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5. Harpalus amputatus. 



Harpalus amputatus, Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. iv. 1834, p. 432 \ 



Hab. Noeth Amekica to North-western States l and Hudson's Bay. — Mexico, near 

 the capital (Salle, Flohr), Puebla (Salle), Jalapa (Hoge). 













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6. Harpalus aeneus. 



Carabus aneus, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 245. 

 Harpalus ceneus, Latreille et auctor. omn. 



Hah. Mexico, Toxpam (Salle). — Europe and Northern" Asia. 



There is one example of this common European Harpalus in the Salle collection ; it 

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7. Harpalus liolus. 



Gracilis, iriger nitidus leviter opalescens, palpis, antennis pedibusque rufescentibus ; capite ovato, oculis minime 

 prominentibus, mandibulis elongatis acutis, foveis frontalibus vix impressis ; thorace elongato-quadrato 9 

 postice gradatim sat angustato, lateribus ante angulos posticos sinuatis, margine basali medio late sinuato, 

 versus angulos oblique curvato, angulis ipsis extantibus, supra lsevissimo ; elytris minime convexis, quam 

 thorax anticus haud latioribus, apiee oblique sinuatis, subpunctato-striatis, interstitiis planis absque 

 punctis, striola scutellari brevi ; pedibus parum robustis, setosis, tibiis anticis extus haud spinosis. $ 

 tarsis dilatatis normalibus. 



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Hab. Mexico (coll. Oberthur). 



I have described this 



curious and interesting little 



species 



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a specimen in 



M. Oberthfir's collection, adopting the MS. name given to it by Chaudoir, who 

 erroneously considered it an Anisotarsus. In facies it resembles a small Pterostichus ; 

 but it has all the essential characters of a true Harpalus, having plurisetose penultimate 

 joint of the labial palpi, dentated mentum, and biseriately squamose dilated palms to 



the four anterior tarsi. 









SELENOPHOHUS 



Selenophorus, Dejean, Sp. Gen. Col. iv. p. 80; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. Jahrg. 39 (1878) p. 3. 



A genus, as at present denned, peculiar to America. In a recent monograph 

 M. Putzeys described 111 species as belonging to it, one of which, however, more 

 properly belongs to Discodems. The genus is most abundant in intertropical latitudes ; 

 but a few are found in the temperate zone, both north and south. 







1. Selenophorus pyritosus. (Tab. III. fig. 18.) 



Selenophorus pyritosus, Dej. Sp. Gen. Col. iv. p. 84 1 ; Putzeys, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1878, p. 11 



Hab. Mexico 



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Puebla, Tlacotalpam, Putla 





Oaxaca (Hoge) ; Honduras (Salle) ; Guatemala 2 (SalU), San Geronim 



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Naranjo (Champion) ; Nicaragua (SalU) ; Panama, Colon ( Janson), Volcan de Chiriq 

 alt. 2000 to 3000 feet (Champion). — West Ikdies, 





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