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Sp. 12. Amara brunnea, Stephens. 

 Syn. — Harpalus brunneus, Gyllenhal ; A. brunnea, Steph. Mand. 1, 131. 

 Sp. Char. — Above, brassy-brown or chesnut ; hd. smooth ; thx. with a slight 

 dorsal channel, and two small punctate fovese on each side at the base ; 

 elyt. punctate-striated, with an interrupted series of impressions on the 

 margin ; body beneath rufous ; legs, ant., and palpi, pale testaceous. 

 Length 3 to 3i lines. 

 Rare near Warrington ; also taken, according to Stephens, near London and 

 Bottisham. 



Sp. 13. Amara bi/rons, Stephens. 

 Syn. — Harpalus bifrons, Gyll; A. bi/rons, Steph. Mand. 1, 130. 

 Sp. Char. — Oblong ; black-brass above ; hd. smooth, impunctate ; thx. behind 

 transversely depressed, and thickly punctulate, with two fovea?, the inner 

 larger and deepest, the outer small, oblique ; the lateral margin and the 

 hinder angles, ferruginous; elyt. slightly convex, faintly striated, the 

 strise punctulate, with an interrupted series of impressions on the margin ; 

 body, beneath, smooth, pitchy-red, with the apex pale testaceous. Length 

 3 lines. 

 Not having met with this species, I am compelled, unwillingly, to copy a des- 

 cription of it from Mr. Stephens, who states, further, that only two specimens 

 have come beneath his observation, which were captured near Hertford. 

 Sp. 14. Amara discrepans, Maksham. 

 Syn. — A discrepans, Marsham, MSS. ; Steph. Mand. 1, 131. 

 Sp. Char. — Above, shining brassy black ; thx. with a slight dorsal channel, 

 and two abbreviated punctulate impressions near the hinder angle on each 

 side ; elyt. with rather crenate striae, the interstices flat ; body beneath 

 dusky ; ant. and legs rufous. Length 3^ lines. 

 Rare, near London, &c. 



Sp. 15. Amara crassa, Stephens. 

 Syn. — A. crassa, Steph. Mand. i, 131. 

 Sp. Char. — Very distinct from all the foregoing ; above entirely of a pitchy 

 brown, with an obscure metallic tinge in the elytra ; hd. very smooth ; 

 thx. convex, obsoletely wrinkled transversely, the base punctate, with 

 two strongly punctate deep fovese on each side ; the margin anteriorly 

 a little dilated, posteriorly somewhat attenuated ; elyt. punctate striated, 

 the interstices smooth, and the margin with an interrupted series of im 

 pressions ; body beneath, legs, ant., and palpi pale testaceous red. Length 

 4| lines. — Stephens. 

 " Taken near London ; one specimen only has occurred." — Steph. 

 Sp. 16. Amara agills, Rylands. 



