46 UKDER tOlJ.OPTCRA. 



the lMiM>sortlic <-l)tra luurh Ihr tlrrnnni. Thr head U smaller than in tin- prrrHing 

 «I>»t1m l^neth Ihv tniih* of im Inch. 

 Th« hi-ad it witlmut punrttirt'^t, rxr(<{>t un the po»lfriur ami latenil angl«-<i, and the 

 thoracic lino tiMfi not exUnd tn illhir luar^in. Co|<jr i^ncalh of a lixlit hvcn. 



llAHrAt-ts KiiHATicvN. ( Plate xix, fig. 13.) 



; . iixht l>ri>WM or riifoiis, narrow, elonnute ; thorax wi<l(r in front than j>o«teriorly ; 



i-lyira slightly truncate, ex|K>aing the iM>lnt of the alxlonien. Length six-tenths of 



an inch. 



Tlie male is fiiraUbixl with strung maiidiMes, and, li» Iwlh k-xcs, the hrown elytra are 



darker than the glo»sy head and ihornx. 



Gkms PAXGl'S (Zkiol.). IIarpalib (Siephens). 

 ' Palpi with the lerniiiial Joint snl>c}lindric : thumx natruwed behind ; angles ruunded ; 

 'antenna* rather .•■hurt' ( \Vt»TwtK)i)). 



Pangiii CALiKiNOBis. ( Plate X, fig. 7.) 



Color btack and nither dull, rather glossy hniath : the thorax has a linwul tran^ver5e 



elevation. Elytra marked liy alRiut eight ini]>unctate lines ; outer border obscurely 



I'lUiclnte : legs furnished with rows uf reddish spines and cilia. Length eight-tenths 



of an Inch. 



Paniru* eaiiginotus is found Sometimes uiton the sccdbearing tups of tail grass ; but it 



U not apparent whether the vegetable, or an insect inhabitant, was the olji-ct of pursuit. 



This inject is al>out an inch long, mbust, lirond,of a black color, with a large head and 



quadrate prothorax which is wid.er than long ; the elytra with eight impressed stria*. 



(U.MS AM.Ui.V (U.V.). 

 » OMong oval, broad, sulnlepressed ; head ovate; thorax as broad as the elytra ; wines 

 ' two ; mentuiii-t«H>th biflil ; last joint of the jwilpi ovate ; labmm quadrate, slightly 

 ' einarginate ; niaiulililes short, dentictilated at ba.«e ; elytra s<.njewhat emarginate at 

 • the tip. Anterior tarsi of the males with three dilate*! joints' (Stepiii-.n*}. 



Amara iMPi .\f-Tiroi MS (Say). ( Plate xix, fig. 11.) 



Color black with a stron« purjdish hue, or a cupreous lustre nearly uniform in tint. Length 



alx>ut lour-tenths of an inch. 



The irenu'* .Vmaha i* «aiil to have been ol>s«'rved in Euro|)e eating the seeds of immature 



:r I ; but the daniai;*- that in«ieets of carnivorous families are likely to do, are trifling in 



. .:..i..iri«on to the U-nefits they confer. 



