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CLIVINA COLLARIS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidae Z^/., Leach 
Scaritidae McL. 
Type of the Genus Tenebrio Fossor Linn. 
Clivina Clairv., Panz., Leach., Dej. — Scarites Fab., Oliv.~— 
Carabus Marsh., Herbst. — Tenebrio Linn. 
Antennce inserted before the eyes in a fissure on each side the 
head, 11 -jointed, pubescent excepting the first 2 joints, basal 
joint the longest robust, 2nd slender scarcely longer than the 
3rd which is pear-shaped, the remainder moniiiform, the termi- 
nal joint subovate (fig. 6). 
Labrum subquadrate, narrowed a little at the base, anterior 
angles rounded, producing .strong bristles, some of them dilated 
at the apex ( 1 ) . 
Mandibles porrected, but not very large, bent, not very acute, 
having 3 or 4 teeth on the internal side (2). 
Maxillcc long and slender, internal lobe dilated on the outside, 
ciliated with strong bristles on the inside, bent and terminated 
by a subulate tooth. Palpi 2, terminated by vesicles j internal 
Inarticulate, 1st joint clavate, 2nd attenuated $ external long 
and robust, 4-jointed, basal joint slender bent, 2nd thick sub- 
ovate, 3rd subclavate, 4th the longest attenuated to the apex (3). 
Mentum large semiorbicular, emarginate before, producing a 
large lobe in the centre. Lip small producing a narrow lobe on 
each side. Palpi long and robust, attached to 2 long scapes, 
3 -jointed, basal joint small, 2nd clavate, 3rd the longest, sub- 
fusiform, slenderest at the apex which produces a vesicle (4). 
Head small, neck distinct. Eyes small lateral. Thorax broader than 
the head, quadrate, slightly depressed, narrowed l at its base. Cole- 
optra broader than the thorax elongate ovate. Wings ample in one 
species, short and small in the other. Scutellum minute, attached 
to the peduncle of the abdomen which is considerably elongated. Legs 
short. Thighs, anterior very robust. Tibiae, anterior dilated, strongly 
dentated and spurred, emarginate on the inside, the 'others spurred, 
the 2nd pair producing a strong external spine above the apex. Tarsi 
alike in both sexes, slender 5 -jointed, anterior the shortest. Claws 
small. (5, afore leg.) 
Collaris Herbst' s Arch. tab. 29. /. 15. — sanguinea Leach's MSS. 
Shining. Mandibles and antennae ferruginous. Head and thorax 
blackish brown, the former castaneous on the crown, with a 
small deep impression between the eyes, the latter with a trans- 
verse impressed line near the anterior margin and a deep channel 
down the middle. Elytra and legs pale castaneous, the former 
sometimes brownish in the disk below the middle, each elytron 
with 8 punctured striae, the 3rd impressed with 4 larger punc- 
tures and the marginal striae deeply punctured. Wings long and 
ample. Beneath black variegated with castaneous. 
In the Author's and other Cabinets. 
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