Head black and small. Antennæ rather longer than the thorax, black, 5-jointed, the two basal joints being shortest. Thorax convex, and slightly margined at the sides; of a fine scarlet colour, with two black spots thereon; somewhat oval, but the outline forming with the head an obtuse angle, the points on the sides being cut off. Wings defended by a thick scaly scutellum, which is very convex and smooth, without any suture, entirely covering the abdomen and extending to the anus, of a scarlet colour, with two broad, black, indented and irregular bars crossing it; one next the thorax which is broadest, and on which are two small scarlet spots; the other placed just below the middle, and seeming to be composed of four spots united together; beneath this are two small black spots, nearly round, situated near the anus. Fig. _a_. represents one of the hemelytra, which when at rest are concealed beneath the scutellum, having the basal portion or corium strong, thick, and opake; and the terminal portion beyond the transverse rib membranaceous. The wing at _b_. is very thin and membranaceous; being more transparent than the hemelytra. Abdomen scarlet, with an oblong black spot at the anus, and four others on each side joining to the edge. The breast appears in a strong light of a deep mazarine blue, almost black. Legs, the same. The proboscis is also blue, lying close to the breast, and extending to the beginning of the abdomen. GALERITA AMERICANA. Plate XLII. fig. 2. ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Adephaga. FAMILY: Carabidæ. SUBFAMILY: Brachinides. GENUS. GALERITA, _Fabricius_. Carabus p. _Linn. &c._ GALERITA AMERICANA. Nigra, thorace antennis pedibusque ferrugineis, elytris cyaneis. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.) SYN. Carabus Americanus, _Linn. Syst. Nat._ 1. II. _p._ 671. _No._ 19. _De Geer Ins._ iv. _t._ 17. _f._ 21. _Fabricius Syst. Eleuth._ 1. 214. 1. (Galerita a.) _Olivier Ent._ III. 35. _n._ 77. _t._ 6. _f._ 72. _Klug. Jahrb. der Entomol._ 1. _p._ 63. Carabus Janus, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 1. _p._ 136. _No._ 51. Carabus bicolor, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _De Jean Spec. General_, 1. _p._ 187. 1. Galerita bicolor. _Klug. loc. cit._ HABITAT: Virginia (_Drury_). North America. Head very long, black, with a red brown spot on the middle. Antennæ dark brown, the basal joint being longest, thickest, and lightest coloured; the others are nearly of equal length; the whole being a little longer than the elytra. Neck distinct and black. Thorax light red brown, and almost oval, about the length of the head, and a little broader; it is also a little margined, and next the body truncate. Scutellum minute, black, and triangular. Elytra black, margined and furrowed, oval next the thorax, but more square at their extremities, and not covering the anus. Abdomen black. Breast light red brown; as are all the legs. The basal joint of the posterior tarsi is very long.