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the Cape of Good Hope; but all those described as Harpali from tropical South 



America or Australia that I have been able to examine belong to other genera. The 



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1. Harpalus mexicanus. 



Harpalus mexicanus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1837, vii. p. 46. 



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2. Harpalus platyderus. 



Elongate- oblongus, modice convexus, niger, palpis, antennis (basi excepta) tarsisque fulvescentibus ; capite 

 ovate, lsevi, oculis vix prominentibus ; thorace elongate, lateribus modice arcuatis antice paullo citius 

 quam postice curvatis, angulis rotundatis, dorso lsevi, foveis basalibus obsoletis ; elytris apice oblique 

 • paullo sinuatis, argute sequaliter striatis, interstitiis subplanis absque punctis. 





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Hab. Mexico, San Antonio de Arriba, Orizaba [Salle), Las Vigas (Edge). 



name given to this remarkable Calathus-iike species by Chaudoir 





in the Salle collection. 





3. Harpalus hebescens. 



H. platydero quoad formam simillimus, sed dimidio minor, palporumque artieulo ultimo apice baud attenuate, 

 elongato-ovato truncato. Niger, subnitidus, antennis, palpis et tarsis piceo-fulvis ; capite foveis rotundatis, 

 oculis parum prominentibus ; thorace magno, lateribus arcuatis sed antice paulo magis quam postice angu- 

 stato, angulis anticis vix productis posticis rotundatis, supra laevi, foveis basalibus distinctis sed haud 

 profundis ; elytris apice late rotundatis, subfortiter baud oblique sinuatis, margine basali utrinque arcuato, 

 dorso striatis, interstitiis paullulum elevatis impunctatis. 



Long. 4| lin. S 2 • * 



Hab. Mexico, Capnlalpam (Salle). 



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Harpolus alienus, Bates, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 591 \ 



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 piceis, illis articulis 2°-4 m basi nigris ; thorace transversim quadrato, postice plusquam antice angustato, 

 lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis obtusis, impunctato, basi coriaceo, fovea utrinque late impressa ; 

 elytris apice ( c? $ ) sinuatim subtruncatis, fortiter simpliciter striatis, interstitiis paullo convexis, 3° postice 

 unipunctato. 



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