7 



COLEOPTERA. 



Syn. Buprestis 4-maculata, Fair. Sp. Ins. I. p. 280. Syst. Eleuth. 2. p. 208. Olivier Ent. 

 II. p. 32. t. 10./. 110. iTer&st. Col. IX. <. 153,/ 4. 



This admirably beautiful species is described by Fabricius as an inhabitant of 

 India, on the authority of the cabinet of the late Dr. Fothergill. It bears very great 

 resemblance to several brilliant species found in South America and the "West Indies, 

 composing the subgenus Actenodes of Dejean. Schonherr, most probably by mis- 

 take, has given Italy as the locality of this species. 



ANTHIA 6-GUTTATA. 



Plate IV. fig. 1. 



Tribe. Geodephaga, MacLeay. 

 Family. Carabid^. 

 Genus. Anthia, Weber. 



Species. Anthia 6-Guttata : atra ; elytris hevibus ; thorace maculis duabus coleoptrisque 

 quatuor albo tomentosis. Long. Corp. 17- — 21 lin. 

 Anthia : black, with smooth elytra ; thorax with two, and elytra with four white 

 downy spots. Length of the body 17 to 21 lines. 

 Syn. Carabus sex-guttatus, Thunberg nov. Sp. 3. 70. Jig. 84. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1965. 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. 141. 75. Syst. Eleuth. 1. p. 221. (Anthia 6-guttata.) 

 Carabus sex-maculatus, Bonov. edit. 1. {nee Fabr. Ent. Syst. 1. 141. 78.) Syst. 

 Eleuth. 1. 222. 



This conspicuous insect is one of the largest species of the LinmBan genus 

 Carabus. It is very abundant in some parts of India. Donovan, although referring 

 to the original description of A. sex-guttata, published this under the name of 

 Carabus 6-maculatus, which name had been given by Fabricius to a different species 

 of the same genus. 



BRACHINTJS BIMACULATUS. 



Plate IV. fig. 2. 



Genus. Beachinus, Weber. Carabus p. Linnaeus, Fabricius. 



Species. Brachinus Bimaculatus : capite flavescente ; vertice obsenro ; thorace obscuro, 

 maculis duabus flavescentibus ; elytris nigris, puncto humerali, fascia lata media 

 sinuata abbreviata, apice, antennis pedibusque flavescentibus. Long. Corp. 

 lin. 7—8. 



