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truncated heart. Carahusflavicornis, Fab. Preysl. Bohem. 

 Insect., I., iii. 6, and some other species of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Platynus, Bon. 



Similar, as to the form of the corslet, but with the crotchets 

 of the tarsi simple. 



The wings are either wanting or imperfect in some of 

 them.* 



Agonum, Bon. 



In which the corslet is almost orbicular. -|- 



Sometimes the body is of an ordinary thickness. The 

 corslet is always in the form of a truncated heart. 



Anchomenus, Bon. 



The under part of the palette of the tarsi is furnished 

 with a thick and continuous brush. The external palpi, and 

 above all, the labial are, in many, terminated by an articu- 

 lation thicker, or wider, in the form of a reversed triangle. ;{: 



We shall commence with those which are filiform. 



Callistus, Bon. 



Have the tooth of the emargination of the chin entire, the 

 external palpi terminated by an ovaliform articulation, and 



* Platynus Complanatus, Bon. Carahus AngusticoUis, Fab. Panz. Faun. 

 Insect. Germ. Ixxiii. 9. Plafynus hlandus. Germ. Insect. Spec. Nov. I. 

 p. 12. Carahus scrobicuIatiiSjVah. Harpalus livens, Gyll. 



f Harpalus Viduus,Gy\\.', Panz, i6«W. XXXVII, 18 j Carahus mar ginatus. 

 Fab. Panz. ihid. XXX. 14,- C. 6-punctatus, Fab. Panz. ibid. XXX. 13; 

 C. parum-punctatus. Fab. Panz. ihid. XCII. 4 ; C. 4:-punctatus, Fab. Oliv. 

 Col. III. 55. xiii. 158, per the Catalogue of M. Dejean. He forms the 

 A. rotundahim, and some others into a new genus. 



X Carahus prasinus. Fab. Panz. ihid. XVI. 6 ; Carahus albipes, Fab. Panz. 

 ihid. LXXIII. 7; C. obiongus. Fab. Panz. ibid. XXXIV. 3. 



