Brachinus: The pretension is feigned though all the details are true.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monocle Gesture | clusterflock] Reference

A much smaller form is the curious Bombardier beetle, Brachinus (Fig. 222, B. fumans), with its narrow head and heart-shaped prothorax.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference

Brachinus is right, and so are you, Lucy.    From Wordnik.com.  [At least we’re not Socialists | clusterflock] Reference

Westwood mentions, on the authority of Burchell, that on one occasion, "whilst resting for the night on the banks of one of the large South American rivers, he went out with a lantern to make an astronomical observation, accompanied by one of his black servant boys; and as they were proceeding, their attention was directed to numerous beetles running about upon the shore, which, when captured, proved to be specimens of a large species of Brachinus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In] Reference

Brachinus on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ferrari F450 | clusterflock] Reference

Brachinus, 191.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference