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Fastigiatus of Fabricius is the same as Olivier's 

 insect. 



Sp. 6. 3-pustulatus. — This insect cannot be con* 

 sidered an Helluo; the specimens in the Bank sian 

 Cabinet are decidedly of the genus Pheropsophus. 



In terminating my observations on the Brachi- 

 nidae, it may be stated with regard to the habits 

 of these insects, that the European species live 

 chiefly beneath stones, they are gregarious, and 

 live, as far as I have observed, chiefly on the 

 roots of grass. I have known a dead individual 

 remain a long period, untouched by its confederates, 

 living beneath the same stone. Westermann in- 

 forms us that the larger species in India, allied to 

 Bimaculatus live beneath the bark of Palm trees, 

 probably the whole of them are naturally vegetable 

 feeders ; one part deriving nutriment by sucking 

 grasses, the other feeding more particularly on the 

 luscious sap of trees. 



Anthia, Fabricius. 



As the table of the genera belonging to this 

 sub-family has been given in my observations on 

 the Caraboidea of Linneus, I shall merely remark 

 on the species. 



