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Legs. — Hind femur not robust; hind trochanter blunt and rela- 

 tively short, slightly less than half the length of hind femur; no 

 setae on ventrolateral margins of last article of tarsus; in males, 

 tibia of middle leg with truncate tubercules along inner margin. 



Sixth abdominal sternum of male.— Apical edge thickened; 

 broad transverse lobe between anal setae reaching to edge of sternum; 

 no well-defined impression on face. 



Aedeagus. — Right paramere at least somewhat elongate. Internal 

 sac with small, lightly sclerotized tooth in gonopore. 



Length of body. — 5.5 to 8.0 mm. 



15. Pterostichus (Leptoferonia) hatchi, new species 



Figures 15, 30, 39 



Pterostichus (Leptoferonia) angustus. — Hatch, 1936, p. 704 [in part; not 

 Dejean, 1828, p. 328]. [New synonymy.] 



Holotype male. — Same as description of hatchi group plus the 

 following. 



Head. — Frontal impressions subparallel in anterior half. 



Pronotum. — Sides slightly divergent before hind angles; area 

 lateral to inner longitudinal impressions nearly flat except for short 

 outer impressions. 



Elytron. — Sixth puncture in anterior series on one side detached, 

 no intermediate puncture on either side; striae impunctate. 



Ventral surface. — Mesepisternum, metepisternum, and sides of 

 metasternum with coarse, deep punctures; shallow, sparse punctures 

 on proepisternum ; tip of prosternum partly margined. 



Sixth abdominal sternum of male (fig. 15). — Area in front of 

 strong lobe concave, but no well-defined impression. 



Aedeagus (fig. 15). — Eight paramere elongate, curved, tapering 

 gradually to point. Median lobe with deep concave area in about 

 middle of ventral surface; right side and ventral surface meeting 

 in sharp ridge adjacent to concavity; left side of ventral surface 

 with small unsclerotized area; lightly sclerotized strip present; short 

 tip tapering to sharp point; no raised area on basal portion where 

 parameres rest. 



Length of body. — 8.0 mm. 



Allotype female. — Same as above description of holotype except 

 outer longitudinal impressions on pronotum absent and usual female 

 differences; length of body 7.5 mm. 



Variation. — Some of the other specimens, including some of the 

 paratypes, differ from the holotype and allotype in one or more of 

 the following characteristics, in addition to the characters of the 

 hatchi group: pronotum with area between inner impression and 



