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Rh wide, the mesosternal process only extending to slightly beyond the middle of the coxæ, with its apex transversely to circularly rounded and separated from the angular apex of the metasternal projection by a short and slightly depressed interval. This section of Atheta includes numerous species in North America, the following being some of the many allies of klimschi:

Specimens not clearly separable from the considerable type series are before me from New Jersey (Anglesea), North Carolina (Asheville), Mississippi (Pass Christian) and Arkansas (Little Rock). It is a widely diffused species, readily distinguishable by its large convex eyes, extending almost to the base of the head, by the medial truncature of the sixth male ventral scarcely so wide as the distance separating it from the lateral slender teeth and not extending behind the latter, and by the sternal characters.