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Daptus, Fisch . — Achinopus, Dej. 
The antennae, from the fifth joint, moniliform ; thorax suddenly 
narrowed towards its posterior angles, which terminate in a point ; 
one of the mandibles projecting and very pointed ; the four anterior 
tibiae, those of the males particularly, covered with very small 
spines *. 
Near Daptus should apparently be placed the genus Pangus of 
M. Megerle, mentioned by count Dejean in his catalogue. 
In examining one of the two species (the pensijlvanicus'), referred 
by the latter to this genus, I could discover no character which 
should distinguish the section in question from the preceding one. 
The second division consists of Harpali, in which the emargina- 
tion of the ventum is alsounidentate, but where the more or less oval 
or ovoid body is narrowed before, and the labrum entire, or simply 
somewhat concave. They form the 
Harpalus, Dej. 
Or the true Harpali. One of the most common in all Europe is 
H. ceneus ; Carabus ceneus, Fab.; Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. 
LXXV, 3, 4. Body about four lines in length, and of a shining 
black; antennae and legs fulvous ; thorax and elyti’a most com- 
monly green, or cupreous and brilliant, sometimes of a bluish 
black. The thorax is transversal, narrowed posteriorly, and the 
lateral and posterior margins delicately reflected, with a punc- 
tated depression on each side near the posterior angles. The 
elytra are striated, with an incisure near the extremity, and little 
depressed puncta between the exterior stria;. This insect has 
also been called the Proteus, on account of the variety of its 
colours f. 
The total absence of a tooth in the emargination of the mentum 
distinguishes the Carabici of the third and last division of this sec- 
tion, which, by the form of the body and the labrum, resemble those 
of the preceding division. 
Ophonus, Zieg. Dej. 
The four anterior tarsi of the males strongly dilated, or evidently 
wider, and generally furnished beneath with numerous and compact 
hairs, forming a continuous brush ; the penultimate joint is not bilo- 
bate. The last joint of the exterior palpi truncated, or very obtuse. 
The body is very finely punctated above, and the thorax most fre- 
quently cordiform, and truncated posteriorly 
* Acinopus maculipennis , Dej. ; Dactus pictus, Fisch., Entom. Russ. II, xxvi, 2, 
xivi, 2 ; D. vittatus, Id. Ib., 7, var. ? Ditoma vittiger, Germ. ; D. chloroticus, Id. Ib. 
t For the other species, see the Catalogue, &c. of Count Dejcan, genus Harpalus, 
p. 14, and for their synonyraes Schoenherr’s Synonymia Insectoruni, and the laiin. 
Aust. of Duftschmid.Fabricius has described but few of them, of which we will men. 
tion those he cs.\\s 'calignosus, ruficornis, binotatus, tardus, heros, analis, Jlavilahn's, 
The Carabus signahes and hirfipes of Panzer also constitute a part of this subgenus. 
J See Catalogue, &c.. Dejean, p. 13. 
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