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Bembidium inaequale, S. 
chalceum, D. 
Leja nigrum, S. 
decipiens, D. 
*semistriatum. 
Peryphus contractual, S. 
Periphus furvum, Mels. cat. 
tetracolum, S. 
coxendix? S. 
*planum. 
Lopha oppositum, S. 
Descriptions of North American species of Coleoptera, presumed to be undescribed. 
By S. S. Haldeman. 
From the difficulty attendant upon the study of insects in the United States, 
arising from the absence of standard collections, and the impossibility of know- 
ing what has been done in Europe, the characters here given should, perhaps, 
be regarded as indicating species unknown to the author, rather than as abso- 
lutely new to science. 
Ctmindis neglecta. Head and prothorax black, thinly marked with rufous 
pile ; head punctured; mouth, antennae, and feet rufous : prothorax lengthened, 
and much contracted behind, scabrous with numerous deep punctures, mesial 
line and lateral submargin depressed : elytra reddish brown, crenate-striate, in- 
terstices narrow. 8 millim. long. General appearance of C. pilosa, Say. 
Dromius apicalis. Head black ; prothorax reddish-brown, with a testaceous 
margin ; elytra brown, with the tip, and a large irregular spot very near the base, 
pale testaceous : body beneath, legs, antennas, and palpi of the latter color. Not 
quite 4 millim. long. 
Dromius geminatus. Brown, head black ; antennae, a large oval spot near 
the base of the elytra, and a small circular one at the inner extremity, testaceous. 
4 mill. long. 
Plochionus timidus. Dull reddish brown above : antennae, legs, lower sur- 
face and lateral margins of the prothorax and elytra, testaceous: elytra wide, deeply 
striate, interstices convex. 8 mill. long. Var. Base of the elytra, and a large 
spot upon the suture, behind the middle, obscure. Hub. Alabama. P. timidus. 
Hentz MS. 
Lebia brunnea. Fuscous, head and pronotum blackish : thorax beneath, mar- 
gin of the pronotum, palpi, 3 basal articulations of the antennae, a spot anterior 
to the middle, and equidistant from the suture and limb, and a smaller obsolete 
one at the tip of the elytra, pale testaceous. 42 mill. long. 
Coptodera fasciata. Head and prothorax shiningblack, with a tinge of green- 
ish : beneath very dark brown : tarsi and extremity of antennae pale brown : 
antennae, legs, and elytra, pale ochraceous : elytra striate, mottled with brown 
about the middle, and with a large spot at the inner base and tip. 4 3 mill. long. 
Dromius 1 Germari, Hentz MS. Cab. Bost. Soc, No. 1480. C. fasciata, 
Cab. Le Conte. 
P asihiacuvs punctulatus. Black, smooth, and shining, marginal groove of 
the elytra purple : a diagonal impressed rugose furrow from the ordinary longi- 
tudinal impressions to the outer angle of the head : elytra with longitudinal 
rows of slightly impressed punctures : male with a rufous brush upon the pos- 
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terior tibisc. 32 mill. long. Like P. depressus, but distinguished by the elytral 
punctures, and rugose mandibular. Fig. 6, pi. 20, of the Atlas to the 2d ed. 
Regne Animal, appears to represent this species. Hub. Alabama. P. punctu- 
latus, Hentz MS. 
Cliviua acuducta. Reddish brown ; elytra fuscous, finely striate ; stria) very 
minutely punctured from the base towards the middle, whence they are im- 
punctured to the tip ; 4 inconspicuous punctures upon the 3d interstitial line ; 
margin with a row of deep approximate punctures ; mesial line of the pronotum 
profound. 6 mill. long. Hub. Pa. and Ala. C. acuducta, Harris MS, Jide 
Melsheimer. 
Clivina amphibia. Rufo-testaceous ; head with 2 longitudinal approximate 
elevated lines, and 2 obsolete ones exterior to them : pronotum with 3 obvious 
furrows, the lateral ones slightly converging, and abbreviated anteriorly : elytra 
with fine, minutely, and obsoletely crenate striae. 3 mill. long. C. amphibia, 
Hentz MS, Jide Melsheimer. 
