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51. Amara vulgaris, Lair. — Leogth of body 4 to 4i lines. Many 

 -specimens taken in lat. 65°, and in the Kocky Mountains. 



Body black, glossy ; above black-bronzed. Scape of the antennae pic^ous; 

 inner lobe of the maxillse, and first joint of the outer palpi, testaceous; 

 basilar impressions of the prothorax double, deepish, impunctured, the exter- 

 nal one oblique; channel abbreviated anteriorly, with a punctiform impres- 

 sion beyond the middle : furrows of the elytra lightljpdrawn, indistinctly 

 punctured ; apex subacuminate or suddenly narrowed : legs black, with the 

 hairs, spurs and claws testaceous. 



Variety B. Bright, bronzed with a cupreous tint. 

 C. Wholly black. 



[An European species, unknown to Dr. LeConte. Stated by Mr. William 

 Couper — but probably erroneously — to be common at Toronto. — Can. Jour. 

 1855, p. 256.] 



[38] 52. Amara in.«qualis, Kirly. — Length of body 4 lines. Several 

 taken in lat. 54°. 



Very like A. vulgaris^ but the ttoo first joints of the antennae are rufous ; 

 the basilar impressions of the prothorax are not so deep ; and the interstices 

 of the furrows of the elytra are convex and uneven : in other respects there 

 is little difference between them. [Previously described as A. intersiitialis, 

 Dej. ; taken, according to Dr. LeConte {Pro. Acad. Nat. Set., Phil., June, 

 1855, p. 353), on Lake Superior, at Fort Simpson, Mackenzie River, and in 

 Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois. Also found at Grimsby, and other 

 places in Ontario.] 



53. Amara impuncticollis. Sat/. — Taken in lat. 54°. [Common in 

 Canada ; for description vide Say's Ent. Works, ii. 463.] 



54. Amara pallipes, Kirhy. — Length of body 3 lines. Only one speci- 

 men taken. 



Body glossy; underside, mandibles, coxae and tarsi piceous; upperside 

 bronzed. Three first joints of the antennae rufous; frontal impressions very 

 slight, connecting line very distinct : dorsal channel of the prothorax nearly 

 entire; basilar impressions rather punctiform, punctured; elytra not subacu- 

 minate : legs yellowish. [Taken on Lake Superior and in Northern New 

 York, according to LeConte ; also in Ontario.] 



[39] 55. Amara laevipennis, Kirhy. — Length of body 3* lines. Three 

 or four specimens taken in lat. 54°. 



Body glossy; the underside, legs and antennae black; upperside black- 

 bronzed : frontal impressions very slight : prothorax smooth, with the basilar 

 impressions very faint : farrows of the elytra very lightly drawn, and some- 



