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labials is in the form of an elongated spindle. I have per- 

 ceived no tooth in the emargination of the chin.* 



Our third section of Carabici, that of the Quadrimani, 

 Dej., embraces those, which otherwise resembling the last in 

 their elytra terminating in a point behind, have, in the males, 

 the four anterior tarsi dilated. The first three or four arti- 

 culations are in the form of a heart reversed, or triangular, 

 and almost all terminated by sharp angles ; their underpart 

 is generally, with the exception of the ophoni, furnished with 

 two ranges of papillse or scales, with an intermediate linear 

 vacancy. 



The body is always winged, generally ovaliform, and 

 arched above, or convex ; with the corslet of greater breadth 

 than length, or, almost, isometrical, squared or trapezoidal. 

 The head is never abruptly narrowed behind. The antennas 

 are of the same thickness throughout, or but triflingly and 

 insensibly thickened towards the end. The mandibles are 

 never very strong. The external palpi are terminated by an 

 articulation longer than the preceding, ovaliform or fusiform. 

 The tooth of the emargination of the chin is always entire, 

 and is sometimes wanting. The tongue, as well as in the 

 two following sections, is always remarkably projecting, 

 obtuse or truncated at the end, and accompanied with two 

 distinct paraglossae, membranous, and in the form of auricles. 

 The feet are robust, with spinous legs, and the crotchets of 

 the tarsi simple. The intermediate tarsi in the females them- 

 selves are short, and, with the exception of the dilation, con- 

 formed pretty nearly as in the preceding. These Carabici 

 delight in sandy places, exposed to the sun. 



This section is composed of the genus harpalus, such as 



* Scaritesrufus,Ol\v.Co\.U1.36, 11, 13, a. b. Rossi, Faun, Druse, I. 

 iv. 3. Apotomus rufus, Dej. Spec. I. p. 450; ejus, Apotomus testaceus, ibid, 

 p. 451. 



