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POLISTICHUS FASCIOLATUS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidae Lat ., Leach . 
Type of the Genus Carabus fasciolatus Rossi. 
P olistichus Bon., Lat., Dej . — Zuphium Lat . — Galerita Fab., Clairv. 
— Carabus Ross., Oliv. 
Antennce inserted at the base of the mandibles, considerably be- 
fore the eyes, robust, filiform, very pubescent, 1 1 -jointed, basal 
joint long and stout, 2nd short, 3rd longer, the remainder of the 
samelength, excepting the last, which is longer and subconical (6). 
Labrum transverse-quadrate, angles rounded, anterior margin 
slightly concave and producing a few long bristles ( 1 ). 
Mandibles rather small, slightly bent, acute, crenated on the in- 
ternal margin at the base (2). 
Maxilla bent acute, ciliated internally with bristles. Palpi, in- 
ternal biarticulate, compressed, basal joint subclavate, 2nd elon- 
gate-ovate, slightly curved, external 4-jointed, basal joint small, 
2nd long robust, 3rd short, obtrigonate, 4th long robust, oval- 
truncate (3). 
Mentum semicircular, emarginate, with a triangular tooth in the 
centre. Labium small, producing a narrow lobe on each side 
and 2 bristles at the middle. Palpi attached to 2 scapes, triar- 
ticulate, basal joint small, bent, 2nd long subclavate, pilose, 3rd 
robust, clavate-truncate, pubescent (4). 
Head ovate, neck distinct. Eyes small and prominent. Thorax sub- 
cordate, truncated at the base and slightly produced, the angles acute. 
Scutellum very minute. Elytra depressed, elongate-quadrate, trun- 
cate. Abdomen not entirely covered by the elytra. Wings ample. 
Legs short robust, especially the 1st pair. Tibi ?e spurred, anterior 
deeply notched. Tarsi 5 -jointed, anterior with the basal joints a little 
dilated in the males. Claws simple (5, a fore leg). 
Fasciolatus Ross. Faun. Etrusc. 1. 223. — Fab. Syst. Eleut. 1. 216. 9. 
Depressed, shining, covered with short ochreous pubescence. 
Head and thorax castaneous, strongly but sparingly punctured, 
the latter with a shallow channel down the centre and a fovea 
at each posterior angle. Elytra pitchy black with an oblong 
ochreous stripe on each, not extending to the apex, which is 
edged with the same colour ; rather thickly and minutely punc- 
tured, with 7 punctured striae on each. Antennae, abdomen and 
legs ochraceous, somewhat inclining to ferruginous. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets. 
