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DRYPTA EMARGINATA. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidse. 
Type of the Gems , Drypta emarginata Fab. 
Drypta Lat., Fab., Clair., Curt.- — Cicindela Oliv. — Carabus Rossi , 
Mars. — Sower by. 
Antenna inserted before the eyes, rather longer than the head 
and thorax, filiform, pubescent, and 11 -jointed, basal joint as 
long as the head and clavate, 2nd short, 3rd longer and slenderer 
than the following which are oblong, the terminal joint having 
a short and a long obtuse compound spine at the apex (6 a , the 
terminal joint more magnified). 
Labrum transverse, pocket-shaped, with a small semicircular lobe 
and 2 bristles at the centre of the anterior margin, which is fur- 
nished also with a few short bristles and 2 long ones at each 
angle (1). 
Mandibles porrected, narrow, curved and acute at the apex, with 
a small bifid tooth inside towards the base and a notch beneath 
it (2). 
Maxilla slender, terminated by a long narrow lobe, very much 
hooked and acute at the apex, the internal margin ciliated with 
short and strong spines. Palpi, internal shorter than the lobe, 
very slender and composed of 2 joints of equal length, external 
long and 4-jointed, basal joint small, 2nd long subclavate, fol- 
lowing much shorter, 3rd clavate and a little longer than the 
4th which is much broader, being somewhat securiform (3). 
Mentum suborbicular, being very narrow and concave at the base, 
anterior margin deeply excised, forming two obtuse lobes. Palpi 
triarticulate, rather long and attached to 2 slender scapes, basal 
joint short, 2nd long and clavate, 3rd nearly as long and hatchet- 
shaped. Lip small and trilobed, central lobe the longest, linear 
and producing 3 strong bristles (4). 
Head subtrigonate slightly elongated before : eyes small but prominent. 
Thorax not broader than the head, cylindric , obovate, truncated at the 
base, with the angles a little prominent : scutellum triangular. Elytra 
thrice as broad as the thorax, oblong-ovate, the apex slightly emar- 
ginate. Wings ample. Thighs incrassated. Tibiae, anterior notched 
on the inside. Tarsi 5 -jointed, very pubescent beneath, anterior 
slightly dilated in the male, basal joint oblong, 2nd and 3rd some- 
what cup-shaped in the fore feet, Ath bilobed, 5th clavate. Claws 
bent and acute, (5, a fore leg). 
Emarginata Fab. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 21. 1. — dentatus Rossi . — chry^ 
sostomos Sowerby. 
In the Cabinets of the British Museum and Mr. Vigors. 
