SYNOPTIC TABLES OF OOLEOPTEKA. 3S». 



By Geo. H. Horn, M. D. 



TETRACONODERUS, Dg. 



( 'laws senate. 



Prosternum margined at rip. Elytra in great part piceous; legs and outer parts of 

 antennae piceous 1, intersectllS. 



Prosternum not margined. Elytra usually more testaceous than piceous; legs and 



antennae testaceous 2, fc.SCiat'U.S. 



Claws simple. 



Prosternum slightly protuberant, margined at tip. Elytra broadly oval, the dorsal 

 punctures distinct, color testaceous feebly fasciate with piceous. Eyes rather large 

 and prominent 3. latipenilis. 



Prosternum obtuse, not margined at tip. Elytra slightly oblong, dorsal punctures in- 

 distinct. Eyes not prominent. Color entirely testaceous 4. pallidllS. 



/. intersectus, Germ. Ins. Spec. Nov. p. 2%.=Lecontei, Dej. Spec. IY. 499. — 5-6111111. 

 Ky. Ga. Fla..=distigma, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1864. Ill, 222. 



2. fasciatus, Hald. Pro. Acad. Phil. 298. Lee. Ann. Lye. IV, igj.=it//J/t/a/t/s, Lee. 



New Spec. I. 6. —4 5 mm, N.Y. to Cal. 



3. latipennis, Lee. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. V, 44. — 5-6 mm. Tex. 

 7. pallidas, Horn. " '• " " 1868, 130. — 5.5 mm. Cal. 



NEMOTARSUS, ; 



elegans, Lee. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. X, 378.-5.5 mm. Ills. Md. 



Resembles in ornamentation Lebia or Dianchomena, but has the tibial spurs very 

 long. 



DROMIUS, Bon. 



Entirely piceous. Thorax trapezoidal broader than long, rather widely margined. 



Elytra oblong nearly parallel. Palpi pubescent piCCUS, 



Pale yellowish testaceous, head black. Thorax longer than wide, very narrowly mar- 

 gined. Elytra elongate, gradually broader behind. Palpi not distinctly pubes- 

 cent atriceps. 



piceus, Dej. Spec. V, ^^.=auadricollis, Lee. Proc. Acad. Phil. 82. 8 mm. N.Y. Cal. 

 a/riceps, Lee. Trans. Am. Ent. Sue. VIII, 163, 4 mm. — La,, Ga. 



AXINOPALPUS, Lee. 



Color piceous, elytra with an oblique testaceous band, extending from the humeri to the 



middle of the elytra ' biplagiatUS. 



Color yellowish testaceous, head usually piceous fuSClCepS. 



biplagiatus, Dej. Spec. I, 2^.=ui///o/-/i/ais, Motch. Bull. Mosc. 1854, IV, 336. t. 5. 



f. 6.-3-4 mm. N. Y.-Cal. 

 fuscicepes, Lee. Ann. Lye. V. iy^.=nigriceps,—^.S mm. Tex. Cal. 



JRegarding the Synopsis of the genera we refer the reader to Dr. Horn's paper on the 

 genera of Carabidce etc. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. IX, pp. 91-196. 



