ENTOMOLOGY. 



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tlroina gibba. Latr. 



Inhabits France and England in moist or damp banks. 

 In Battersea fields it is very common dining the sum- 

 mer months. 



Genus XVII. Morion. Latreille. 



Antennae moniliform, second joint much shorter than 

 the third. 



Sfi. 1. Monilicornis. Plain, elongate, very black, shin- 

 ing; thorax on each side at the posterior angles impress- 

 ed; elytra striated. 



Inhabits the American islands. 



Gknus XVIII. Apotamus. Hoffmansegg, Latrielle. 



Scarites. Rossi. 



Antennae filiform. Mandibles pointed. Exterior maxil- 

 lary palpi very long and filiform ; labial palpi much short- 

 er and subulate. 



Sfi. 1. Rufus. See Rossi Faun. Etrue. 



Genus XIX. Siagona. Latr. 



Cucujus. Fabr. 



Antennae somewhat setaceous. Mandibles pointed ; 

 the internal edge projecting. Labial and exterior maxil- 

 lary palpi terminated by a nearly securiform joint. 



S/i. 1. Rufifie*. Brunneous-black,- punctate; thorax 

 somewhat silicate; antennae and feet red. 



Cucujus rujifies. Fabr. 



Siagona rujifies. Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. torn. i. p. 

 209, tab. 7. fig. 9. 



Inh .bits Barbary. 



Genus XX. Sthodrus. Clairville. 



Harpalus. Latreille. 



Carabus. Linn. Fabr. Marsh. Payk. 



Antennae tiot moniliform, with the third joint much 

 elo 'gate. External maxillary palpi with the iast joint, 

 saw one, longer than the last. 



Sfi. I. Planus. Oblong, black more shining beneath; 

 elytra with fine punctured striae; trochanters of hinder 

 thighs acute. 



Carabus leucofihthalmus. Lin. Marsh. 



Carabus filanus. Fabr. 



Carabus sftiniger. Paykull. Oliv.' 



Harfialus leucofihthalmus. Latreille. 



S/ihoclrus filanus. Clairville. 



Inhabits Europe. It is found in cellars and woods. 

 The Linnean name is rejected as absurd, most of the 

 Carabides having white eyes after death, but never whilst 

 living. 



Gknus XXI. Stomis. Clairville. 



Harpalus Latr. 



Cararus. Illig. Panz. 



Antennas not moniliform, with trie third joint not 

 longer than the following articulations. External maxil- 

 lary palpi with the last joint somewhat cylindric longer 

 than the one before it, a little attenuated at its base, and 

 truncate at the apex. 



Sfi. 1. Pumicatus. Oblong, blackish brown; antennae 

 and feet rufescent; thorax with an impressed dorsal line, 

 and a little groove on each side behind ; elytra with punc- 

 tured striae. 



Carabus fiumicatus. Illig. Panz. 



Inhabits France, Germany, and England, under stones. 



Genus XXII. Harpalus. Latr. 



Caradus. Linn. Fabr. Marsh. 



Antennae with the third joint a little longer than those 

 which follow. External maxillary palpi with the two last 

 joints equal in length, the last attenuated at the base and 

 apex. 



•Sfi. I, Rujicornis. Head and thorax black; elytra ob- 



scure blackish brown, downy, punctulatc, striated; tho- 

 rax without foveolac behind ; antennae and feet red. 



Carabus rujicornis. Oliv. Panz. Marsh. 



Harfialus ruficurnis. Latr. 



Inhabits Europe, under stones ; the most common spe- 

 cies of the genus. 



Genus XXIII. Zabrus. Clairville. 



Harpalus. Latr. 



Cararus. Fabr. 



Antennae not moniliform. External maxillary palpi 

 with the last joint shorter than the one before it. 



Sfi. 1. Tardus. Black above, somewhat fuscous be- 

 neath; antennae, tibiae and tarsi brown; thorax without 

 foveolae, the hinder margin and abdomen widely pane 

 tured; elytra with punctured striae. 



Harfialus tardus. Latr. 



Carabus gibbus. Fabr. 



Inhabits the plains of France and Italy. 



Genus XXIV. Trechus. Clairville, Latr. 



Carabus. Linn. Marsh. 



Antennae not moniliform. Mandibles pointed. Exte- 

 rior maxillary and labial palpi filiform, terminated by * 

 sharp-pointed joint. 



Sft. J. Meridianus. 



Genus XXV Licinu6. Latr. 



Carabus. Fabr. 



Antennae not moniliform. Mandibles very obtuse. La 

 bial and external maxillary palpi terminated by a nearly 

 seciuiiform joint. 



Sji. 1. Enmrginatus. Obscure black ; elytra (without 

 the aid of a lensv) smooth. 



Carabus cassidens. Fabr. Illig. 



l.icinus enmrginatus. Latr. Gen. Crust, ct Ins. torn. :. 

 p. 199, tab. 7, fig. 8. 



Inhabits Europe; but is very rare. 



Genus XXVI. Badister. Clair. Latr. 



Cararus. Fabr. 



Antennae not moniliform. Mandibles very obtuse. Ex 

 terior maxillary palpi filiform; the labial palpi termi- 

 nated by a thick short-ovoid joint. 



Sfi. 1. Bifiustulatus. Black; base of antennae, feet, 

 thorax, and wing-cases, red, the latter with a sulural lu 

 nate mark of black. 



Carabus bifiustulatus. Fabr. 



Badister bifiustulatus. Latr. 



Inhabits Fiance, Germany, and Britain. 



•* Elytra truncate at their extremities. Head and cor- 

 selet narrower than the abdomen. 



Genus XXVII. Anthia. Web. Fabr. Latr. 



Cararus. Oliv. Linn. 



Thorax eordiform. Head not narrow behind. Neck 

 not apparent. Palpi filiform. Lip projecting in the form 

 of a horny tongue. Abdomen oval, convex. 



Sfi. I. Decemguttata. Black; coleopira with nine 

 grooves, and ten white spots. 



Carabus decemguttatus. Linn. Oliv. 



jlnthia decemguttata. Latr. 



Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, where it is common. 



Gknus XXVIII. Gr aphipterus. Latr. 



Cicindela. Lie Geer. 



Anthia. Fabr. 



Thorax eordiform. Head not narrow behind. Neck 

 not apparent. Palpi filiform. Lip nearly square, with the 

 sides membranaceous, and rounded at the extremity. 

 Abdomen orbicular, much depressed. 



-S^ . I . Multiguttatus. Black; front, sides of the tho- 

 rax, and margins of the wing-cases and sixteen spots 



