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diameters equal, anterior angles rounded, little prominent, poste- 

 rior ones rectangular, attaining the outer humeral angles, lateral 

 edge obscure piceous, margin obsoletely purple, a dorsal impress- 

 ed line and basal abbreviated one each side; elytra blackish 

 faintly tinged with reddish-purple, striated, strias acute, minutely 

 punctured, a marginal line of ocellate punctures, which are more 

 distant in the middle ; epipleura reddish-purple. 



[Afterwards described as 3tyas ci/anesccn$ Dej. — Lec.]^ 



EPOMIS Bonell. Latr. 

 Anterior tibiae emarginate ; two anterior tarsi dilated in the 

 male, and furnished beneath with dense, granuliform papillge ; 

 antennge filiform ; labrum entire ; palpi with the terminal joint 

 dilated, obtriangular. 



E. TOMENTOSUS.— Dusky cupreous opake ; elytra and feet 

 black. 



Length three-fifths of an inch. 



Carabus tomentosus Melsh. Catal. 



Head impunctured, dark cupreous , antenna; black, two basal 

 joints rufous; labrum piceous; palpi black; thorax cupreous, 

 with numerous, green, confluent punctures, as broad as the ely- 

 tra at base, and gradually contracting by a curved line to the 

 head ; elytra greenish-black, striate, striae distinctly punctured ; 

 pectus and postpectus black, punctured ; abdomen black. 



Not uncommon in Pennsylvania. A specimen was brought 

 [61] from the Missouri, by Mr. Nuttall, which varies in being 

 entirely green above. 



[This is the type of Eurydactylns Ferte, which, however, is 

 not to be separated from Chlsenius ; the species was subse- 

 quently described as Amara luctuosa Germ. — Leg.] 



CHLSENIUS Bonel. Latr. 



Anterior tibise emarginate : two anterior tarsi dilated in the 

 male, and furnished beneath with dense, granuliform papillae ; 

 antennae filiform, joints elongated ; labrum entire ; palpi filiform. 



1. C. SERICEUS. — Green, beneath black ; antennae and feet 

 rufous ; head punctured. 



Length about three-fifths of an inch. 

 1823.] 



