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hind, somewhat heart-shaped : body convex : ant. tarsi of $ with 3 dilated 

 joints. 



lxii. Curtonotus Mention with a hifid tooth : max. palpi with 3d joint long, 

 clavate : ant. short : tho. somewhat transverse, narrowed hehind : body 

 elongate, ovate, very convex : wings ample : ant. tarsi of $ with 3 dilated 

 joints ; intermediate tibia of $ tnberculated and spinose. 



lxiii. Zabrus Mention with an obtuse simple tooth : max. palpi with 3d joint 

 not longer than 2d, slightly clavate : ant. linear : tho. broadest behind : 

 body gibbous : elytra very convex, slightly emarginate at the tip : wings 2, 

 ample : ant. tarsi of <J with 3 dilated joints. 



§ 3. Claws never toothed ; ant. and intermediate tarsi of J dilated ; dilated 

 joints mostly 4-drate. 



lxiv. Harpalus Mentum with a simple obtuse tooth : palpi with terminal joint 

 fusiform, truncate : ant. with 2 basal joints naked : tho. transverse, as broad 

 at the base as the elytra, which are more or less notched at the tip : body 

 elongate, ovate, somewhat convex : tibia; spinose. 

 lxv. Anisodactylus Mentum not toothed : palpi with terminal joint nearly 

 cylindric, truncate : tho. somewhat quadrate, or trapezoid : elytra ovate, 

 deeply striated : body oblong, flattish : J with 4 ant. tarsi unequally di- 

 lated, basal joint small, 4th largest and heart-shaped, 

 lxvi. Pangus Mentum with a simple tooth : palpi with terminal joint some- 

 what cylindric, truncate : ant. short : tho. narrowed behind, the hinder 

 angles rounded : elytra wide, somewhat remote, slightly waved at the 

 tip : anter. and interm. tarsi of £ with 4 equally dilated joints. 



lxvii. Actephilus Mentum with an obtuse central tooth : palpi with ter- 

 minal joint longest, rather acute, truncate: ant. short, apical joint ovate : 

 tho. transverse ; hinder angles rounded : elytra broad : anter. legs stout, 

 simple ; their tarsi and the interm. ones in],? with 4 nearly equally dilated 

 joints. 



l'xviii. Ophonus Mentum transverse, short, deeply notched, with a minute 

 simple tooth : max. palpi with terminal joint stout, ovate : tho. somewhat 

 4-drate, rarely with rounded angles, punctured : body pubescent : elytra 

 faintly sinuated at the tip : ant. and inter, tarsi of J with 4 dilated 

 joints. 



lxix. Diachromus Mentum with an obtuse, stout tooth : max, palpi with 

 terminal joint ovate, truncate: tho. nearly 4-drate, punctured : body very 

 pubescent : elytra slightly waved at the tip : ant. and inter, tarsi of <? di- 

 lated, the penult, joint transverse, heart-shaped. 



lxx. Stenolophus Mentum not toothed : palpi with terminal joint ovate- 

 acuminate, truncate : tho. somewhat orbicular, the hinder angles rounded : 

 body glabrous, impunctate : elytra sinuate-truncate at the tip : anter. and 

 inter, tarsi of <? with 3 dilated joints. 



lxxi. Masoreus Mentum not toothed : palpi with terminal joint cylindric, 

 truncate : tho. transverse, its hinder margin with a transverse lobe : elytra 

 rather distant oblong, depressed, faintly truncate at the tip : ant. with 

 nearly equal joints : anter. and inter, tarsi of <? with 3 dilated joints. 



lxxii. Trechus Mentum with a simple tooth : palpi with the terminal joint 

 conic, acute : tho. heart-shaped, truncate, the hinder angles obtuse, or 

 rounded : body ovate, slightly convex : elytra entire : anter. and inter, tarsi 

 of 6* with 3 dilated joints. 



lxxiii. Blemus Mentum with the centre of its notch slightly'produced: palpi 

 with the terminal joint as long as the 3d, conic, acute : tho. narrowed 

 behind, hinder angles acute : body elongate, depressed : elytra entire : anter. 

 tarsi of $ with 3 distinct dilated joints j inter, slightly dilated. 



