HARPALIN^; . 85 



as in pennsylvanicus throughout but with straighten sides and flatter 

 surface, the strong scattered lateral punctuation similar, fully two- 

 thirds longer than wide; hind tarsi distinctly punctulate and sparsely 

 pubescent above, the basal joint (cf ) almost as long as the next two 

 and very much longer than the fifth. Length (cf) 15.5 mm.; width 

 5.5 mm. A single example unlabeled in the Levette collection. 



thoracinus n. sp. 



13 Prothorax very long, barely a fourth wider than long. Body un- 

 usually elongate and rather feebly convex, piceous-black, rufous 

 beneath, the legs pale flavo-testaceous; head relatively large, two- 

 thirds as wide as the prothorax, the eyes moderate, the foveae very 

 small, linear, not lying in depressions ; antennae unusually long, slender, ' 

 nearly as in thoracinus; prothorax having evenly and moderately 

 rounded sides, which gradually converge more anteriorly, the apex 

 much narrower than the base, which is as in the preceding, the angles 

 only slightly obtuse but unusually rounded; surface rather depressed, 

 almost as in the preceding throughout, except that the median stria 

 is very fine and the punctate lateral gutter becomes more thoroughly 

 lost in the greater flattening before basal fourth; elytra three-fifths 

 longer than wide, about a fifth wider than the prothorax, the parallel 

 sides broadly arcuate, the oblique sinus very long, feeble, the surface 

 nearly as in pennsylvanicus but less convex and with the rather 

 strong, irregularly scattered punctures much more numerous, sparser 

 internally but traceable to some extent as far as the suture; intervals 

 more convex; hind tarsi (cf ) very long, distinctly, though not densely 

 punctulate and pubescent above, barely visibly shorter than the 

 tibiae, the second joint distinctly longer than the fifth. Length 

 (c?) 16.0 mm.; width 5.6 mm. Missouri (St Louis). One specimen. 



protractus n. sp. 



Prothorax transverse, never less than about a third wider than long. . 14 

 14 Body oblong-oval, elongate, rather strongly convex, black above, 

 piceous-black beneath, the legs pale testaceous, shining, the elytra 

 (9) distinctly duller; head moderately large, generally a little 

 larger in the female, the eyes moderate, the slender antennae not 

 quite so long as in the two preceding; prothorax rounded at the sides, 

 more converging anteriorly, the apex much narrower than the 

 base, which differs from the preceding in having the marginal bead 

 interrupted or nearly so medially as a rule and vanishing laterally 

 or barely traceable, the angles distinctly rounded, slightly obtuse; 

 surface rather convex, the coarsely reflexed margins and large 

 flattened latero-basal regions strongly and confusedly punctate 

 or subrugulose, the foveae large, only moderately shallow; elytra 

 one-half to three-fifths longer than wide, slightly wider than the 

 prothorax, obtusely ogival at tip, the sinus feeble; surface rather 

 convex, with somewhat fine but well impressed striae, the scutellar 

 long and free; intervals feebly convex, having some feeble and 

 sparsely scattered, irregularly but often sublinearly disposed punc- 

 tures, in about outer half and a little less developed in the male than 

 in the female; legs much less elongate than in protractus but with 

 the hind tarsi (cf ) barely visibly shorter than the tibiae, the hairs 



