COLEOPTERA. CARABIDE. 3 
Obs. The following genera have the tarsal claws simple : — 
SPHODRUS Clv. Carasus p. Linn. 1 sp. Car. leucopthalmus Linn. 
Antenne with the third joint as long as the two following united. Pz. F. I. G. 
9. f, 4. 
PLATYNUS Bon. Ancuomenus p. Sturm. 2 sp. Car. angusticollis F. 
Mentum-tooth entire ; thorax cordate; posterior angles acute; elytra depressed ; 
head narrower than the thorax. Pz. F. I. G. 73. f. 9. 
ANCHOMENUS Bon. Carasus’p. Fabr. 4sp. Car. prasinus F. Pz. 16. f. 6. 
Mentum-tooth entire ; thorax cordate ; posterior angles acute ; elytra oblong, sub- 
convex ; head as broad as the thorax. 
AGONUM Bon. Carasus p. Linn. 30sp. C. 6-punctatus Linn. Curt. 183. 
Anterior tarsi of males with the joints elongated; mentum-tooth simple ; thorax 
rounded. 
OLISTHOPUS Dej. Carasus p. Payk. 1 sp. C. rotundatus Pk. 
Thorax rounded ; mentum-tooth obsolete ; basal joints of tarsi elongated. Steph. 
Male w ples Gs 
PLATYDERUS Steph. Ancuror p. Dej. 1 sp. Car. ruficollis M. 
Thorax broad, subquadrate, depressed ; body flat; palpi with the terminal joint 
ovate, cylindric ; truncate at tip. 
ARGUTOR Megerle. Puarysma p. Sturm. 10sp. Car. vernalis F. 
Thorax subcordate, truncate; body depressed, narrow; palpi with the last joint 
fusiform. Curt. 666. 
PQECILLUS Bon. Carasus p. Linn. 7 sp. C.cupreus Linn. Curt. 107. 
Thorax subquadrate ; elytra subconvex ; palpi cylindric ; mentum-tooth broad, 
obtuse ; colours metallic. 
SOGINES Leach. Pacittus p. Dej. 1 sp. Car. punctulatus Il. Pz. 30. f. 10. 
Thorax with an elevated lateral line on each side; head large; body depressed ; 
palpi robust ; terminal joint obtusely truncated. 
OMASEUS Zeigl. Prerosticuus p. Sturm. 13 sp. Car. aterrimus F. 
Thorax subquadrate; elytra entire, subdepressed ; palpi cylindric ; antennz with 
the second joint nearly as long as the third. Curt. 15. 
STEROPUS Megerle. Motors p. Sturm. 4 sp. Car. madidus F. Curt. 171. 
Thorax suborbicular ; elytra entire ; oval subconvex ; wingsO; mentum-tooth 
broad, bifid. 
BROSCUS Pz. CerrHatotes Bon. 1 sp. Car. cephalotes Linn. Donoy. 484. 
Thorax very much attenuated behind; body elongate ; mentum-tooth obtuse ; 
head large. 
MISCODERA Esch. Letocurron Curt. V sp. Dysch. 
Oncoperus and SrHamroperus Steph. { arcticus Pk. 
Thorax globose ; elytra ovate, convex ; head small ; mentum-tooth obtuse, entire, 
small. Curt. 346. 
STOMIS Clu. Carasus p. Marsh. 1 sp. Car. pumicatus Il. Cly. 2. pl. 6. f. A. 
Body elongate, narrow, subeonvex; thorax cordate ; mandibles very long and 
porrected. 
PTEROSTICHUS Bon. Cornosus p. De. 6 sp. Car. fasciato-punctatus F. 
Body depressed ; thorax subcordate, truncate ; palpi robust ; mentum-tooth short, 
Did. EZ.7 67. 09: 
COPHOSUS Zeigl. Prerosticuus p. Curt. 1 sp.  Coph. elongatus Dej. 
Body long, cylindric, parallel; antenne short ; palpi stout; wings 0. Curt. 
196. 
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