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slight, connecting line very distinct : dorsal channel of the prothorax nearly 

 entire; basilar impressions rather punctiform, punctured; elytra not subacu- 

 minate : legs yellowish. [Taken on Lake Superior and in Northern New 

 York, according to LeConte; also in Ontario.] 



[40] 55. Amara LAEVIPENNIS, Kirby. — Length of body Z\ lines. Three 

 or four specimens taken in lat. 54°. 



Body glossy; the underside, legs and antennae black; upperside black- 

 bronzed : frontal impressions very slight : prothorax smooth, with the basilar 

 impressions very faint: furrows of the elytra very lightly drawn, and some- 

 times subinterrupted; intermediate trochanters piceous. [" Lake Superior, 

 one pair; a female from Massachusetts, sent by Dr. Harris" (LeConte).] 



56. Amara discors, Kirby. — Length of body 4 lines. One specimen 

 only taken. 



This species has somewhat the aspect of a Ilarpalus, but it exhibits the true 

 characters of Amara : it appears to be related to A. discrepans, Stephens. 

 Body dark piceous, glossy. Upper-lip, palpi, mouth and antennas ferruginous : 

 prothorax a little narrowed behind ; bead of the lateral margin rufous ; basilar 

 impressions rather slight: elytra less glossy than the rest of the body, the 

 infinitely minute and numerous granular reticulations of their substance being 

 more conspicuous than usual; the furrows of the elytra from minute punc- 

 tures exhibit a slight appearance of crenulations : legs pale chestnut. [Un- 

 known to Dr. LeConte; the student of the Amarse is referred to his paper 

 on this genus in the Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., June 1855, p. 346, for much 

 valuable matter and fuller descriptions.] 



[4l] 57. Harpaltjs pleuriticus, Kirhy. — Taken frequently in lat. 54°. 

 [For description vide Mr. Sprague's Carabidae, Can. Entom. ii. p. 96. 

 Taken in Ontario and, according to Dr. LeConte, in Minnesota and Winnipeg.] 



58. Harpalus basilaris, Kirby. — Length of body 4 lines. Taken with 

 the preceding, and in equal numbers. 



This species differs from the preceding, which it nearly resembles, in having 

 the two first joints of antennae yellow, and the remainder dusky; in having 

 the prothorax still wider in proportion to its length, with its posterior angles 

 more acute and impunctured, and with narrower basilar impressions also 

 without punctures; its lateral margin is also black and less prominent: the 

 side-covers of the elytra are likewise black : the legs are dark-piceous, with 

 yellowish-red trochanters. In other respects it resembles H. pleuriticus. 

 [Unknown to Dr. LeConte.] 



[42] 59. Harpalus ochroptjs, Kirby. — Length of body 3 J lines. [No 

 locality stated.] 



