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An. and pal. dusky. Th. contr, 

 at ba. . . . 



- - - 2 well def. spines at ap. on in. side. 



5. E. dist. str., gen. with a shortened str. near ba. of sut 



- only obs. str., without the shortened str. 



6. Th. dist. narrower than e. . - 



- scarcely narrower than e. . 



Broscus. 

 B. Pal. and an. reddish towards ap. H. punc. Th. joined 

 to e. by a peduncle. E. el., parallel, obs. p.-s. 

 8 1 Be.! 



MlSCODERA. 



Shining brassy. Pal., an. and legs, r. Th. globose, joined 



to e. by a peduncle. E. obs. p.-s., sides rounded. 

 23/ 1 "R n.m. 



Sphodrus. 

 Dull b. An. paler towards ap. Th. contr. at ba. E. 

 finely p.-s. 10 1. B. . 



Pristonychus. 

 Obsc. bl. b. rather shining. An. and pal. gen. brown. 

 Th. hardly tr. E. str. ; str. finely punc. Interm. 

 tib. bent. 7 1. B. 



Calathus. 



1. A row of consp. imprs. on 3d and 5th str. of e. Th. 



rectang. at ba. H., th. and e., b. 1st j. of an. r. 

 Legs r. or blackish. E. str., the str. gen. punc. 

 4% 1. B. ! 

 No dist. rows of imprs. on e. Th. sharply rectang. at ba. 

 Ba. angs. of th. rounded off or obt. 



2. Th. dist. contr. at ba. ; with, at most, a very narrow 



yel. mar. B. An. pal. and legs yel. E. deeply 

 str. 4 1. B. c - ..... 



- hardly contr. at ba., with a dist. yel. mar. A broad, 



brown b. insect. An., pal. and legs, yel. E. 

 finely str. 4 1. B. 



3. E. and disc, of th. unic, or nearly so. An. wholly pale. 

 H. b. An. th. and legs, vary from pale r. to b. E. 



pit., often with a r. mar., finely str., ints. flat. 

 (When disc, of th. is b. the an. are dusky. This 

 var. is nubigena. Halid). 3 1. B. ! ! 



4. Ba. of th. dist. broader than fr. An., pal. and legs, 



test. ...... 



- - - not dist. broader than fr. Pit. An. , pal. and legs, 



dusky r. E. finely str. 3^ 1, B. 



5. Th. broadest in fr. of mid., b., with a'yel. mar. H. b. 



E. b., very finely str. 3 1. E. N - S. 



Pt. inaequalis 



5 



Zabrus 



Pterostichus 

 Broscus 



Anchomenus 

 Olisthopus 



cephalotes 



arctica 



leucophthalmus 



subcyaneus 



cisteloides 

 2 



3 



flavipes 



fuscus 

 4 



melanocephalus 



5 



piceus 



micropterus 



