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Art. LIV. — Notice of New Amara. By Peter Rylands, Esq. 



A few mouths since my obliging friend, J. C. Dale, Esq., F.L.S., of Glanville's 

 Wootton, was kind enough to send to me for examination a specimen of Amara, which 

 he believed to be new. In this opinion I coincide, and have therefore to request the 

 insertion of the following description of it in ' The Entomologist.' 



Amara Dalii. Above coppery : head with two small impressions anteriorly : 

 thorax slightly convex with the usual dorsal channel, and two foveee on each 

 side at the base ; the inner one linear, deep, slightly punctate, and much 

 smaller than the outer one which is smooth : the striae on the elytra impunc- 

 tate : body beneath, tibiae, and the basal joints of the palpi testaceous : femora 

 dusky : antennae fuscous, with the three basal joints and base of the fourth 

 joint testaceous. (Corp, long. 3 lin.) 



Two specimens of A. Dalii were captured in the Isle of Man by Mr. Serrell, by 

 whom they were presented to Mr. Dale, 



With the Editor's permission I will extract from the 2nd vol. of ' The Naturalist' 

 descriptions of three species of Amara, which I was fortunate enough to discover in 

 1837. 



Amara puncticollis. Above bright coppery or greenish brass : head with an 

 impression on each side between the eyes : thorax with two large and deeply 

 punctated fovese on each side at the base, the intervening space also punctu- 

 late : elytra punctato-striated : body beneath black : legs dark ferruginous : 

 antenncB dusky, with three basal joints rufous. (Corp. long. 3j lin.) 



Very evidently distinct from the other species of this genus. Rare near Warring- 

 ton. The late Mr. Henry Buist captured a single specimen near St. Andrews. 



Am. agilis. Above bright coppery : head with an impression on each side be- 

 tween the eyes : thorax anteriorly convex ; with a dorsal channel and abbre- 

 viated obsolete transverse impression, and two foveae on each side at the base ; 

 the inner one oblong, obsoletely punctated ; the outer one broad, shallow, and 

 very distinctly punctate : elytra with punctate striae, and an interrupted series 

 of impressions on the margin : body beneath, and femora black : tibi® and 

 tarsi ferruginous : antennae, with the three basal joints and bases of the fourth 

 and fifth, rufous ; the remainder dusky : palpi pitchy. (Corp. long. 3| lin.) 



Very rare near Warrington. 



Am. elegans. Slightly convex : shining brassy green : thorax with two punc- 

 tate foveae on each side at the base of the dorsal channel, the outer one rather 

 obsolete : elytra striated, the strise punctulate : femora and tibiee rufous : an- 

 tenncE with the three basal joints and base of the fourth rufescent, the rest 

 fuscous : basal joint of the palpi ferruginous. (Corp. long. 3 lin.) 



Near Warrington. Possibly only a variety of A. lavis. 



Bewsey House, 

 Warrington, October 7, 184 1 . PetER RylANDS. 



