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Broader, and less convex, hind angles prominent, sides of prothorax more sin- 
TiC See ee EMER... 5 ail ond Boom mene it i 82. fatuus, Mann. 
Prothorax narrower, sides much less rounded and less sinuate towards the base. 
83. surgens, Lec. 
Outer basal fovea longer, hind angles subcarinate, foveze confluent, formmg a de- 
pressed space: , 
Hind angles slightly prominent, elytral strize rather deep. 44. riparius, Dej. 
Hind angles more prominent, sides more sinuate, elytral strize finer, especially — 
OWENS WHS SUCKS BOVE WO b. - coe ba sb5 oe eos ae 85. contustus, Mann. 
Outer basal fovea wanting, space from ane to fovea poner less flattened (thus 
‘resembling the species 75-77, but the base is margined towards the angle, 
and the feet ferruginous); elytral punctures strongly marked. 
Larger, hind angles of prothorax rectangular, small and not prominent. 
85. subcaudatus, Mann. 
Middle sized, hind anzles of prothorax rather prominent, or less prominent. 
87. emptricola, De). 
Smaller, prothorax broader, comparatively more narrowed behind, sides sudden- 
ly smuate, hind angles prominent........... 88, mandibularis, Kirby. 
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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
Those species treated in Leconte's Synopsis of Pterostichi, Journ. Ac. Phila. 1853, 
pp. 225-256. are cited below: ‘Lec. Syn.” 
. morionides, Chd. Revue & Mag, de Zool. 1868. (Extrait) p. 57. Cal.—22-23 mm. 
. tarsalis, Lec. Proc. Ac. Phila. 1873, p. 311. Cal. Or.-—16-19 mm. 
. crenicollis, Lec. ibidem. W. T., Vanc, Or.—17 mm. 
. planctus, Lec. Journ. Ac. Phila. 1852. II, 238. Or. Cal.—15 mm. 
. herculaneus, Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1843. I, 201. Sitka. Or. Vance.-—18 mm. 
. validus, De}. Spec. Il, 325.—aleidus, Lec. Syn: 238, Alask. Or. W.T.Vanc. 14m 
. protractus, Lec, Proc. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 319.=//ornatus, Bland. Cal. Col. Utah. 
Nebr. Nev. Mont.—15-18 mm. 
&. vicinus, Man. Bull. Mosc. 1843. 11, p. 206.==californicus,t Lec. Syn. p. 238. Cal. 
13-15 mm. 
g. longulus, Lec. Proc. Ac. Phila. 1873. p. 312. Col. N. M.—11 mm. 
ro angustus, De}. Spec. II, 328.=/nearis, Lec. Journ. Ac. II, 1852. p. 239. Cal. 
7.5 mm. 
rz. amethystinus, (De}j.) Mann. Bull. Mose. 1843. II, 201. _Menetr. Bull. Ac. Petr. 
Il, 1844. p. 58. (Dej. Cat.) Sitka. Oregon, W. T. Vane.—11 mm. 
12, castaneus, De}. Spec. III, 326.=drunneus, Dej. Spec. Ill, 327. Alaska. 9-10 im. 
13. scutellaris, Lec. Proc. Ac. Phila. 1873. p. 312. Cal. Or.—g-II. 
14. californicus, De}. Spec. Ul, 222;—=amplicollis, Mots. Bull. Mosc. 1859. III, 146, 
=simplex Lec. Ann. Lyc. V, 181.=muticus, Lec. Cal.— 11-14 mm. 
15. Menetriesi, Mots. Bull. Mosc. 1845, IV, 341.==a/er, || Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1843. U1, 
206. Cal.—22-23 mm. | 
16. castanipes, Men. Bull. Ac. Petr. 1844, I, 59.==contractus, Lec. Ann. Lyc. V, 182. 
Cal.— 13.5 mm. 
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