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Syntomus, Hope. 



From (TWToixos, brevis. Apterous, body short, 

 contracted. The anterior part of the thorax 

 broader than the posterior, the latter sensibly 

 contracted, and differing from the former genus, 

 which has the angles of the thorax rectangular. 

 The elytra are remarkable for the shoulders being 

 rather prominent. I am acquainted with several 

 tropical species which require sub- division. They 

 occur in the Old and New Continents ; none are 

 recorded, I believe, as inhabiting the East Indies ; 

 they will, no doubt, occur in the Himalaya. 



Sp. 44. Bimaculatus. — Now a Brachinus. This 

 last species will be found in the Mantissa Planta- 

 rum of Linneus, at page 532, and is the only Cara- 

 bideous insect therein mentioned. It will be seen 

 that I have omitted the tables of the genera 

 belonging to the families of Trechidae, Lebiadae, 

 &c. They were purposely passed by, as they will 

 appear in my remarks on the Fabrician Caraboidea, 

 where they will be associated with their allied 

 groups. 



