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DAPTIIS, Fisch. ACHINOPUS, Dej. 



from the fifth joint, moniliform ; thorax suddenly 

 narrowed towards its posterior angles, which terminate in a point; 

 one of the mandibles projecting and very pointed; the four anterior 

 tibiae, those of the males particularly, covered with very small 

 spines *. 



Near Daptus should apparently be placed the genus Pangus of 

 M. Megerle, mentioned by count Dejean in his catalogue. 



In examining one of the two species (the pensylvanicus), referred 

 by the latter to this genus, I could discover no character which 

 should distinguish the section in question from the preceding one. 



The second division consists of Harpali, in which the cmargina- 

 tion of th v. utum is also unidentate, but where the more or less oval 

 or ovoid body is narrowed before, and the labrum entire, or simply 

 somewhat concave. They form the 



HARPALUS, Dej. 



Or the true Harpali. One of the most common in all Europe is 

 H. teneus ; Carabus ceneus, Fab.; Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. 

 LXXV, 3, 4. Body about four lines in length, and of a shining 

 black ; antennae and legs fulvous ; thorax and elytra most com- 

 monly green, or cupreous and brilliant, sometimes of a bluish 

 black. The thorax is transversal, narrowed posteriorly, and the 

 lateral and posterior margins delicately reflected, with a punc- 

 tated depression on each side near the posterior angles. The 

 elytra are striated, with an incisure near the extremity, and little 

 depressed puncta between the exterior strice. This insect has 

 also been called the Proteus, on account of the variety of its 

 colours f. 



The total absence of a tooth in the emargi nation of the mentum 

 distinguishes the Carabici of the third and last division of this sec- 

 tion, which, by the form of the body and the labrum, resemble those 

 of the preceding division. 



OPHONUS, Zieg. Dej. 



The four anterior tarsi of the males strongly dilated, or evidently 



wider, and generally furnished beneath with numerous and compact 



liairs, forming a continuous brush; the penultimate joint is notbilo- 



The hist joint of the exterior palpi truncated, or very obtuse. 



The body is very finely punctated above, and the thorax most fre- 

 quently cnnliiY>nn, and truncated posteriorly {. 



* Acinopus maculiptnnii, Dej. ; Dactus pictus, Fisch., Entom. Ross. II, xxvi, 2, 

 xlvi, 2 ; D. rittatus, Id. Ib., 7, var. ? Ditoma vittiyer, Germ. ; D. chloroticus, Id. Ib. 



f For the other species, sec the Catalogue, &c. of Count Dejean, genus Ilarpalus, 

 p. 14, and for their synonymes Schoeuherr's sSyuouyinia lasectorum, and the Faun. 

 Aust. of Duftschinid.Fabricius has described but few of them, of which we will men. 

 tion those he calls '.caliynosus, rujicornis, binutatus, tanlus, heros, analis, Jlavilubri. . 

 The Cbralm,s signal us and hirlipcs of Panzer also constitute a part of this subgenus, 



* See Catalogue, &c., Dejean, p. 13. 



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