Badister notahts. Black, head and pronotum impunctnred, shining, the latter 
with an impressed mesial line, crossed by another short one at the anterior ex- 
tremity, and a large pit at the posterior angles: elytra blackish, or reddish-brown, 
acutely striate, striae scarcely crenate, 2d interstice with 2 punctures : antennae, 
palpi, and legs, pale testaceous. 4 mill. long. Carabus notatus, Metsh. Cat., 
No. 1184, jide F. E. Melsheimer. 
Anchomenus depressus. Shining black : antennae, palpi, and tarsi, with a 
tinge of reddish-brown : mesial line of the pronotum impressed, with a short 
one crossing it anteriorly ; posterior angles subacute : elytra sinuate at tip, 
wide, flat, with deep, finely punctured striae, and the 3d interstice with 3 punc- 
tures. 11 mill. long. A. depressus, Harris MS, Jide Melsheimer. 
An chomesus marginalis. Pitchy black, brownish piceous beneath : antennoe 
more than half the entire length, base piceous, glabrous, 4th and remaining ar- 
ticulations pilose, and, with the feet, ferruginous : palpi rufo-testaceous: impres- 
sions of the pronotum distinct, lateral margins testaceous, and strongly reflexed : 
elytra finely striate, striae impunctured : interstices fiat, with the 3d 3-punctured. 
10 mill. long. 
Anchometjus obconicus. Shining black, piceous beneath: antennae light 
ferruginous, the 2 basal articulations, wirh the trophi and legs, rufo-testaceous : 
pronotum oblong cordate, little more than half the width of the elytra, lateral 
margin inconspicuous, not excurved posteriorly ; mesial furrow narrow : elytra 
oblong-oval, a testaceous obsolete spot at tip, crenate-striate, with 3 punctures 
on the inner side of the 3d interstice. 6 mill. long. 
AGOxumferreum. Greenish black, shining; beneath, pitchy black : antennae 
fuscous, 3 basal joints, palpi, labrum, tibiae, and tarsi, testaceous : femora dark 
chesnut : impressions of the pronotum profound - elytra black, crenate-striate to 
the middle, posterior half with the erense wanting, or obsolete ; 3d interstice 
3-punctured ; tip obliquely truncate, scarcely sinuate. 7 mill. long. 
Agonum ocreatum. Black, shining, head with a slight reflexion of green : 
antennas and palpi testaceous : pronotum wide, lateral margins very convex ; 
reflexed, mesial line and posterior impressions profound : elytra deeply crenato- 
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striate, with an obsolete terminal corneous spot ; tip sinuate : base and extreme 
tip of the femora piceous ; tibiae and tarsi pale corneous. 7 mill. long. Hab. 
Alleghany mts., Hentz. A. ocreatura, Hentz MS. 
Agonum elongatulum. Slender, shining black, prothorax lengthened, nar- 
rowed posteriorly, with the dorsal impressions rather faint, and the lateral mar- 
gin narrowly depressed : elytra dusky brown, simply striate, interstices flat, the 
3d with 4 indistinct punctures ; tip scarcely sinuate ; antennse with the 3 basal 
articulations glabrous, testaceous ; remainder ferruginous, tomentose : palpi 
brownish : legs and epipleura yellowish testaceous. 7 mill. long. 
Aroxum maurum. Deep shining black ; pronotum rather wider than long ; 
dorsal impressions distinct, lateral margin much depressed, a small tubercle ris- 
ing from the deepest part of the depression of the posterior angles : elytra sinuate 
at tip, stria? acute, simple, interstices flat, the 3d with 3 faint punctures: feet, 
and extremity of the antennas, pitchy black. 9 mill. long. 
