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most the whole world, and M, La- 
cordaire mentions, as among their 
localities, China, Himalaya, Northern 
Asia, W estem Asia, Europe, Algeria, 
the Canary Isles, North America, 
Porto Rico, Chili, and Patagonia. 
They are much more numerous in 
mountainous than flat countries. 
Aplothorax is closely allied to Ca- 
losoma, and consists of one large 
species only, from St. Helena. 
Calosoma contains about sixty 
species. “ They fly well, and are 
found upon trees where they seek their 
food — Lepidopterous larvae.” They 
are distributed over the whole globe. 
Callisthenes consists of twelve 
species, closely allied to the preced- 
ing genus. They are found “ exclu- 
sively in Asia, from the Caucasus to 
Siberia, in the W estern part of North 
America, and in the Californian por- 
tion of the Rocky Mountains.” 
Thus we have hastily run over the 
tribe, being compelled to omit pages 
of deeply interesting matter, con- 
cerning species, habits, descriptions, 
&c., and now pass on as rapidly to the 
next ti’ibe — Gy divides — which con- 
sists of four genera, Damaster, Gych- 
rus, Sphceroderus, and Scaphinotus, 
and close the first legion of the Cara- 
biques. 
Damaster consists of a single very 
rare species, “ more than twenty 
lines in length from Japan, bearing 
a general resemblance to Blaps. 
Cychrus contains about twenty 
species, “ peculiar to the cold and 
temperate regions of the Northern 
Hemisphere.” 
In Sphceroderus six species are 
known, “ of a beautiful golden blue 
or violet colour.” They are con- 
fined to North America. 
Scaphinotus consists of only two 
or three species, also confined to 
North America ; and, with the last 
genus, is closely allied to Cychrus. 
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