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of two or three of the dilated basal joints are toothed or prolonged. 

 In these species the squamules beneath are arranged symmetrically 

 with the axis of the leg. In Galerita the angles are similarly pro- 

 longed and the two series of squamules beneath are directed toward 

 the prolonged angle. The structure is similar in Lebia grandis, but 

 in Lebia pulchella and furcata the joints are symmetrical, yet in these 

 species also the double series of squamules is directed toward the 

 inner angles of the joints. 



Although the intermediate tibise are more strongly sculptured than 

 the posterior, yet the reverse is the case in the tarsi. The sculpture 

 of the tarsi, which is found in a few genera only, consists of longi- 

 tudinal grooves, sometimes with an intervening carina. These are 

 most highly developed in Platynus funebris, in which all the tarsal 

 joints on the three pairs of legs are strongly grooved. Usually the 

 anterior tarsi are ungrooved. In Pterostichiis hicublandns all the 

 tarsal joints of the posterior legs are grooved, but only the first three 

 on the intermediate legs. In Pterostichiis ma^stns or patrnelis the 

 first three joints of the posterior tarsi are grooved and the first two 

 of the intermediate. However, when only the first or the first and 

 second joints of the posterior tarsi are grooved, the same are grooved 

 on the intermediate. In Pterostichiis coracimis the first two joints 

 are grooved on both pairs; in Amara subcvnea the first one only. 



The anterior trochanter and femur have setae bearing punctures 

 on them which are often arranged in a distinct order. The tro- 

 chanter invariably carries one seta on the under side near the femoral 

 joint. The setae on the femur are usually disposed in longitudinal 

 rows, often more or less irregular or indistinct. They are most 

 strongly developed in the genus Calosoma. In that genus there is 

 a longitudinal row of setse-bearing punctures on the anterior and 

 posterior faces a little below the middle. The rows are about equal 

 in numbers, varying from nine to twenty-nine. The row on the 

 posterior face is continuous. It starts at the basal edge of the 

 femur. The row on the anterior face is interrupted at about the 

 basal one fourth. The punctures between the break and the basal 

 edge are usually four or five in number and are arranged in an 

 irregular group. An irregular group is rarely found on the other 

 side of the break at the basal end of the row. In Pasimachns there 

 is an irregular group of about six punctures on the anterior face 



