1840.] 



Himalayas and of India. 



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BRACHINID^. 



The French writers appear unacquainted with the true type of Helluo, 

 exclusively belonging to New Holland : the genus denomiaated Cmphra 

 by Dr. Leach, applies solely to the Indian Helluones. Ozaena and 

 Pseudo-zsena inhabit Calcutta and Cayenne; while Trigonodactyla ap- 

 pears in Africa and Asia. The Graphij teras of the sandy deserts have 

 no representative in ilie East. This genus appears to unite Brachinus 

 and Anthia: the latter is found throughout the continent of India- 

 Some of the specimens from Nepal, however, are very diminutive. 

 Aptinus is partly confined to Northern Europe and America ; while true 

 Brauhinus enjoys the unlimited range of the world. Catascopus is 

 found in Nepal, and resembles in its habits Elaphrus of Europe, and 

 probabl^'^ occupies its place. Dyscolus, Promecoptera, and Thyreopterus, 

 prefer the southern tropical regions, and are not foaud to range as far 

 north as the Himalayas. 



SCRAITID^. 



Siagona atrata is met with in Nepal and various parts of India : a 

 specimen lately received fr^m Egypt, if not the self-sarae, is so exceed- 

 ingly alike in size and sculpture, that it is very difficnlt to distinguish. 

 The Scaritidae abound in both hemispheres. Scapterus of India is re- 

 presented by Oxystomus in the Brazils, and ia Africa by Acanthoscelis. 

 Morio and Chvina will, perhaps, be found in both the Old and New 

 World ; the latter, indeed, is common to all temperatures; the former 

 may eventually occur in Europe, perhaps in Sicily. 



HARPALID.E. 



Harpali are found dispersed nearly in all the countries of the globe : 

 they abound more in the arctic than antarctic regions. The follwwing 

 genera are recorded as belonging to India, viz. Harpalus, Platymetopus, 

 Selenophorus, Cyclosomus, and many others. Some species of Ophonus 

 from Bengal and Poona, closely resemble British species. 



POGONID.^:. 



Some of the genera of this family are not confined to the temperate 

 zones ; the major part of them prefer the polar region*;. Pogonus and 

 Cardiaderus are met with in Asia and Africa; while Patrob us is appa- 

 rently peculiar to Northern Europe and America. 



CALATHID^. 



Dolichus has not yet been discovered in India : it is probable, how- 



