4 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
ADELOSIA Steph. Prerosticuus p. Steph. 1sp. Car. macer Marsh. 
Body very depressed; thorax much narrowed behind; antennz rather short ; 
palpi very slender. Steph. 1. pl. 7. f. 5. 
PLATYSMA Bon. Stmoruetus Meg. 1 sp. Car. niger Fabr. Oliv. 3. 48 pl. 1. 
Thorax subquadrate, narrower than the elytra; elytra subovate, subdepressed ; 
palpi slender ; mentum-tooth robust, bifid. 
ABAX Bon. Prerosticuus p. Sturm. 1 sp. Car. striola Fabry. Pz. 91. f. 6. 
Body depressed ; thorax square, as broad as the elytra, which are soldered together, 
with an elevated humeral carina; colours black. 
CHEPORUS Lat. Asax p. Steph. 1 sp. Car. metallicus Faby. Pz. 11. f. 7. 
Body subdepressed ; thorax nearly as broad as the elytra, which are separate, 
ovate, and subconvex ; joints of antennz short, submoniliform. 
OODES Bon. Carasus p. Fabr. 1 sp. Car. helopioides Fabr. Pz. 30. f. 11. 
Body subconvex, elongate, ovate ; thorax as broad as the elytra; mentum-tooth 
entire. 
AMARA Bon. Carasus p. Linn. 27 sp. Car. vulgaris Linn. Pz. 40. 1. 
Oblong, ovate, broad, subdepressed ; thorax as broad as the elytra; wings, two; 
mentum-tooth bifid; last joint of the palpi ovate. 
(ACRODON Zimm. Amara p. Steph. 5 sp. Harp. brunneus Gyll. Sturm. 
D. F., 146.) 
(CELIA Zimm. Amara p. Steph. 2sp. Harp. bifrons Gyll.) 
BRADYTUS Steph. Amara p. Sturm. 6 sp. Car. ferrugineus Linn. Pz. 39. 9. 
Body subconvex ; mentum-lobe entire ; thorax nearly as broad as the elytra, rather 
narrowed behind, subcordate. 
CURTONOTUS Steph. Leirus Meg. 2sp. Car. convexiusculus M. 
Body elongate, ovate, subeonvex ; mentum lobe bifid, intermediate tibiz 3 tu- 
bercled and spined ; third joint of max. palpi long, clavate. Steph. pl. 8. f. 1. 
ZABRUS Clv. Carasus Fabr. 2sp. Car. gibbus Fabr. Curt. 188. 
Body gibbous ; elytra very convex ; mentum-tooth obtuse. 
Division 2. Harpalidea Westw. (Harpaliens Dej.) 
Quadrimani Latr. 
HARPALUS Lair. Carasus p. Fabr. 56sp. Car. ruficornis Fabr. Curt. 458. 
Elongate, ovate, subconvex ; thorax as broad as the elytra; mentum-tooth obtuse, 
simple; antennz with the two basal joints naked. 
ANISODACTYLUS De. Harratus p. Steph. 4sp. Car. binotatus Fabr. 
First tarsal joint g small; the fourth joint largest; mentum tooth obsolete ; 
thorax subquadrate or trapezoid. Pz. 92. f. 3. 
PANGUS Zeigl UHarvatus p. Steph. sp. Harp. scaritides Sturm. 
Palpi with the terminal joint subcylindric ; thorax narrowed behind ; angles 
rounded ; antennz rather short. Stm. D. F., 91. ¢. 
ACTEPHILUS Steph. Canrasus p. Dufts. 2sp. Car. vernalis Dufts. 
Thorax transverse ; posterior angles rounded; anterior legs stout; antennz 
short ; palpi with the terminal joint longest. Stm. D. F. 90. a. 
OPHONUS Zeigl. Harrauus p. Dej. 13 sp. Harp. obscurus Fabr. Curt. 191. 
Body pubescent; thorax punctured, subquadrate; max. palpi with the last 
joint ovate ; mentum transverse, short ; mentum-tooth scarcely visible, not bifid. 
DIACHROMUS Erichson. Ornonus p. Steph. 1 sp. Car. germanus Linn. 
Thorax punctured ; mentum-tooth short, rather obtuse; anterior tarsi ¢ dilated, 
beneath equally cushioned ; the penultimate joint transverse, cordate. Curt. 191. 
