OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Subseries 2. Coxa anticsa pra-cipue globosa, raro transversa-, inter prosternum el me- 

 sostcrnum inserta; coxsb postica- ad abdominis marginem extenasa: (pedes postici Bsepissitne 

 natatorii :) AmpJuzoidsB, llaliplidx, Dytiscidw ct Gyrinidse. 



Fam. 1. CICINDELID.E. 



Antenna) in frontcm supra mandibularum basin inscrta, articulis 1 primia glabris; ligula 

 brevissima inflexa, palporum labialium stipitc libera: tibia anticsa tenues non emarginat 



abdomen maris 7-, femina G-articulatum. 



Fam. 2. C A R A IU DiE. 



Antenna- ad mandibularum basin sita, articulis basalibus plus minusvc glabris: ligula 

 porrecta, paraglossis sapissimc distinctis: abdomen sexus utriusque conlbrme. 



Subfam. 1. Brarhiiiini. 

 Abdomen sexus utriusque 7-articulatum : epimera mesothoracis fere diagonaliter di- 

 visa; paraplcura appendiculata: tibia antica tenues cmarginatoe. 



Subfam. 2. Harpalini. 



Abdomen sexus utriusque G-articulatum ; epimera mesotboracis non diagonaliter di- 

 visa, parte posteriore brevissima: paraplcura appendiculatsa ; tibia anticsa etnarginatse. 



A. DRYPT.L. C. HMU'M.I. 



Tibiae anticce tenues vel dilatatee, apice non spi- Tibia? anticae incrassate, plas minnsve spina 



nulosEe. losne. 



Antennae art. 4 primis plu3 minu3ve glabris. Antennae articuli- '1 glabris. 



Ligula dilatata, paraglossis nullis. Ligula paraglossis distinctis. 



Tarsi maris, quando dilatati, papillis raris in- Tarsi maris varii. 

 structi. 



B. PTEROSTICHI. "• OELJENH. 



Tibia; anticae tenues, vix spinulo3ae, vel apico Tibiae anticrc pins minusvc inn 



incrassatae et spinulosae. Antennae articulis "> ;:la!>ris. 



Antenna) art. 3 glabris, rarius 1 subglabris. Tarsi maris articulis dilatatis subtus dense 



Ligula paraglossis distinctis. spongiosis. 



Tarsi maris antici dilatati, subtus papillis scri- Ligula paraglossis distinctis. 

 at is instructi. 



Subfam. 3. Scant nu. 



Abdomen sexus utriusque G-articulatum; epimera mesothoracii diagonaliter divisa: 

 (paraplenne sape non appendiculata, ct tibia antica; simpliccs.) 



• Erichflon (Kafer dei Mark Brandenmu paraplenra La this family are without any p 



I find this character very uncertain, as in some (pedes (e. ' . though small, 



In Omus Caltfornicus (here is hardly a trace of it, and in O. Dtjtarm it cannot be leen at all. 



