414 ZOOLOG iCiVLUTBRATUEE. 
Brfidhinm. Motschulsky (1 c. p* 31^) , giveipi ftu analyticftl table ef the 
species of with bluish elytra. 
, Brachinm explodma (Dufts.) is recorded as British by Power (under the 
name oi glahratus, Dej.), Ent. M. Mag., i. p, 236. _ 
Dromius fasciatus, Power records the capture of thia species, usually 
regarded as a strictly littoral insect, near Royston. Numerous speciipens 
were beaten from thatch. Entomologist, ii. pp. 323, 324. 
Ag/ra. Bates (Ent. Trans. 3rd ser. vol. ii. pp. 359-383) gives 
descpptions of the species of this genus found in the region of the 
Amazons. He indicates the relations of the group and the 
characters by which it is distinguished from allied genera, and 
describes the general habits of the insects. From his observa- 
tions, they possess a certain crepitating power, although in a far 
less degree than the Brachini. The number of species previously 
described by Chaudoir and other writers is 134 ; in this memoir 
the author describes 14 new species and 2 supposed varieities of 
A, subcenea (Chaud.), and in a second paper 4 others from Saun- 
derses collection, raising the total number of species belonging 
to the group to 143 (or 144). Of these, 47 are recorded from 
the Amazons. The author adopts Chaudofres division of the 
genus into Agridia and Agra, which, however, he seems to re- 
gard as only of subgeneric value. He describes the following 
known species : — 
Agridia hatom (Ohaud.),/. c. p. 803, mdi Agridia platgsoelis (Oliaud.), I c. 
p. 864; Agra erythropus (Eej.), 1. c. p. 366; A. latipes (Ohaud.), ibid.; A. 
anea (Fab.), I, c. 366 ; A. metallescms (Ohaud.), ibid. ; A. megera (Thoms.), 
ibid.; A. infmcata (Klug), I, c. p. 368; A. r^exidens (Ohaud.), ibid.; A. 
femorata (Klug), 1. c. p. 309; A. modrens (Ohaud.), 1. <j. p. 370 ; A. genim- 
lata (Klug), 1. c. p. 371 ; A. subcenea (Ohaud.), ibid., with three varieties (?), 
A. ckryseis, Bates, A. curtula, Bates, and A. rujicornis (Klug) ; A. femo- 
ralis (Ohaud.), 1. c. p. 373 ; A. tibialis (Ohaud.), ibid. pi. 20. fig. 2 ; A. mcesta 
(Ohaud.), 1. c. p. 374; A.pulchella (Ohaud.), ibid.; A. brevicollis (Klug), ibid. ; 
A. cmeipennis (Ohaud.), 1. c. p. 377 ; A. excavata (Klug), ibid. ; A. variolosa 
(Klug), 1. c. p. 378; A. biseriata (Ohaud.), ibid ; A.foveigera (Ohaud.), ibid, j 
A. immersa (Klug), 1. c. p. 379 ; A, chalcoptera (Klug) (Ohaud.), 
ibid.; A. exarata (Klug), 1. c. p. 380; A. cytherea (Thoms.), ibid. pi. 20. 
fig. 3 ; A. punctato-striata (Ohaud.), ibid. ; A. varians (Ohaud.), 1. o. p. 381 ; 
A. cuprea (Klug), 1. c. p. 382 ; A. multiplicata (Klug), 1: c. p. 383 ; and A, 
clavipes (Klug), ibid. 
New genera and species : — 
Cymindides. Motschulsky (/. c. p. 240) divides this group of Oarabid® into 
0 the following genera ; — • 
I. Wings well developed. 
A. Upper surface opaque, not punctate Malisus (Motsch.) 
(yariegata, Dej.). 
B. Upper surface more or less metallic, punctation of elytra not distinct. 
Apenes (Lee.). 
0. Upper surface shining, not metallic. 
