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Descriptions of New 



palpi, and the deeply bilobcd fourth tarsal joint. However, 

 if Lacordaire's diagonses are exact, I feel justified in sepa- 

 rating Anchista from all these genera. The name "Anchista" 

 has reference to the affinity of the insect to the two genera just 

 mentioned, whilst the specific name u modesta," refers to its 

 inconspicuous colours. Amongst its peculiarities weight ought 

 to be laid upon the plumpness of the palpi, in fact all other 

 parts of the mouth and even the whole head, which w^as very 

 striking to me. 



Like many of my best Carabida^ I found this insect at night 

 on the table -whither it had been attracted by the light. The 

 anterior tarsi are dilated and furnished with hairy brushes 

 below, longest at the apex of the lobes of the fourth joint. 



II. Elliotia. iu g % Js T . (fam. Carabim;, trib. Lebill\£.) 



Corpus subconvexuin, ovatuni. Caput mediocre, oculis maximis. 

 Mentnm leviter transversim ©marginatum, edeutatum, lobis acuininatis< 

 Ligula submembranacea apice truncata, paraglossia connatis inargineni 

 anteriorem parum superantibus, obtusis. Palpi elongati, art. ultimo 

 elliptico, acuminato. Labrum magnum transversum, integrum, mandi- 

 bulas fere obtegens. Mandibular validse, edentatse. Antennse robustse fili- 

 formes, bumeros superantes, art. 1° mediocri, 2° brevi, 3<> quinti prope 

 longitudine, 4° prsecedente breviore, 2-4 obconicis, 5-10 asqualibus, 

 cylindricis, 11° pra?cedente tertia parte longiore, 4-11 pilosis. Thorax 

 parvus, capite minor, transversus, longitudine duplo latior ; antice leviter 

 emarginatus, lateribus elevato-marginatus, ante medium lateribus ro= 

 tundatus, medio fortiter angulatus, infra medium valde abrupteque 

 angustatus, basi truncatus, subtus cylindricus. Scutellum leviter 

 excavatum. Elytra ovata, marginata, apice sat fortiter truncata. 

 Pedes omnes subarquales, simplices, tenues, tarsis cylindricis art. 3-4 

 magis minusve trigonis, unguibus simplicibus. Prosternum carinatum, 



In honorem Dom. Hon. Walteri Ellioti (Maderaspatani), naturalists 

 diligentissimi, meritissimi, nomen imposui. 



0. Elliotia pallipes. N. 



E. supra nigra, nitida, thoracc scutelloque rufo-testaceis, labro elytr- 

 orumquc limbo atque sutura brunneo-tcstaccis ; subtus piceus, pcctorc 



