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OUTLINE DESCRIPTIONS OP BRITISH OOLEOPTERA. 



(Continued from p. 27. ) 

 By Rev. T. BLACKBURN, B.A. 



Amara continued. 



16. Very wide. Gr. Legs gen. b. Th. impunc. at ba. 



E. str. 4 1. B. . 

 Obsc. gr. Tib. pale. Th. punc. at ba. E. str. 

 3#L E. I. ! 



17. More than 3 Is. Brassy gr. Th. punc. at ba. E. 



finely p. -s. throughout. Tib. and ap. of h.-b. as 

 in communis. 3^ 1. B. c - 

 Less than 3 Is. Dull obsc. gr. Th. not (or harrlly) 

 punc. at ba. E. str. , more deeply near ap. Tib. 

 and ap of h. -b. as in trivialis 2^ 1. B. 



Zabrus. 

 Winged. Reddish b. Mouth, ba. of an., pal. and tib., 

 paler. Th. tr. , consp. punc. at ba. E. dist. p. -s. 

 b l / 2 1. E.s- 



ovata 

 similata 



spreta 

 curta 



gibbus 



Ninth Family— HARP ALID.E. (7 genera. 



1. Length more than 2]/ 2 1. (exc. S. elegans). E. test. 



or variegated ..... 



- not test, or variegated 



- less than i]/ 2 1 . 



2. Ant. tib. with a single spine at the ap. 



A consp. spine before ap. of ant. tib. and one at the ap. 



3. The whole insect closely and unif. punc. 



Glabrous species ..... 



4. 1st j. of ant. tar. of 6 consp. less than 2nd. Often 



with a r. mark on h. 

 Not possessing the above characters 



5. Mentum with a sharp tooth. Interm. tar. of $ simple 



- - no dist. tooth. Interm. tar. of 6 with dil. js. 



Diachromus. 

 Thickly punc. H. , pal. and legs, test. Th. tr. , gr. or bl. 

 E. str., test. ; a bluish cloud near. ap. U.-s. b. 3^ 

 1 V. s.c. 



DlCHIROTRICHUS 



Pub. Test. A dusky cloud on disc of e. E. str., widest 

 behind mid. ; 3 rows of fine puncs. on each int. 



zU E - c ' ...... 



-. -, often much clouded with fuscous. E. str. , widest 

 at mid. 2 rows of coarse puncs. on each int. 3 1. B. c - ! 



) 



2 



4 

 5 



3 



Diachromus 



Dichirotrichus 

 Stenolophus 



Anisodactylus 

 Harpalus 



Bradycellus 

 Acupalpus 



girmanus 



obsoletus 

 pubescens 