Omaseus rugicollis. Black, beneath dark brown, or piceous : frontal impres- 
sion considerably dilated, antennse piceous, base darker, brownish pilose towards 
the tip : pronotum obviously transversely wrinkled, slightly contracted behind ; 
lateral edge rather regularly arquated ; mesial line distinct ; posterior angles 
rounded ; basal indentations dilated, with a somewhat prominent longitudinal 
swelling in the centre : elytra profoundly and obtusely striate. 17 millim. long. 
Hab. Western Penna. O. rugicollis D. Ziegler MS. 
Amara splendida. Short oval, glossy, dark green bronzed, or blackish cupre- 
ous, above ; black bronzed beneath : lateral frontal impressions wide, 2 punc- 
tures at the inner margin of the eyes, distinct ; antennas fuscous, 2 basal articu- 
lations testaceous ; palpi dark brown : pronotum, with the mesial line well 
impressed ; a deep longitudinal indentation exterior to it, near the posterior 
margin, and a small one between it and the external margin ; area of the pos- 
terior angles indistinctly punctured : elytra sinuate, finely and simply striate, 
interstices rather flat, posterior half (and sometimes the anterior fourth) of the 
submarginal one, crenulate on the internal edge : tarsi testaceous. 10 mill, 
long. 
Amara anthracina. Oval, cupreous black, impunctured ; beneath, shining 
black : frontal lines slightly impressed ; one or both punctures at the inner 
margin of the eyes, distinct : clypeal suture indistinct : antennae fuscous, with 
3 basal articulations, and part of the 4th, testaceous: labrum and palpi piceous, 
tips of the latter pale : pronotum with the basal impressions shallow, foveolae 
single, frequently interrupted in the middle, numerous short obsolete striae near 
the scutel, mesial line fine, anterior cross line obsolete : elytra finely striate, striae 
impunctured, acute, tip sinuate : femora dark chesnut-piceous, tibiae and tarsi 
reddish brown. 9 mill. long. 
Amara indlstinda. Oval, black, glossed above : frontal lines short, and 
slightly impressed : 2 punctures near the margin of the eyes distinct : clypeal 
suture indistinct : basal impressions of the prothorax small ; foveolae single and 
fine, mesial line fine ; elytra finely striate, 5th and 6th striae obsoletely punc- 
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tured, tip slightly sinuate : antennas brownish, with the 3 basal articulations 
yellowish testaceous : palpi testaceous, with the middle brown : legs testaceous- 
6 mill, long, 2 wide. Proportionally wider and more brilliant than A. angus- 
tata, Say, and differs in outline. 
Amara rubrica. Oval, reddish brown, glossy : frontal lines obsoletely im- 
pressed, 2 piliferous punctures near the inner margin of the eyes, distinct : 
clypeal suture distinct: pronotum nearly rectangular posteriorly, and with the 
basal indentations shallow, and sparsely punctured ; fovea? single, somewhat 
obsolete ; mesial line fine, crossed by numerous short ruga? ; elytra finely punc- 
tate-striate, interstices somewhat convex, tip sinuate. 8 mill, long, 3 wide. 
Selenophorus parallelus. Lengthened oval, black, shining : antennse, palpi, 
tibia; and tarsi, rufous ; femora darker, or chesnut : head glabrous : posterior 
impressions of the pronotum slight, and minutely rugose : elytra slightly sinu- 
ate, striate, stria? alternately obsoletely punctured, a row of about 6 punctures 
upon the inner edge of the 3d interstice. 8 mill. long. Larger, and narrower 
in comparison, than S. ellipticus, with the sides of the elytra more nearly pa- 
rallel, and the abbreviated stria? near the scutel, more distinct. 
Selenophorus maurus. Lengthened, shining black : head glabrous ; anten- 
na? and palpi rufous : pronotum transversely rugulose, posterior impressions 
obtuse, minutely punctured, and rugose, mesial line fine : elytra slightly sinu- 
ate at tip, finely striate, interstices flattened ; 2d, 5th, and 7th stria?, obviously 
punctured : legs dark chesnut. 8 mill. long. Wider than the preceding. 
