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Genus 39. ANISODACTYLUS, Dejean. 



Mentum dente medio nullo. Ligula apice truncata ; paraglossis 

 coriaceiSj acuminatis. Palpi articulo ultimo fusiformi. La- 

 brum quadratum, apice vix emarginatum. Tibiae anticse 

 spind apicali unicd. Tarsi anteriores maris articulo secundo, 

 tertio et quarto valde dilatatis, primo angustiore, omnibus his 

 subtiis dense spongiosis. 



1 . A. binotatus : niger, thorace subquadrato, postice punctulato 



utrinque foveolato ; elytris striatis ; antennarum articulo 

 primo tarsisque i*ufis. 



Carabus binotatus, Fab. Mant. 1. 199. Fab. S. El. 1. 193. 

 Harpalus binotatus, Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 122. Steph. Mand. 1. 



157. 

 Anisodactylus binotatus, Dej. Spec. 4. 140; Icon. 4. 72.pl. 177. 



Steph. Manual, p. 46. Erichson, Kafer, 42. 

 Harpalus rufitarsis, Steph. Mand. 5. 381. 

 H. calceatus, Steph. Manual, p. 45. 



Oblong, deep black. Head with two red (sometimes confluent 

 and occasionally obsolete) spots on the crown, basal joint of the 

 antennae red. Thorax subquadrate, the breadth greater than 

 the length, sides rounded, obliquely narrowed behind, posterior 

 angles acute, disk obsoletely wrinkled, with an impressed central 

 line, and two shallow punctured fovese at the base, which is 

 likewise punctured. Elytra oblong, sides somewhat parallel, 

 apex slightly sinuated, disk strongly striated, the outer margin 

 with numerous punctures ; legs black with the tarsi reddish, the 

 legs sometimes entirely red, Length 4^-51 lines. 



H. rufitarsis and calceatus of the Stephensian cabinet are 

 identical with this species, which is generally distributed in 

 marshy places. 



2. A. pceciloides : viridi-aneus vel nigro-cupreus ; thorace sub- 



quadrato, postice utrinque foveolato punctatoque, angulis 

 posticis subrotundatis ; elytris striatis; antennarum arti- 

 culo primo rufo. 



Harpalus pceciloides, Steph. Mand. 1. 154. 

 Anisodactylus pceciloides, Steph. Manual, p. 45. 

 A. virens, Dej. Spec. 4. 135 ; Icon. 4. 67. pi. 176. 



Above brassy green or dusky copper, sometimes brilliant 

 shining green. Head with two fovese in front and sometimes a 



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