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before us. Were we to denominate the commonest of the species of Amara, 

 taken in this district, vulgaris, that appellation would fall upon A. trivialis ; the 

 true vulgaris of authors being far from common here. This is a sufficient reason, 

 I trust, for altering the specific name, and as this species may exclusively be 

 termed the Amara of Linnteus, the one I have substituted will, I hope, meet the 

 views of other naturalists. Mr. Stephens gives the measurement of this species 

 4 — 4| lines. This, however, appears, from the specimens I have examined, much 

 above the true size. It averages 3§ lin., and is seldom, if ever, found to exceed 

 4 lin. 



Sp. 5. Amara puncticollis, Rylands. 

 Sp. Char : — Above bright coppery, or greenish brass ; head with an impression 

 on each side between the eyes ; thx. with two large and deeply punctated 

 foveee on each side at the base, the intervening space also punctulate ; elyt. 

 punctato-striated ; body beneath black ; legs dark ferruginous ; ant, dusky, 

 with three basal joints, rufous. Length Z\ lin. 

 Very evidently distinct from the other species of this genus. Rare near War- 

 ington. 



Sp. 6. Amara trivialis, Sturm. 

 Syn. — Carabus trivialis, Duftschmid; A. trivialis, Steph. Mand. 1. p. 129. 

 Sp. Char. — More oblong than the preceding species ; above greenish brass ; head 

 smooth ; thx. with a delicate dorsal channel, and an abbreviated transverse 

 impression, terminating on each side in a deep impunctate fovea; elyt. 

 striated, the striae obsoletely punctulate ; legs pitchy, with the rib testa- 

 ceous at the base. Length 3| —4 lin. 

 Far. A. — With the tib. pitchy. 

 Far. B. — The upper surface deep blue, with the margins of the elyt. of a rich 



metallic blue. 

 Very abundant near Warrington. — Var. B. is rare. 



Sp. 7. Amara nitida, Sturm. 

 Syn. — A. nitida, Steph. Mand. 1. p. 129. 



Sp. Char. — Allied to A. trivialis, but evidently distinct. Oblong ; bright 

 greenish brass, or glossy green ; head impunctate ; thx. with a delicate line 

 down the centre, and a deep linear impression on each side at the base ; 

 elyt. rather depressed, with punctulate striae ; body beneath, and fern, 

 deep black ; tib. and tar. ferruginous ; pal. and three basal* joints of the 

 ant. rufous. Length 3% lin. 

 Rare near Warrington ; also taken near London, and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 8. Amara Icevis, Sturm. 

 Syn. — A. Icevis, Steph. Mand. 1. p. 130. 

 Sp. Char.— Broad, depressed; bright brassy green; thx. with a slight dorsal 



