. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Insects. SYNOPTIC TABLE OF COLEOPTERA. METRITIS, Each. A broad, stout species of a very singular form, at first sight looking rather like a Heteromer, found under stones in forests see Lee. classification p. 10. M. contractus, Escli. Zool. Atl. , t. 4. f. 4. 20-25 mm. Cal. Or. Wash. Terr. PROMECOGNATHUS, Chaud. Elongate shining insects with smooth elytra and long mandibles. Elytra one half longer than wide. 1. laevissimus. Elytra only about one third longer than wide. 2. crassus. 1. laevissimus,, Dej. Spec. IV. II. Chaud. Bull. Mosc 1146 p.
. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Insects. SYNOPTIC TABLE OF COLEOPTERA. METRITIS, Each. A broad, stout species of a very singular form, at first sight looking rather like a Heteromer, found under stones in forests see Lee. classification p. 10. M. contractus, Escli. Zool. Atl. , t. 4. f. 4. 20-25 mm. Cal. Or. Wash. Terr. PROMECOGNATHUS, Chaud. Elongate shining insects with smooth elytra and long mandibles. Elytra one half longer than wide. 1. laevissimus. Elytra only about one third longer than wide. 2. crassus. 1. laevissimus,, Dej. Spec. IV. II. Chaud. Bull. Mosc 1146 p. 524. Length 10-11 mm. Cal. '_'. crassus, Lee. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1868 p. 62. Length mm. Cal- Or. PASIMACHTJS, Bon. Large ipecies with antennae inserted under frontal plates ; anterior tibiae palmate, hind angles of thorax distinct. They are usually found under stones or old logs, mostly tin sandy places, in the Atlantic, Southern and Western States, but not on the Pacific Slope. Leconte classifies them Bull. Buff. Soc. N. H. 1874 p. 266 ff. Cf. also Lee. Ann. Lye. N. H., N. Y. 1848 p. 141-151, and Putzeys Monog. Mem. Liege II. 1846. Elytra obtusely rounded behind; spine of middle tibiae ••ompressed, obtuse at tip. Hind angles of thorax rectangular, prominent, large. 1. strenuus. Hind angles of thorax obtuse, not prominent, small. 2. sublsevis. Elytra subacute beldud ; spine of middle tibia? slender, acute. Prothorax not constricted at base. Hind angles obtuse and not prominent, large. 3. marginatus. Hind angles rectangular and slightly prominent, small. 4. subsulcatus. Prothorax more or less constricted, hind angles prominent, body more .slender. Antennae with joints 2-4 not carinate ; elytra with fine rows of punctures arranged in pairs. 5. niexicaims. Antennae with joints 2-4 compressed and carinate. Hind tibia? $ not densely pubescent on inner side. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. June Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that ma
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