10 ORDER COLEOPTERA. 



the elytra t. •u»h the sternum. The head is smaller than in the preceding 

 Length five-tenths of an inch. 

 The head is without punctures, except on the posterior and lateral angles, and the 

 icic lii'.' ' ext» nd to either margin. Color I eneath of a light lawn. 



Ba&palus ebbaticus. ( Plate xix, fig. 13.) 



>r light brown or rufous, narrow, elongate ; thorax wider in front than posteriorly; 



slightly truncate, exposing the point of the abdomen. Length six-tenths of 



an inch. 



The male is furnished with strong mandibles, and, in both sexes, the brown elytra are 



ilarker than the glossj head and tin rax. 



Genus P ANGUS (Zeigl.). Habpalus (Stephens). 



Ipi with the terminal joint suboylindric : thorax narrowed behind ; angles rounded ; 

 tonus rather short' (Westwood). 



Pabgus caliginosis. ( Plate x, fig. 7.) 



t black and rather dull, rather glossy beneath : the thorax has a broad transverse 



ovation. Elytra marked by about eight im; mutate lines ; outer border obscurely 



punctate : leg- furnished with rows of reddish spines and cilia. Length eight-tenths 



of an inch. 



Pansnis caliginosus is found sometimes upon the seedbearing tops of tall grass ; but it 



is not apparent whether the vegetable, or an insect inhabitant, was the object of pursuit. 



This insect is about an inch long, robust, broad, of a black color, with a large head and 



quadrate prothorax which is wider than long; the elytra with eight impressed striae. 



Genus AMARA (Bit.). 



long oval, broad, subdepressed ; head ovate; thorax as broad as the elytra ; wings 



• two ; mentum-tooth bifid ; last joinl of the palpi ovate ; labrum quadrate, slightly 

 < emarginate ; mandibles short, denticulated at base : elytra somewhat emarginate at 



• the tip. Anterior tarsi of the males with three dilated j> >int- " ( Stephens). 



A [aba i.MriNCTicoi.Lis (Say). ( Plate xix, fig. 11.) 



Color black with a strong purplish hue. or a cupreous lustre nearly uniform in tint. Length 



about four-tenths of an inch. 



_• una A'iaka i- -aid to have 1 • rved in Europe eating the seeds of immature 



grain ; but the damage that insects of carnivorous families are iikelj to do, are trilling in 



com; I • the benefits tiny confer. 



