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L. congesta, Mann. Bull. Mosc. 1853. III. 121. from Kenai appears to be 

 described from a deformed specimen, as two foveae on the disc of thorax in 

 front of middle are mentioned, this being rather a deformity than otherwise. 



TEACHYPACHYS, Mots. 

 Kesembles a small Amara and differs from all the other Carabidae hy the 

 posterior coxae attaining the margin of the body. 



Synoptic table by Geo. H. Horn. M. D. 

 Thorax narrower at base than at middle ; basal transverse impression deep. 



1, mermis. 

 Thorax not narrowed at base ; basal transverse impression shallow. 



2. Gribbsii. 



1. inermis, Mots. Kaef. Russl, page 16- not. 6-Holmbergi, Mann. Bull Mosc. 

 153. 111. page 19s Length 4 mm. Alaska. 



2. Gibbsii, Lee. I'r.)c. Ac. Phil. 1861. page 339. Length 5 mm. Cal. 



NOTIOPHILTJS, Dum. 



Hea 1 triangular, as broad as thorax, anterior tibia3 obliquely 

 truntae. Color bronze. 

 \, They live in damp, sunny places under fallen leaves etc. 

 \ / Crotch [TiaiLs. Am. Ent. fcoc. V. 247], classsiJies them as fol- 



lows: 



Legs red. 1. aenexis. 



Tibia; pale, femora metallic black. 

 Stria? geminate, interstices opaque. 

 Elytra three-foveolate. 2. semiopacus. 



Elytra one-foveolate. 3. nitens. 



Striae uniform, interstices shining. 

 Elytra, yellow at the sides. 4. sylvaticus. 



Elytra unicolorous. 



Striae entire, closely placed. 5. semistriatus. 



Striae effaced at apex, intervals broader. 6. sibiricus, 



Legs entirely metallic black. 7. Hardyi. 



1. aeneus, Hbst. Col. X. page 235. -porrectus, Say. Trans. Am. Phil. IV. 418. 

 Length 5 mm. North U. S. 



2. semiopacus, Eschh. Zool. Atlas V. 25 tab. 25. f. 6. Length 5 mm. Cal. 



3. nitens, Lee. Ent. Rep. 1857. page 31. Length 5 mm. Oregon. 



4. sylvaticus, Eschh. Zool. Atl. V. 24 tab. 25. f. 5. Length 5 mm. Sitka. 



5. semistriatus. Say. Trans. Am. Phil. II. 81. - novemstriatus, Lee Ann. Lye. 

 IV. page 350. Length 5 mm. Cal. 



6. sibiricus, Mots. Ins. Sib. page 71. tab. 3. f. 1. -punctatus, Lee. Aggss. Lak. 

 Sup. page 210, Length 5 mm. East Sibiria, North U. S. — confusus Lee. 



7. Hardyi, Putz. Mem. Liege 186(5, page 165. Length 4 mm. Newfdld. N. Y. 



OPISTHIUS, Kirby. 



O. Rickardsoni, Kirby. Dark bronze, subopaque. Thorax broader than 

 long. Elytra depressed, broadly oval and with three discal series of large 

 foveas, and a smaller submarginal series.— Kirby, Fauna Bor. Am. page 61. 

 pi. 1. fig. 9. Length 10 mm. 



Fort Bridger, Wyoming and from this point N. W. to Oregon and N. E. to 

 Hudson Bay region. 



GEO. H. HORN. 



