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slightly tinged with green, transverse ; hind margin punctured as 

 the middle, and equal to the base of the elytra ; dorsal and pos- 

 terior lines distinct, beneath black ; elytra striate, striae impunc- 

 tured, acute, interstitial lines flat; feet testaceous; thighs tes- 

 taceous black ; dilated tarsi granulated beneath. 

 [Also an Anisodacti/lus. — Leg.] 



FEEONIA* Latr. 



From this genus, as defined by Latreille, in the R^gne Animal 

 I have distinguished Ahcix, Ejwmis, Chlsenms, and Dicselus, as 

 distinct genera. [34] 



1. F. MUSCULis. — Body oval, piceous ; thorax at base as 

 broad as the elytra. 



Length one-fifth to one-fourth of an inch. 



Body oval, dark piceous or blackish; beneath piceous; labrum 

 piceous ; antennae and palpi rufous ; thorax from the middle to 

 the base as broad as the base of the elytra ; hind angles subacute 

 not depressed ; lateral margin not depressed, but with an elevated 

 line ; dorsal and basal lines indistinct ; elytra striate, strire 

 indistinctly punctured, lateral interstitial line serrate before and 

 behind on the inner edge ; feet rufous or piceous. 



This species I found common on the eastern shore of Virginia, 

 in October, on the blossoms of the kinks bush. When caught, 

 like very many of the tribe, they diffuse a strong fcetid odor. In 

 Florida I took several specimens on the wing in a conflagrated 

 salt marsh. Belongs to the genus Amara of Bonelli. 



2. F. BASiLLARis. — Oval, blackish-brouzed, beneath black ; 

 feet piceous ; thorax punctured each side at base, and as broad 

 as the elytra ; palpi blackish. 



Length three-tenths of an inch. 



Carahus smarac/dtdus Melsh. Catal. 



Body oval, blackish bronzed or purplish black ; beneath black ; 

 antennae deep brown, three basal joints rufous ; palpi black ; 

 thorax from the middle to the base as broad as the elytra, 

 numerous distinct punctures each side at base, posterior angles 

 acute, margin not depressed; elytra striate, striae punctured, 



*This name is also made use of in botany, and ought therefore to be 

 changed. 



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