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NOTIOPHILUS RUFIPES. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidse Lat., Leach . 
Type of the Genus Cicindela aquatica Linn. 
Notiophilus Hum., Leach., Sam., Dej. — Elaphrus Fab., Lat. 
Antennae inserted before the eyes at the base of the mandibles, 
rather short and thickened towards the apex ; 11 -jointed, basal 
joint robust oval, 2nd the shortest, slender, 3rd rather longer than 
the 4th, the remainder pubescent, slightly increasing in length 
to the terminal joint which is the longest and conical (6). 
Labrum exserted, suborbicular, ciliated with a few short bristles, 
the margin dilated and transparent at the base (1). 
Mandibles subtrigonate, bent and acute, one with 4 short teeth 
below the middle, the other with a very large one in the centre 
and a small one at the base (2). 
Maxillae terminated by a long bent tooth, the inside serrated 
with moveable spines. Palpi, internal as long as the maxilla, 
slender, formed of 2 joints of equal length, the 1st slightly cla- 
vate, the 2nd claw-shaped ; external scarcely longer than the 
maxillae, robust 4-jointed, basal joint minute, 2nd clavate, 3rd 
pilose, 4th the longest, inflated, fusiform truncate (3). 
Mentum large transverse, the side lobes acuminated, the central 
lobe depressed and emarginate. Palpi arising from 2 distinct 
scapes, triarticulate, basal joint small, 2nd and 3rd of equal 
length, the former slender and pilose, the latter fusiform trun- 
cate. Lip large, dilated anteriorly, and truncated ; a lobe and 2 
bristles in the centre 3 each side produced into an incurved and 
transparent spine (4). 
Head as broad or broader than the thorax depressed. Eyes very large. 
Thorax obcordate truncate, anterior margin slightly angulated in the 
centre, posterior emarginate. Scutellum subtrigonate. Elytra smooth 
down the back, slightly emarginate near the apex. Coxae very large. 
Tibise, anterior distinctly notched beneath and spurred „ Tarsi alike 
in both sexes, 5-jointed, anterior slightly dilated and very pubescent 
beneath. Claws bent and acute (5). 
Rufipes Hey sham MSS. 
Cupreous shining. Head as broad as the elytra, punctured at 
the base 5 nasus and crown with deep longitudinal furrows. 
Thorax transverse, scarcely so broad as the head before, and 
narrower than the elytra behind, coarsely punctured, smooth 
only on the disc, in the centre of which is a deep impression, as 
well as one at each of the posterior angles. Elytra very smooth, 
slightly ochreous at the tips, with a few punctures round the 
Scutellum, and a faint row down each side the suture, 6 deeply 
punctured striae close together towards the external margin, 
which is smooth ; between the 2nd and 3rd striae before the 
middle is a fovea and another near the apex. Antennae and 
legs pale ferruginous, the former fuscous towards their apex. 
In the Cabinet of Mr. Hey sham. 
