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shorter and less slender, pale brown, the two basal joints pale tes- 

 taceous, the trophi testaceous; prothorax three-fifths wider than long, 

 the sides moderately rounded anteriorly, very feebly converging and 

 straighter in basal half, rather finely but strongly, evenly reflexed 

 throughout; apex very feebly sinuate, distinctly narrower than the 

 transverse, broadly and feebly bisinuate base, the flattened bead of 

 which becomes finer laterally, the angles slightly more than right 

 and distinctly though not very broadly rounded; surface impunctate, 

 the foveee large and broadly impressed, evident but shallow and 

 impunctate; stria fine, distinct and subentire; elytra more than 

 two-fifths longer than wide, slightly though evidently wider than 

 the prothorax, ogival at apex, the sides parallel and broadly arcuate, 

 the apices rounding, with indistinct or vestigial sinus, the tips not so 

 acute as in the preceding, the surface finely, suffusedly punctate 

 and minutely pubescent along the entire sides from base to apex; 

 striae fine, the intervals flat; abdomen minutely, sparsely punctulate 

 and pubescent throughout; legs more slender than in pyritosus, the 

 tibiae with external setae only in apical half. Length (cf 9 ) 7.0-8.8 

 mm.; width 2.9-3.4 nim. Gulf states. [Harpalus stigmosus Germ, 

 and S. impressiis Dej.] palliatus Fabr. 



Form still narrower, smaller in size and similar in coloration and lustre, 

 the elytral foveae not quite so large and rather less numerous; head 

 nearly two-thirds as wide as the prothorax, with prominent moderate 

 eyes and small but deep, punctiform foveae, the antennae nearly 

 similar; prothorax not quite so transverse, hardly one-half wider 

 than long, nearly similar in form but with the sides basally more 

 convergent, the angles being more obtuse though less rounded; base 

 transverse, not evidently bisinuate and with the bead not evidently 

 finer laterally, abruptly interrupted at the middle; apex sinuato- 

 truncate, but little narrower than the base, the foveae and reflexed 

 edges nearly similar; elytra nearly similar throughout, the suture 

 and edges posteriorly similarly testaceous; abdomen with the fine 

 sparse punctulation broadly obsolete along the middle as a rule. 

 Length (cf 9 ) 6.5-7.7 rnm.; width 2.4-2.9 mm. Arizona (probably 

 southern). Five examples famulus n. sp. 



5 Oblong, stouter and a little more convex than in palliatus, the colora- 

 tion similar throughout, except that the metallic lustre of the upper 

 surface is more obscure and bronzy; head nearly similar but with 

 rather more prominent eyes and with the foveae prolonged in fine 

 longitudinal furrows; prothorax as in palliatus throughout and with 

 similar scattered punctures along the basal margin laterally but not 

 quite so short, one-half wider than long; elytra similar but rather 

 more elongate, almost one-half longer than wide, the striae similarly 

 very fine but with the foveae of the three series having scarcely one- 

 half the diameter and much less impressed; abdominal punctulation 

 less fine, the punctures at the sides of the metasternum coarser and 

 more numerous. Length (9) 8.0 mm.; width 3.5 mm. Texas 

 (Austin). [Harpalus Icesus Lee.] laesus Lee. 



6 Prothorax subparallel, not oblique at the sides posteriorly, the apex 



