December 1882. ] SYNOPTIC TABLES OF COLEOPTERA. 63 
NY AS, Ziegler, 
Synoptic table by J. L. Leconte, M.D. 
Stout shining insects with head and thorax black, and elytra purple. 
Thorax depressed at sides, basal impressions broad, moderately deep, elytral strize 
(DUUNCUMIEG LSE AE Aes eye eA ree 36, cir COR re etairar GS - coracinus, Say. 
Thorax not depressed at sides, basal impressions deeper, elytral strize impunctured, 
DESIG ESPCCIES (ye sky ens AG... MO te ea 2! cyanescens, Dej. 
M. coracinus, Say, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. II, 59, and IV, 26; M. St.—18-20 mm. 
M. cyanescens, De}. Spec. Il, 524.==/oveatus, Lec- Ann. Lyc. IV, 355. M.St., Can., 
Lake Superior.— 13-15 mm. 
, OLISTHOPUS, “». 
Synoptic table by Geo. H. Horn, M. D. 
Piceous, elytra fuscuos, thoracic and elytral margin and legs testaceous. 
Elytra scarcely iridescent, base feebly emarginate; ocellate punctures at base of scutel- 
lene SiS RESINS. VS SRO nee a aren, 2 3 ls BRIE neat Cage UC parraatus. 
Elytra iridescent, rather deeply emarginate at base; ocellate punctures well marked. 
micans. 
O. parmatus, Say, Vrans. Am. Philos. Soc. Il, 49. De}. Spec. III, 181.=c/zctus. Say, 
Trans. Am. Philos. Soc. IV, 424. Lee. Proc. Ac. Phila. 1854. p. 58. N. Y., Pa., 
Ohio, Ind., Ga.—7.2 mm. 
O. micans, Lec. Ann, Lyc. IV, 230. Ga., La.—4 mm. 
PERICONA, as. 
P. nigriceps, Dej. Testaceous, shining; head black, elytra faintly striate, 3rd inter- 
stice with three impressed punctures, the 8th stria entire, suture and apex sub-infuscate, 
legs, palpi and antennze pale. 
P. nigriceps, (Bembidium) Dej. Spec. V, 44.=padlipennis, (Trechicus) Lec. Trans. 
Am. Philos. X, 386.==wmbripennis, Lec. 1.c. Carolina.— 2-3 mm. 
LACH NOPHORUS, Sturm. 
L. elezantulus, Mann. Dark bronze; surface pubescent; thorax ovate, head and 
thorax green bronze, elytra white, smoky at. base and with a brown undulating fascia, 
elytral strize very deeply punctured near base, with three dorsal punctures, the eighth 
strize distant from margin w:th distinct ocellate punctures. 
L. elegantulus, Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1843. TI, 215., Lec. Journ. Ac. Phila. IV, t. 4, f. 1. 
mediosignatus Menet, Bull. Ac. Petr. II, 1844, p. 62. Tex. Cal.—6 mm. 
EUPHORTICUS, 7°. Zor. 
Erected on Lachnophorus pubescens, Dej. For the generic character of this as 
well of all the other genera of Carabidze we refer the reader to Dr. Horn’s ‘‘On the 
genera of the Carabidze’’ Trans. Am. Entom. Soc. IX, p. 91 to 196. with 8 plates. 
L, pubescens, Dej. Entirely black, shining; surface glabrous, pubescent only at 
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margin. Elytral strize deeply punctured near base, without dorsal punctures. 
L. pubescens, ej. Spec. V, 30, Fla.—»5 mm. 
Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 1882. 
