392 CLASSIFICATION OF THE CARABINE 



A. Elytra stria 7 m0 integra : 1. 0. A m e r i c a n u s Dej.; 2. 0. amaroides Dej. 



B. Elytra stria 7 mo obliterata; 3. 0. p i c i p e s Lee. (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. 2, 52 ; Ann. Lye. 4, 431 ;) 

 4. 0. 14-striatus Chaud. (Bull. Mosc. 1843; Lee. Ann. Lye. 4, 431;) 5. 0. cuprous Chaud. 

 (1. cit.; Lee. loc. cit. 432,) 0. leucodactylus Ferte (Ann. Ent. Soc. Tr. 2d Ser. 9, 273;) (3. 0. e 1 e - 

 gans Lee. (Ann. Lye. 5, 180.) 



Evolenes Lee. 

 Corpus ellipticum, lseve ; antennse breviusculas, subcornpressrc ; palpi filiformes, articulo maxillarium 

 ultimo plus sesqui longiore ; mentum medio breviter dentatum ; ligula apice dilatata, subrotundata ; tibice 

 antica; latiores, spina anteapicali longissima; tibire intermedice valde spinosa?; tarsi subtus non pu- 

 bescentes ; antici maris articulis 3 valde dilatatis, l mo triangulari, 2" do et 3'° transversis. 



This genus differs from Oodes, principally by the less slender form of the antenna?; but 

 the more dilated anterior tibia?, and the longer and stronger spines of the middle tibia? 

 also prove the necessity of separating it : the dilated tarsi of the male are as in the second 

 division of Oodes, but the 7th stria of the elytra is as distinct as the rest. Only two spe- 

 cies are known to me : the second is Oodes exaratus Dej. Sp. Gen. 5, GTS. 



1. E. imp res sa, elliptica nigra nitidissima, tborace lateribus postice late depressis, et profundc 

 oblique impressis, elytris subtiliter striato-punctatis, interstitiis planis, postpectore parce punctato, an- 

 tennis basi vix piceis. Long. -31. 



A unique specimen found in Louisiana, given me by Dr. Schaum. 



2. E. e x ar a t a, elongato-elliptica, rufo-picea, nitida, tborace lateribus postice obsolete deplanatis, 

 basi utrinque vix obsolete impresso, elytris profunde crenato-striatis, interstitiis vix convexis, post- 

 pectore, abdominisque lateribus punctatis. Long. -23. 



Georgia and Alabama; the male was given me by Mr. Ilaldeman. 



Subfam. 3. SCARIT1NI. 



Abdomen of both sexes with six segments : epimera of the mesothorax diagonally di- 

 vided. 



p. P scudomorphi. 



But one species of this group is found in the Southern United States, Pseudomor- 

 phus e xcruc ian s Kirby, (Drcpanus Lccontci Dej.) which I have never seen: judging 

 from the descriptions and figures given by Westwood in the 19th vol. of the Linnean 

 Transactions, of this and allied genera, it is impossible to mistake the relationship be- 

 tween these insects and Ozana. The ligula and paraglossa? are not sufficiently described, 

 nor is the form of the epimera given, but the peculiar structure of the lower surface of 

 the head, and the insertion of the antenna? under the projecting sides of the front arc 

 very distinct in all the figures. Some of the genera appear to have the prosternum pro- 

 duced, which would be a good character for separating this from the next group. 



p. 0:tcn>. 

 Although no species of this group has yet been found in our territory, a species Mas 

 brought, from Mexico, by Lieut. Ilaldeman, which will probably be found in Texas, on fur- 

 ther exploration, having been caught but a few miles south of our boundary. As a means 



