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notably of the punctuation of prothorax and elytral striae, is con- 
clusive. A cf from Dover, Mass., designated as neotype . — Amara 
basillaris [Lth., 1968, p. 735]. 
1433 Feronia angustata (1823b: 36). Type area “on the Mis- 
souri.” Since Say had not observed the trifid pro-tibial spure, there 
is no character mentioned in the description that would not fit 
familiaris Dft. as well. It may be justified, in spite of this, to refer 
his name to that species of subg. Zezea (Triaena) for which it has 
always been used. The description of the form of prothorax seems to 
exclude pallipes Kby. A $ from Independence, Iowa, designated 
as neotype. — Amara angustata [Lth., 1968, p. 736]. 
1450 Dicaelus dilatatus (1823b: 68). No type area given in the 
original description but reported as Pennsylvania in Say’s paper of 
1825 (PI. XXIV: 3). Neither Say’s descriptions nor his figure are 
decisive but the name has always been used for the species defined in 
detail by G. E. Ball, in his monograph (1959, p. 126). A from 
Camp Hills, Penn., designated as neotype and the place as type loc. — 
Dicaelus dilatatus [Ball 1959, p. 126]. 
1458 Dicaelus sculptilis (1823b: 68). Type area “Missouri” 
(possibly including Nebraska). An interpretation of Say’s name, on 
the specific level, is clear from his descriptions and the figure (1825, 
PI. XXIV: 4). The species consists of three subspecies of which 
the nominate one was fixed by Ball (1959, p. 142) as occurring in 
Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma.; the neotype was identi- 
fied by him as belonging to this subspecies: cf from Platte Co., 
Missouri^ designated by me; at the same time designated type loc. — 
Dicaelus sculptilis sculptilis [Ball 1959, p. 1 41 ] . 
1452 Dicaelus splendidus (1823b: 68). Type area “from the 
Missouri” (apparently the river). Say’s descriptions (also 1825) and 
illustration (1825, Pi- XXIV: 1) of color are conclusive. According 
to Ball (1959, p. 156) there are no other constant characters than 
the color of the elytra separating splendidus from purpuratus Bonelli 
(1813), of which he regards it as a subspecies. A $ from Platte 
Co., Missouri, designated as neotype , and the place as type loc. — 
Dicaelus purpuratus splendidus [Ball 1959, p. 156]. 
1482 Feronia gregaria (1823b: 47) (by mistake, the species name 
was attributed to Dejean in Leng, 1920). No type area given; 
Philadelphia, Penn., designated as type loc. by Lth. (1966, p. 543). 
Say’s description applies equally well to ingratus Dej. but was inter- 
preted in accordance with coll. Lee. (MCZ). A $ from Philadel- 
phia, Penn., designated as neotype. — Calathus gregarius [Lth., 1966, 
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