Syn. Cimex Druræi, Linn. Mant. 534. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 4. 83. 13. Syst. Rhyng. 132. 17. (Tetyra D.) Sulzer Hist. Ins. t. 10. f. 5.
Habitat: China (Drury). America (Fabricius, incorrectly).
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.