FAMILY CARABIDJ3. 47 



Gents AGONODERUS (Dj.). 



Head subquadrate ; thorax subquadrate. slightly narrowed behind, elongate : the thorax 

 equals in width the base of the elytra. 



Agoxoderus pallipes. (Plate six, fig. 5.) 



Head black or very dark brown ; thorax, elytra and legs brown : middle of the thorax 

 darker. Inner margins of the elytra darker than the outer and posterior margin-. 



Genus AXISODACTYLUS (Dj.). Harpaits (Steph.). 



' First tarsal joint of the male small, the fourth largest ; mentivm-tooth obsolete ; thorax 

 ' subquadrate or trapezoid' (Westwood). 



Anisodactylus agricollis. (Plate xix, fig. 9.) 



Color dark brown or black ; thorax about as wide as the base of the elytra ; sides slightly 

 curved. Length five-tenths of an inch. 



Anisodactylus rusticus. ( Plate xix, fig. 10.) 



Color brown ; the thorax rather wider than the base of the elytra. Length nearly half 

 an inch. 



Anisodactylus baltimorujs. 

 Head and thorax dark brown ; elytra, legs and antennae much lighter, or light chestnut- 

 color. Length rather less than half an inch. 



Gents CHLCEXIUS (Bon.). Carabus (Lin.). 



; Palpi with the last joint ovate truncate ; mentum-tooth bifid : thorax, in the centre, 

 ' truncate subcordate, broadest behind or subquadrate ' (Westwood). 



Chlcentus emargixatus. (Plate xx, fig. 6.) 



Head black, with green submetallic hues ; thorax bronze, submetallic ; elytra blue-black, 



brilliant : beneath black, punctate, sculptured, but confined mostly to the thorax and 



anterior of the abdomen ; thorax and head above finely punctate ; legs, palpi and 



feelers light reddish brown. Length half an inch. 



