heteromerous ; that is, the 4 anterior 

 5-jointed, the 2 posterior 4-jointed : the latter in rare instances penta- 

 merous. 



§ 1. Stirps 1. GEODEPHAGA. 



Family 1 Cicindelid^e. Max. armed with a moveable claw at the tip : 

 labrum somewhat 3-angular, horny : mand. strong, furnished with acute 

 teeth : labium minute ; lab. palpi hairy, 3-jointed, with a moveable base : 

 leys long, slender ; enter, tibia not notched on the inner side : ant. fili- 

 form ; eyes very prominent. 



Fam. 2 Brachinid^e. Max. with a fixed claw at the tip : labrum 

 linear, sometimes notched, rarely 3-lobate : labium exserted : lab. palpi 

 4-jointed, the basal joint fixed: leys moderate; anter. tibiae with a 

 notch on the inner side before the tip ; anter. tarsi rarely dilated in the 

 males (c?): elytra abruptly truncated, shorter than the abdomen : ant. 

 filiform. 



Fam. 3 Scaritid^e. Max. with a fixed claw at the tip : elytra entire, not 

 truncated : abdomen remote from the thorax : labrum short, sometimes 

 3-lobate ; labium short ; lab. palpi 4-jointed, basal joint fixed : leys mode- 



' rate ; anter. tibia? deeply notched within, and mostly expanded and pal- 

 mated externally ; anter. tarsi simple in both sexes : ant. moniliform. 



Fam. 4 Carabid^e. Max. with a fixed claw at the tip : elytra entire, not 

 truncated : anter. tibice slender, not notched within ; anter. tarsi greatly 

 dilated in the males : labrum lobate, rarely simple : labium generally with 

 a tooth on its upper margin ; lab. palpi 4-jointed, basal joint fixed : mentum 

 large, produced in the centre : ant. slender, somewhat elongate, linear or 

 setaceous. 



Fam. 5 Harpalid.e. Max. with a fixed claw at the tip : elytra entire, 

 or slightly notched behind : anter. tibice not palmated, notched on the 

 inner side ; anter. tarsi more or less dilated in the males : labrum generally 

 quadrate : mand. slightly toothed within, acute : labium quadrate, not 

 toothed, furnished with a process on each side; lab. palpi 4-jointed, basal 

 joint fixed : mentum deeply notched, notch sometimes bifid, or armed with 

 a tooth : body elongate ; neck rarely distinct. 



Fam. 6 Bembidiid^e. Max. with a fixed claw at the tip : elytra entire : 

 anter. tibia not palmated, their inner edge notched : anter. tarsi with one 

 or more dilated joints in the males : labrum transverse : labium quadrate : 

 external max. and lab. palpi with the terminal joint minute : mentum 

 notched : ant. filiform. 



Fam. 7 Elaphrid^e. Max. with a fixed claw at the tip: elytra entire : 

 anter. tibial not palmated, without a notch on the side, but slightly notched 

 at the apex : anter. tarsi not dilated in the males : labrum entire : mand. 

 simple : lab. palpi 4-jointed, apical joint tumid, basal fixed : mentum 

 notched, with a bifid central tooth : ant. short, stout. 



Family 1. CICINDELIDiE Leach. 

 Genus i. Cicindela. Anter. tarsi of the <? (male) with three dilated 

 joints, of the 9 (female) simple : elytra oblong, ovate, depressed (with 



