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Sp. 12. Amara brunnea^ Stephens. 
—Harpalus hrunneus^ Gyllenhal ; A. hrunnea^ STEmi. Mand. 1, 131. 
Sp. Char. —Above, brassy-brown or chesnut; hd. smooth ; thx. with a slight 
dorsal channel, and two small punctate foveee on each side at the base ; 
elyt. punctate-striated, with an interrupted series of impressions on the 
margin; body beneath rufous; legs, ant., and palpi, pale testaceous. 
Length 3 to 34 lines. 
Rare near Warrington ; also taken, according to Stephens, near London and 
Bottisham. 
Sp. 13. Amara bifrons, Stephens. 
Spn. — Harpalus bifrone^ Gyll ; A. bifrons., Steph, Mand. 1, 130. 
Sp. Char. —Oblong; black-brass above; hd. smooth, impunctate ; thx. behind 
transversely depressed, and thickly punctulate, with two foveae, the inner 
larger and deepest, the outer small, oblique; the lateral margin and the 
hinder angles, ferruginous; elyt. slightly convex, faintly striated, the 
striae punctulate, with an interrupted series of impressions on the margin; 
body, beneath, smooth, pitchy-red, with the apex pale testaceous. Length 
3 lines. 
Not having met with this species, I am compelled, unwillingly, to copy a des¬ 
cription of it from Mr. Stephens, who states, further, that only two specimens 
have come beneath his observation, which were captured near Hertford. 
Sp. 14. Amara discrepans^ Marsham. 
Syn.—A discrepans., Marsham, MSS.; Steph. Mand. 1, 131. 
Sp. Char. —Abo ve, shining brassy black; thx. with a slight dorsal channel, 
and two abbreviated punctulate impressions near the hinder angle on each 
side; elyt. with rather crenate striae, the interstices flat; body beneath 
dusky; ant. and legs rufous. Length 3^ lines. 
Rare, near London, &c. 
Sp. 15. Amara crassa^ Stephens. 
Syn.^A. crassa.^ Steph. Mand. i, 131. 
Sp. Char. —Very distinct from all the foregoing; above entirely of a pitchy 
brown, with an obscure metallic tinge in the elytra; hd. very smooth; 
thx. convex, obsoletely wrinkled transversely, the base punctate, with 
two strongly punctate deep foveae on each side; the margin anteriorly 
a little dilated, posteriorly somewhat attenuated; elyt. punctate striated, 
the interstices smooth, and the margin with an interrupted series of im 
pressions; body beneath, legs, ant., and palpi pale testaceous red. Length 
41 lines.— Stephens. 
‘‘ Taken near London; one specimen only has occurred.”— Steph, 
Sp. Ifl. Amara agilis^ Rylands. 
