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designated as neotype. — Pterostichus ventralis [Lee. & Horn 1882, 
P. 24]. 
iiio Feronia obscura (1834: 425). Type area Indiana. The ap- 
plication of the name (against ventralis Say) seems clear from the 
description of the elytral striae: “not distinctly punctured, obsolete 
on the lateral submargin. ” A third species, tumescens Lee., has the 
hind-angles of prothorax much better developed. A cf (coll. Fall) 
agreeing with ex. nr. 1 in coll. Lee., from Allegheny, Penn., desig- 
nated as neotype . — Pterostichus obscur.us [Lee. & Horn 1882, p. 24]. 
1151a Feronia submarginata (1823b: 45). No type area given. 
The description is almost decisive. Whether rnonedulus Germ. ( 1824) 
is a pure synonym could not be decided. Since Say’s description was 
published in 1823 (not 1825, as given in Leng), the name sub- 
marginatus Say under all circumstances has priority. A cf from 
Hope, Ark., designated as neotype and the place as type loc. — 
Pterostichus submarginatus [Lee. 1852, p. 246]. 
1 1 6 1 Feronia chalcites (1823b: 56). No defined type area; 
Washington, D.C., designated as type loc. by Lth. (1966, p. 479). 
Say’s description is not quite decisive and was interpreted according 
to coll. Lee. (MCZ). Say’s name is older than the chalcites of Ger- 
mar (1824; see under preceding species) and it was therefore not 
justified to substitute for it sayi Bridle (1835). A cf from Wash- 
ington, D.C., designated as neotype. — Pterostichus chalcites [Lth., 
1966, p. 479]. 
1162 Feronia lucublanda (1823b: 55). No type area given; 
Ithaca, N. Y., designated as type loc. by Lth. (1966, p. 482). Say’s 
description of the depressed sides of the prothorax seems to fit this 
species only. A cf from Ithaca, N. Y., designated as neotype. — 
Pterostichus lucublandus [Lth., 1966, p. 482]. 
1162a Poecilus fraternus (1824: 270). Type area “North-west 
Territory” (probably Minnesota). The description is incomplete 
and cannot be interpreted. Lee. (1859a, p. 177) regarded fraternus 
as a “variety” of lucublandus Say but it seems wiser to treat it as a 
“ nomen dubium ” (Lth., 1966, p. 483) without designation of neo- 
type. 
1164 Feronia convexicollis (1823b: 50). Type area “Missouri” 
(probably = Nebraska). Say mentions that the sides of prothorax 
are depressed but also that they are “hardly contracted behind” where- 
as, in lucublandus , they are said to be “very little narrowed behind 
by a regularly curved edge.” The status of convexicollis has been 
judged differently by different authors (see Lth., 1966, p. 483). In 
my opinion, it is not specifically distinct from lucublandus but may 