Ophonus mutabilis. Shining black, or reddish brown ; glabrous; feet and 
beneath, rufous : antenna? and palpi, yellowish rufous, head with a round obtuse 
indentation upon each side, between the eyes : pronotum narrowed behind, 
mesial line fine, transverse one distinct ; posterior angles square, basal inden- 
tations small, obtuse, minutely punctured, and rugose; fovea? single, short: 
elytra profoundly striate, interstices convex, tip slightly sinuate. 9| mill. long. 
Var. B. Head and prothorax reddish brown ; beneath and feet, testaceous. 
Ophokus opacipennis. Oval, glossy ; chesnut brown beneath, and upon f 
the middle and posterior thighs: antenna?, palpi, margin of the labrum, interme- 
diate and posterior tibia? and tarsi, and anterior legs, rufous : head with a small 
round indentation upon each side, between the antenna? : pronotum much wider 
than long, transversely rugulose : with the basal impressions rugose, shallow, 
each with a very slight fossula; dorsal lines faint: elytra finely and simply 
striate, interstices flat, with a puncture upon the third one ; tip slightly sinuate : 
Burface sericeous. 9 mill. long. 
Harpalus testaceus. Oval, testaceous; feet and beneath paler, with a yel 
lowish tinge ; eyes black ; elytra fuscous, slightly iridescent with bluish ; sides 
of the head with a large indentation between the antenna? : pronotum with the 
lateral margins and area? of the posterior angles depressed ; basal indentations 
obtuse and impunctured ; dorsal impressions obsolete, scutel s .iall : elytra finely 
and simply striate; tip slightly sinuate. 9 mill. long. 
Harpalus comis. Shining black above, and upon the under surface of 
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head ami prothorax ; chesnut brown beneath ; antennce, palpi, and legs yellow- 
testaceous; head with a small round indentation at the inner base of the an- 
tennae : pronotum widest before the middle, contracted behind, with the angles 
slightly obtuse ; basal impressions shallow, somewhat rugulose ; dorsal impres- 
sions distinct; lateral margin testaceous: elytra simply striate, slightly sinuate, 
margin rufo-piceous towards the tip ; interstices rather flat, third with a faint 
puncture. 8 mill, long, 3 wide. 
According to Dr. F. E. Melsheimer, this is the Carabus autumnalis of 
Knoch, in his father's catalogue, No. 1153, but not the autumnalis of Say. 
Harpalus melanopus. Glossy black; frontal impressions distinct; antennse, 
fuscous; basal articulation, tarsi, and hairs of the legs, rufous: labrum piceous 
with a few rufous hairs ; palpi pitchy-brown, tip testaceous : pronotum as wide 
posteriorly as the base of the elytra, and not excurved ; sides slightly rounded 
and depressed ; basal impressions large, with the arese of the posterior angle 
densely and rugosely punctured; mesial line narrow and entire, transverse ones 
obsolete : elytra sinuate, simply and acutely striate ; interstices convex, the third 
with a puncture. 13 mill. long. 
Hativaivs paradoxus. Black, glossy : antennas ferruginous, tomentose, two 
basal articulations glabrous, and with the termination of the palpi, rufous : feet 
brownish piceous : indentations between the antennoe large and profound, a disr 
tinct transverse impressed frontal line : base of the pronotum contracted, narrowr 
er than the base of the elytra, and much punctured, particularly in and near the 
large basal indentations: mesial line distinct: elytra sinuate : deeply and acutely 
striate ; interstices slightly flattened at base, and becoming convex towards the 
tip. 15 mill. long. Probably an Anisodactylus with the preceding. 
Stenolophus badipennls. Black, glossy ; elytra testaceous brown, finely and 
simply striate, interstices flat, third one with a puncture : head with a double 
indentation and impressed puncture upon each side near the antennas, which 
are fuscous, with the tip and two basal articulations testaceous, with a black spot 
on the posterior side of the first one ; palpi testaceous, basal half of the termi- 
nal articulation brownish : pronotum with the extreme edge testaceous, basal 
indentations obtuse, and sparsely punctured ; dorsal impressions almost obsolete : 
femora very dark brown, discolored with rufous ; tibice and tarsi testaceous. 
