64 (;eoi)KI'Hx\.(;a— CAiiAiuiiAE. 



a. Legs robust ; anterior tiltiae dilated at apex ; inter- 

 mediate tarsi of male dilated. 



Emargination of mentum with a longer or shorter tooth ; 

 ligula more or less dilated and straight in front, paraglossae 

 as long as, or rather longer than, ligula ; apical joint of 

 palpi slightly oval, truncate at apex ; thorax broader than 

 long; elytra with impunctate striae. Harpalus, Latr. 



h. Legs slender ; anterior tibiae scarcely dilated at apex. 



I, Emargination of mentum without a tooth ; inter- 

 mediate tarsi of male nearly always dilated. 



Ligula straight or slightly prominent in front ; para- 

 glossae rather longer than ligula; apical joint of palpi 

 rather pointed ; thorax broader than long ; elytra with 

 impunctate striae. Stenolo2)hus, Er. 



II. Emargination of mentum with a tooth ; inter- 

 mediate tarsi of male not dilated. 



Ligula generally rather prominent in middle of the 

 front ; apical joint of palpi spindle-shaped, pointed. 



Brady cell us, Er. 



Diachromns. 



Head red-yellow ; thorax bluish or greenish ; scutellum 

 black ; elytra yellow, with a common blackish-blue heart- 

 shaped spot on the hinder part; under-side of thorax and 

 abdomen black ; legs yellow. Thorax short heart-shaped, 

 with a longitudinal impression on each side of base ; 

 upper-side closely punctured and pubescent. L. 4 1. Kare. 



D. germanus, Lin. 



Dlch Irotrichiis. 



A . Up])er-side closely and finely punctured ; striae on 

 elytra im]iunctate. 



lirownish-yellow, with an ol>long dark spot on each 

 elytron ; pubescent. L. 3i 1. llather conmion. 



D. ohsoletus, Dej. 



B. Upper-side strongly and somewhat scantily punctured ; 

 striae on elytra punctured. 



Yellow-brown ; with a dark spot on head, another on 



