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in front, anterior angles acutely prominent, sides regularly curved 

 to behind the middle, then straight before the posterior angles, 

 which are produced, disk convex in front, depressed behind, 

 having two deep punctured fovese on each side. Elytra oblong- 

 ovate, narrowed and obliquely sinuated at the apex, striated, the 

 striae finely but distinctly punctured ; femora black, tibia alone 

 testaceous, tarsi pitchy ; the spine at the apex of the anterior tibiae 

 tricuspid. Length 3 lines. 



A. nitida, Steph. (not Sturm), is identical with this species ; 

 with which also that author's descriptions ofplebeia correspond, 

 though the individuals in his collection standing with that name 

 belong to A. vulgaris. 



This species is generally distributed. 



(CELIA, Zimmermann.} 



14. A. ingenua : ovata, fusco-anea ; thorace transverse, antice 



subangustato, postice utrinque bifoveolato, foveis punctatis ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis ; antennis pedibusque rufis. 



Carabus inyenuus, Dufts. Faun. 2. 110. 



Harpalus ingenuus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 4. 443. 



Amara ingenua, Dej. Spec. 3. 498; Icon. 3. 286. pi. 166. 



Erichson, Kafer, 92. Heer, Faun. Helv. 88. 

 A. lata y Sturm, D. F. 6. 23. 

 A. subcenea, Sturm, D. F. 6. 29. 



Ovate, broad, obscure brassy, or dull blackish brass. Head 

 very short, with two impressions behind the antennse, which with 

 the palpi are red. Thorax transverse, very short, narrowed in 

 front, broad behind yet slightly sloped to the posterior angles 

 which are rectangular, the base has two deep fovese which are 

 slightly punctured, the exterior fovea runs into the angle with an 

 elevated ridge by the side of it externally. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax, rounded and widening a little at the sides, narrowed 

 at the apex, punctate-striated, the outer margin with a series of 

 impressions at the base and before the apex ; legs red. Length 

 4 lines. 



This species appears to be very rare in this country ; the only 

 indigenous example I have seen was sent me from Scotland ; it 

 perfectly agrees with specimens received from Paris. The sup- 

 posed examples in the Stephensian collection are to be referred 

 to A. obsoleta. 



15. A. oricalcica : oblongo- ovata, fusco-anea ; thorace subqua- 



dratOj basi punctate utrinque bifoveolato, angulis posticis 