7 mill. long. Carabus opacus, Mels. Cat. No. 1162, fide Dr. Melsheimer. 
Acupalpus rotundicollis. Ovate oblong, shining: head deep black, frontal 
indentations small, not distinct ; antennas pale fuscous, two basal articulations, 
palpi and feet testaceous: prothorax rufo-testaceous, sides strongly rounded, 
truncated posteriorly and deeply emarginate before, with the anterior angles 
subacute, and posterior ones obtuse ; basal indentations almost obsolete, mesial 
line fine and entire : elytra oblong, dark chesnut, extreme margin and epipleura 
rufo-testaceous ; finely striate, rudimental slrise indistinct ; tip obtusely round- 
ed : venter blackish. 4 mill. long. 
Acupalpus lugubris. Black ; frontal impressions distinct ; antennae pale, 
fuscous, or ochraceous, two first articulations, palpi, and feet, testaceous : pro- 
notum hardly as wide as the elytra, sides regularly rounded, base truncate, pos- 
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terior angles obtuse, anterior ones subacute, basal indentations shallow, dorsal 
lines faint, lateral edge obsoletely testaceous ; elytra finely striate, striae not pro- 
found ; tip obtusely rounded, and with the lateral margin, obsoletely testaceous 
4 mill. long. 
Notaphus poslicum. Dull brassy green above, black beneath ; elytra with a 
tinge of brown, punctate-striate, obsoletely, near the tip, posterior half maculate 
with testaceous; palpi testaceous, with the ultimate joint brown: antennas and 
legs testaceous, two basal articulations of the former paler. 4 mill. long. 
Leja semistriata. Head and prothorax black-bronzed, shining ; antennae, 
ochraceous, two basal articulations, palpi and legs, yellow-testaceous ; elytra 
very obscure, reddish brown, punctate-striate, striae and punctures obsolete from 
near the middle to the tip : beneath blackish. 4 mill long. 
Pehyphus planus. Rather flat, black glossy, beneath reddish brown : labrum 
piceous, palpi testaceous, tip fuscous ; antennas fuscous, two basal articula- 
tions testaceous : pronotum with the basal indentations obtuse, slightly scabrous, 
mesial line impressed with a faint round impression, each side, in the middle: 
elytra with a bluish reflection, punctate-striate, striae fading on the sides and tip, 
sides parallel : feet obscure rufous, middle of the femora sometimes tinged with 
brown. 5 mill. long. 
Athous pyrrhicus. Testaceous, densely covered with pale greyish fuscous 
pile, and numerous impressed punctures : pronotum large, inflated, widest in 
the middle, where it exceeds the base of the elytra in width, sides projecting, 
not rectilinear, posterior angles acute and short: elytra striate. 21 mill, long 
Hab. Alabama, Hentz. Very like A. Pyrrhus, Say, but distinguished by the 
swelled prothorax, and shorter antennae. A. longus of Dejean's Catalogue is 
probably one of these species. 
Chakactes dupliealus. Black, pronotum widely margined with fulvous: ely- 
tra fulvous, with the extremity, and a large oval spot near the base, and extending 
from the suture to near the outer margin, blackish. 13 mill. long. Dyctiopt. 
duplicatus, Hentz MS. resembles rcticulatus, Fabr., but the anterior spot does 
not extend across the elytra. 
Myctehus scaler. Black ; above olivaceous tomentose, and scabrous with 
numerous well impressed punctures ; front with an elevated ridge from the eyes 
to the inner base of the antennae ; antennae (darker beyond the middle), mouth, 
and legs testaceous ; palpi and tarsi light brown : pronotum with the mesial 
line obsolete in the middle, a deep puncture at the posterior edge, towards the 
outer margin. 7 mill. long. Hab. Carolina, on flowers in May and June. 
