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ADEPH AG A . 







f oveis basalibus magnis sat profundis ; elytris fortiter striatis, interstitiis (apice excepto) planatis ; tibiis 

 intermediis fortiter arcuatis. <5 (?) tibiis longioribus et (versus apicem) subangulatim curvatis. 



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Long. 4|-6J lin. 







Rah. Mexico, Cuernavaca, Yolos, Peras (Salle). 





Differs from D. difformipes, when individuals are compared of equal development, 





only by its bright metallic colour, the anterior dilatation of the thorax, and the flattened 





summits of the elytral interstices. 



The degree of curvature of the middle tibiae varies 



much ; the largest individuals having this character the most strongly marked. 



The species has been long known in collections as D. curvipes, but has apparently 



not been described ; and the name has been applied by Putzeys to a different insect. 







TRICHOPSELAPHUS. 





Trichopselaphus, Chaudoir, Bull. Mosc. 1843, hi. p. 399. 





Distinguished from Discoderus, to which and to Selenoplwrus it is closely allied, by 



the dilatation of the femora and the strong curvature of the tibiae of the hind legs in 



the male, the middle tibiae being normal. 



Owing to the more elongate body and 



cordiform thorax, the fades is that of a Pterosticlms rather than of a Harpalus. The 







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middle tarsi of the male are scarcely dilated ; and the squamae of their soles are concealed 









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by long hairs. The penultimate joint of the labial palpi is plurisetose. In the form 





and clothing of the palpi and 



in other characters the genus resembles Gynandropus. 



Two species only are known — one from South Brazil, and the following from Mexico, 







apprehended by Dr. H 



Had he been acquainted, however, with the 



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of Discoderus and 



Trichov selaphus , he could not have failed to perceiv 



groups of his tribe Harpalini. 





1. Trichopselaphus minor. 



T. subiridescente minor et gracilior, subviridi-seneus, antennis, palpis pedibusque piceo-rufis ; thorace convexo, 

 lsevi, subcordato, ante medium rotundato-dilatato, postice gradatim sat angustato. marginibus prope 

 angulos posticos explanatis; elytris apice modice sinuatis, profunde striatis, interstitiis planatis, striis 

 2 a -5 m et 7 a inconspicne seriatim punctatis. tf femoribus posticis dilatatis, infra subdentatis; tibiis 

 modice arcuatis ; trochanteribus apice oblique truncatis, extus acuminatis. 



Long. 5 lin. rf . 













Hab. Mexico, Vera Cruz (Salle) 



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STENOMORPHUS. 



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Stenomorphus, Dejean, Sp. Gen. Col. v. p. 696 (1831) ; Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ix. 1881, 



p. 180. 









Agaosoma, Menetries, Bull. Ac. Petrop. 1844, ii. p. 63 









The affinities of this, at first sight, apparently anomalous genus have been 





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the affinity it has also with those genera, and thus avoided placing them in distinct 





The genus is peculiar to America, but does not seem to occur north of California or 

 south of Colombia. Three feebly differentiated species have been described. 















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