2 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
LEBIA Latreille. Carasus p. Linn. 3sp.  C. crux minor Linn. Curt. 87. 
Depressed, broad; thorax transverse, lobed behind; penultimate joint of tarsi 
bilobed. 
LAMPRIAS Bonelli. Lexia p, Latr. 4 sp. C. cyanocephalus Linn. Curt. 282. 
Depressed, broad ; thorax transverse, cordate, lobed behind; labrum quadrate ; 
fourth tarsal joint bilobed. 
TARUS Clairville. Cyminvis Latr. 7 sp. C. humeralis Marsh. Curt. 235. 
Depressed ; thorax cordate, truncate ; claws denticulated ; tarsi simple; labial palpi 
g with the basal joint securiform. 
BRACHINUS Weber. Carnazus p. Linn. Ssp. C.crepitans Linn. Curt. 554. 
Oval, convex; thorax narrow; labrum transverse; tarsi simple ; palpi filiform ; 
claws simple. 
Subfamily 2. Scaritides Westw. (Scaritide MacL. Bipartiti 
Latr.) 
SCARITES Fabr. Tenezrio p. Linn. Isp. C. Beckwithii Steph. 
Oblong, subdepressed ; antennz elbowed ; mandibles with strong teeth. Steph. 
Ill. Brit. Ent. vol. i. pl. 3. 
(OXYGNATHUS De. AxrerHorus Hope Mss. 1 sp. O. anglicanus Steph. 
Oblong depressed ; antennz elbowed ; mandibles not toothed. Steph. Ill. 1, pl. 3.) 
CLIVINA Latr. TEenesrio p. Linn. 2 sp. JT. Fossor Linn. Curt. 175. 
Thorax quadrate ; mandibles denticulated ; anterior tibiz palmated. 
DYSCHIRIUS Panz. Cuivina p. Gyll. 14 sp. Scarites gibbus Fabr. 
Thorax globose ; mandibles denticulated ; anterior tibie palmated. Curt. 354. 
DISTOMUS Leach. Drtomus p. De. 1 sp. Dis. Leachit Steph. 
Anterior tibiz not palmated; head unarmed. Steph. Ill.1. pl. 3. 
Subfamily 3. Harpalides Westw. (Harpalide MacL. Thoracici 
Latr.) 
Division 1. Feronidea Westw. (Feroniens Dej. Simpli- 
cimani Latr.) 
POGONUS Zeigl. Raprror Megerle. 5 sp. P. Burrellii Haw. Curt. 47. 
Anterior tarsi ¢ with two dilated joints; thorax subquadrate ; labrum emarginate. 
PATROBUS Megerle. Burtuisa p. Pz. 2 sp. Car. rufipes. Curt. 192. 
Anterior tarsi ¢ with two dilated joints; thorax subcordate ; labrum straight. 
Obs. All the remaining genera have the three basal joints of the male tarsi dilated. 
CALATHUS Bonelli. Caraznus p. Linn. 11 sp. C. melanocephalus Linn. 
Tarsal claws toothed; thorax subquadrate ; palpi simple. Curt. 184. 
ODONTONYX Steph. Carasus p. Marsh. 1 sp. C. rotundicollis M. 
Tarsal claws toothed ; thorax rounded ; wings 0. 
SYNUCHUS Gyjil. Taruria Bon. 1sp. Car. nivalis* Pz. Pz. F. I. G. 37. 19. 
Tarsal claws toothed; labial palpi with the last joint securiform ; thorax rounded ; 
wings, 2. 
PRISTONYCHUS De. Lamosrurenes Bon. 1 sp. Car. Terricola, Pk. 
Tarsal claws toothed; thorax subcordate; last joint of labial palpi simple; 
wingsO. Pz. F. I. G., 30 f. 3. 


* This has generally been written vivalis, but improperly. Vid. Pz. F. I. G. 
and Ind. Meth. p. 53. and Aud, and Brullé, Hist. des Insectes, vol. iv. p. 307. 
