433 ZOOLOGICAL literature. 
t Prothorax narrowed at base 6. Leiocnemis. 
ft Prothorax narrowed at apex 6. Oelia. 
b. Intermediate tibiae of S having 2 or 3 teeth below. . 
7. OURTONOTUS. 
2. Metathoracic episterna short and broad ...... 8. Leibides. 
II. Points of prostemum with 3 or 4 pilifers on each side. 
9. Percosia. 
Amara. Putzeys (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866, pp. 339-340) remarks on the 
following known species : — A. chaudoirii (Ilochh.) j A. vulgaris (Panz.) = 
lunicollis (Schrodte) ; A. persica (Chaud.) = trivialis (Gyll.) j A. p^rplexa 
(Dej.) = var. familiaris (Duft.) ; A. anthohia (Villa) ; A. ruficovnis (Dej,) = 
var. ingenua (Duft.) j A. fusca (Dej.) and cursitans (Zimm.) j A. obscuricornis 
(Motsch.) = municipalis (D\xit). 
Pristonychus reichenbachii (Schauf.) = P. b<Bticus (flamh.); according to 
Gautier des Cottes, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1866, p. 35. 
Schaufuss states that Perez-Arcas is mistaken in referring his Platyderus 
varians and Haptoderus cantabricus to Fei'onm lusitanica (Pej.) and Argutor 
7nontaneHus (Graells) respectively. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1866^ p. 403. 
Zawadzki (Verb- naturf. Ver. in Briinn, Band iii. p. 32) indicafes the habits 
of Zabrus gibbus, the larvae of which were said to be very injiu’ious to the 
whe^t-crops, especially in Moravia, in the spring of f864. 
New genera and species : — 
Sphodridea. Of this group Motschulsky gives a table of the following ge- 
nera (1. c. p. 314) : — 
I. Trochanters prolonged into spines in <S j joint 3 of antennae as long as 
the two following together. 
A. Last joint of max. palpi dilatato-ovate like the penultimate, but 
rather smaller. Phopalomelus (Boh.). 
B. Last joint of max. palpi elongate-oVate, penultimate obconical. 
Sphodrus (Dej.). 
II. Trochanters obtuse and ov^l in botli ^exes \ joint § of antenna shorter 
than the two following together. 
4-. Tarsi smooth above. 
^ Intermediate tibiae arcuate. 
a. Four posterior tibiae with a strong brush on their inner face. 
Theraphus (Motsch.) 
{goliath, Zoubk.). 
b. Four posterior tibiae weakly pilose on their inner face. 
Lychnifugus (Motsch.) 
{cellavum, Adams). 
t Intermediate tibiae straight Taphoxenus (Motsch.) 
(gigas, Fisch.). 
B. Tarsi rather densely pilose above j no wings ; elytra usually soldered ; 
eyes small Cryptoxemus (Motsch.) 
(scAm'^emV, Schmidt). 
Anchomenus. Motschulsky (/. c. pp. 316-317) proposes to break up this 
genus in the following manner ^ 
