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subobscuris lineis bene determinatis, palpis tarsisque 
piceis, antennis basi rufis. 
Black, smooth, shining. Head in front with two 
slight discal impressions, which are connected by a 
slight transverse impressed line. Thorax slightly broader 
hindward, with a slight impressed line; space along the 
hind border minutely rugulose, with two short broad 
longitudinal furrows. Elytra elongate, slightly dull; 
each with eight distinctly marked lines, and with minute 
punctures along the exterior border. fPalpi and tarsi 
piceous. First and second joints of the antenne red. 
Length of the body, 4 lines. 
This species has a somewhat narrower body and more 
elongated thorax than A. vulgaris, which also inhabits 
North America. 
AMARA COMMUNIS. (Gyllenhahl.) 
‘Enea, nitens, capite stria transversa antica stria 
media foveolisque duabus lateralibus posticis; elytris 
striatis ex parte nigricante zeneis. 
fEneous, smooth, shining. Clypeus, antenne, legs 
and underside black. Head with a transverse impressed 
line in front. Thorax with a slight impressed line, and 
on each side with a slight impression near the hind 
border, at half the distance between the line and the 
exterior border. Elytra partly blackish seneous, with 
the usual eight longitudinal lines on each, and with 
impressions along the exterior border. Length of the 
body, 3 lines. 
This species agrees exactly with the European A. 
communis. In sculpture it comes between A. levi- 
