CARABIDiE. 
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It is impossible to attempt to discuss the classification and discri¬ 
mination of our abundant Indian forms, which form one of the largest 
families. It may be hoped that these insects will soon be dealt with in 
the Fauna of India. 
Carabus includes only a few Indian species and is more abundant 
in the palsearctic region. Colo soma (Plate XVI, Fig. 3), includes the 
species Orientate , Ho., found in Peshawar to be predaceous on young 
locusts (Schistocerca peregrina). Ophionea is a pretty little insect, com¬ 
mon in the plains, and with several Indian species. The colouring and 
facies are distinctive, slender flattened insects marked in brown and 
red. Dendrocellus is another Indian genus extending also to West 
Africa. Brachinus is a widespread genus, usually black, with ferrugi¬ 
nous head and prothorax, and greenish elytra. Lebia is another large 
genus, well represented in India ; the beetles live chiefly on bark and 
plants, and are brightly coloured. The genus Anthia has a single 
Indian representative, the large A. (Pachymorpha) sexguttata, Ho. 
This insect is one of the most striking beetles of the plains, black, with 
six large white spots. It is wingless and found wholly on the soil, 
spending the winter in holes. A few kept in captivity lived for some 
months, fed daily with from one to two hundred grasshoppers. Eggs 
were laid but failed to hatch. This is one of the few Carabids easily 
