418 DescrijHive Catalogue ^1896. 



posterior legs as long as the two following ; ligula narrow ; 

 paraglossse nearly three times as broad as the lignla, 

 rounded apically and very slightly longer ; mentmn with- 

 out any median tooth ; intervals of elytra plane ; three 

 series of punctures on each side Pseudoselejiophorus. 



II. 



Anterior and intermediate tarsi more or less dilated, cor- 

 diform, the apical joint incised. 



Tarsi moderately dilated, the first joint of the anterior 

 and intermediate ones not squamulose ; ligala long, 

 slender; paraglossse three times as broad, much longer 

 and diagonally truncate at tip ; prothorax deeply sinuate 

 laterally ; intervals of elytra convex ; mentum with a 

 short median tooth Omostropus. 



Tarsi dilated ; ligula very narrow ; paraglossse broader, 

 but hardly longer ; median part of mentum sinuate ; inter- 

 vals of elytra shagreened, two or three series of punctures 

 on each side IIy;polithus. 



Median part of mentum with a conspicuous tooth, one 

 post-median puncture on third interval Axinotoma. 



Ligula slender ; paraglossse also very slender and longer 

 than the ligula ; mentum with a short median tooth ; inter- 

 vals plane, separated by two parallel lines Siopelus. 



Ligula slender ; paraglossse twice as broad as the ligula, 

 slightly longer and more or less diverging at tip ; mentum 

 with a very short median tooth or a moderately deep 

 sinuation ; intervals of elytra smooth, third one with a 

 post-median puncture ; more or less rectangular . . . . Harpalus. 



Ligula broad ; paraglossse much narrower and longer, 

 median part of the emargination of the mentum straight ; 

 prothorax suborbicular ; intervals of elytra smooth, ab- ,r)n"7'?/ 

 dominal segments fringed with hairs \Ha12Jomorjjhus. 



Ligula very narrow ; paraglossse very broadly dilated and 

 rounded at the tip ; median part of mentum straight ; 

 intervals of elytra plane and finely shagreened Dioryclie. 



Last joint of anterior and intermediate tarsi deeply 

 lobate ; ligula very slender ; paraglossse broader than the 

 ligula, much longer and diverging ; mentum without a 

 median tooth ; apical joint of palpi truncate Stenoloijhus. 



Tarsi of the anterior and intermediate legs very slightly 

 dilate, fourth joint not incised ; ligula narrow ; paraglossse 

 slender, much longer than the ligula and slightly diverging, 

 last joint of the labial palpi stoutly oval and sharply 

 acuminate Acupalpus. 



Tarsi of the anterior legs very slightly dilate, glabrous on 

 the upper side ; paraglossse very much broader than the 

 ligula, singly rounded above it and apparently united 

 beyond ; last joint of labial palpi acute Amhlystomus. 



