FAMILY CARAUID-E. 45 



A. Mcntum ciiiarginatc, and without a tooth. 



H. Moiituin ciimrginate : cmargination furnished with a bifid tooth. 



('. .'^Ionium ciuargiiiate, and fiirni.-hid with a simple tooth. 



Uknus AGONL'M. C'arabls (Lin.). 



' Auleriur tarsi witli eU>iigated joints ; mcntum tooth sinijilo ; thorax rounded '( West- 

 wood). 



Agonum ocTOPiNCTATUM. ( Plate xviU, fig. 8.) 



1 load, thorax and elytra J)rilliant green above, and traversed through the middle by a 

 bronze belt ; greenish bronze below. Klytra marked with four punctures each towards 

 their inner margins. 



Agonlm crpuiPENNE. ( Plate xviii, fig. 9.) 



Biidy and thorax brilliant green; elytra brilliant bronze or green, as the light favors the 

 reQexions. Elytra faintly lined, and jiunctured ujMin the marginal line. 



Genus HARP ALUS (Latk.). 

 ' Palpi, external maxillary and labial with the terminal joint fusiform and truncate, and 

 ' of e(jual length with the preceding, which is clavate ; labrum subquadrate, slightly 

 ' emarginate ; mandibles short ; mentum deeply notched, with an obtuse simple 

 ' lolie in the centre ; antenna witli two basal joints, naked ; thorax transverse, sub- 

 ' (piadrate. Anterior and intermediate tarsi of the males with three dilated joints ' 

 (Stephens). 



Harpalus pleuriticus (Raf.). . ( Plate xix, fig. 16.) 



Chestnut - brown ; sides, both of the elytra and thorax, nearly straight, obtuse behind. 

 Length half an inch. The thorax is smooth, and without punctures upon the angles, 

 and the male is darker than the female. 



Harpalvs bicolor. (Plate xix, fig. 15.) 



Color dark chestnut-brown. Sides rather curved, and jiosterior angles of the abdomen and 

 elytra roiuided. Length six-tentlis of an inch. 

 The thorax is marked liy a central line, which extends to the posterior niai-gin : pos- 

 teriorly if is indented by two impressions, and sculptured like the fauiius. 



Harpalvs fauxvs (Say). ( Plate xix, fig. 14.) 



Color redili.sh lirowii, nearly tuiiform. The thorax is longer than in tlie pUuriticus, and 



