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(55) 5. * Amara l/evipennis. Smooth-winged Amara. 



A. (lavipennisj nilida, supra nigro-anea ; prothorace foveolis basilaribvs subobsoletis ; ehjtris substriatis : striis minutissime et 

 vix conspicue punctulatis. ' • 



Smooth-winged Amara, glossy ; above black bronzed ; basilar impressions of the protborax almost obliterated; elytra very 

 slightly furrowed : furrows very minutely and scarcely conspicuously punctured. 



Length of the body 3A lines. 



Three or four specimens taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



• Body glossy ; the underside, legs, and antenna black ; upperside black-bronzed : frontal impres- 

 sions very slight ; prothorax smooth with the basilar impressions very faint : furrows of the elytra 

 very lightly drawn, and sometimes subinterrupted ; intermediate trochanters piceous. 



(56) 6. * Amara discors. Discordant Amara. 



A . (discors J picea, nitida ; ore, antennis, thoracis margine laterali, pedibusque ferrugineis ; elytris obscurioribus striatis : striis 



obsolete crenulatis. 

 Discordant Amara, piceous, glossy; mouth, antennae, lateral margin of the prothorax, and legs ferruginous; elytra rather 



obcure, furrowed ; furrows very obsoletely crenulated. 



Length of the body 4 lines. 



One specimen only taken. 



DESCRIPTION. 



This species has somewhat the aspect of a Harpahis, but it exhibits the true characters of 

 Amara : it appears to be related to A. discrepans of Mr. Stephens. 5 Body dark piceous, glossy. 

 Upper-lip, palpi, mouth, and antenna? ferruginous : prothorax a little narrowed behind ; bead of the 

 lateral margin rufous ; basilar impressions rather slight : elytra less glossy than the rest of the body, 

 the infinitely minute and numerous granular reticulations of their substance being more conspicuous 

 than usual ; the furrows of the elytra from minute punctures exhibit a slight appearance of crenu- 

 lations : legs pale chestnut. 



5 Illustr. Mandib. i, 131, 13. 