Lttta Germari. Head and antennae black, basal articulations of the latter 
brownish, front and prothorax yellow, the latter with a small round black spot 
on each side of the centre : elytra yellow, 3-fasciate with dark brown, having a 
narrow sutural band, and a very wide one narrowed anteriorly, and entirely 
surrounded by yellow, a small wedge-shaped band at the inner base : meso- and 
metasternum black ; femora and tibiae yellow, tipped with black, tarsi blackish. 
13 mill long. Hab. Carolina in July. Cantharis Germari, Hentz MS. Boston 
collection, No. 443. 
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Hoplia modesta. Short and wide, ground color black, olivaceous tomentose 
above; greenish irised silvery beneath; legs black, with a tinge of testaceous, 
hair, and spines, of the latter color ; thighs with a few short silvery hairs. 7 
mill, long, nearly 4 wide. Allied to H. Graminicola of Europe, and probably 
the modesta of Dejean's Catalogue. Rare in Pennsylvania. 
Chljenius LeconteL Wide, surface minutely punctate-granulate, bright 
green above, black beneath ; legs and three basal artic. of antennse testaceous ; 
tarsi and trophi piceous ; head small, front and clypeus not granulate : pro. 
notum very wide, lateral margins of the posterior half nearly parallel, impres- 
sions faint, mesial line abbreviated:, elytra punctate-striate, interstices fiat. 
18 mill. long. C. Lecontei, Dej. Cat. 
Coprobius chalcites. Minutely granulate, shining, reddish brown above, 
beneath and legs black ; head with a wide shallow depression at the upper pos- 
terior part; posterior half of the dorsal impressed line apparent and very nar- 
row. 20 mill. long. Larger than C. volvens, which it closely resembles, and is 
probably the chalcites of Dej. Cat. 
Aphodius lutulentus. Black, somewhat glossy, minutely punctate, elytra 
obscurely striate, tarsi testaceous. 7 mill, long, 3 lat. Scarab, lutulentus, Knoch, 
in Mels. Cat. Distinct from oblongus, Say, and Germar's name emarginatus 
is preapplied. Boston collection No. 743. 
Philetjkcs castaneus. Blackish chesnut above, reddish beneath ; head 
excavated above, with a tubercle on each side : pronotum minutely punctured, 
dorsal furrow large, coarsely punctured, with a tubercle anteriorly : elytra 
coarsely punctate-striate, each alternate interstice being smaller ; the rows of 
punctures have the appearance of being in pairs. 20 mill. long. Hab. Alabama. 
P. castaneus 1 Dej. Cat. 
Bothrideres geminatus. Dull testaceous, sometimes dark-brown above : 
head scabrous: pronotum with 3 longitudinal ridges upon each side, with a 
short one interposed between the inner and second one anteriorly, inner ones 
sinuated, leaving an obcordate depression between them posteriorly, in which 
are two posterior and one anterior approximate elevations ; elytra with a sutural 
and 4 lateral ridges, having a stria upon each side of the base, 5-6 mill. long. 
B. geminatus, Dej. Cat 
Ichthidion murinum. Slender, dull reddish brown, rough with numerous 
deeply impressed punctures, and hirsute with pale ochraceous, which forms 
small scattered spots upon the elytra ; mesial line of the vertex and pronotum 
distinctly impressed. 10 mill, long 2 lat. I. murinum, Dej. Cat. 
Anthicus bifasciatus. Hirsute, dull testaceous, head brown ; elytra mi- 
nutely punctate; tip, and a transverse central band, interrupted towards the 
suture and directed backwards, blackish. 3 mill. long. Hab. Penna. Allied to 
basillaris, Say. 
Anthicds 4-guttatus. Black, punctate-scabrous, hirsute with yellowish ; 
elytra with a large round yellowish spot near the base, and another behind 
the middle : trophi and tarsi testaceous, antennae darker. 4 J mill. long. Hab. 
Penna.