HARPALIN^E 183 



Body nearly similar in form but rather less stout and evidently smaller 

 in size; head with slightly elongate perforato-punctiform foveae, the 

 antennae nearly as in harrisi, the eyes not so convex; prothorax 

 similar, except that the sides are not so widely or so definitely de- 

 planate and with the punctures finer and obsolescent, the foveae 

 variable, always feebly impressed and moderately punctate but 

 narrow to very broad in form; elytra similar but with the very 

 minute sparse punctulation somewhat less completely obsolete, 

 though barely glimpsible; intervals similarly much more convex 

 as well as more polished in the male than in the female. Length 

 (d 71 9 ) 9.4-11.0 mm.; width 3.7-4.3 mm. Long Island to Virginia 

 and westward to Indiana. [A. laticollis Kirby, punctulatns Kirby 

 and Harpalus opacus Csy.] One example has three well developed 



setigerous foveae at each side of the epistoma nigerrimus Dej. 



7 Epistoma with two to three setigerous punctures at each angle 8 



Epistoma with a single setigerous puncture at each angle 9 



8 Body larger and much stouter than in either of the preceding, very 

 strongly convex, the elytra polished and with very fine sparse punc- 

 tules in both sexes; head with prominent eyes, the foveae small, 

 anteriorly angulate and deeper; antennae as in the preceding; pro- 

 thorax fully one-half wider than long, subparallel, the sides rounded 

 anteriorly, straighter basally, the apex rather deeply sinuate and 

 evidently narrower than the base; surface steeply declivous to the 

 very coarse concavo-explanate, closely and strongly punctured 

 reflexed margin, which broadens but little basally, where it is still 

 concave and separated from the large and moderately deep, closely 

 punctured foveae by a rather strongly convex and similarly punctured 

 area; stria fine but distinct, subentire, stronger basally; elytra 

 perfectly similar in the sexes and slightly wider than the prothorax, 

 though relatively a little broader in the female, nearly one-half 

 longer than wide, bioadly, feebly arcuate at the sides and obtuse at 

 apex, the sinus rather deep and distinct, not very long, the striae 

 moderately fine, very deeply impressed, the scutellar long as usual; 

 all the intervals very conspicuously convex; hind tarsi with the 

 basal joint but little longer than the next two combined, distinctly 

 longer than the fifth as usual, subglabrous above. Length (cf 9 ) 

 12. o-i2. 8 mm.; width 4.9-5.35 mm. New York and New Jersey. 



[A. agricola Lee. nee Say] melanopus Hald. 



Body much smaller and narrower in form, the eyes relatively larger, 

 prominent, the foveae somewhat elongate, deep; antennae as usual, 

 blackish with testaceous and blackish basal joint; prothorax scarcely 

 more than two-fifths wider than long, parallel, with the sides sub- 

 evenly and very moderately arcuate, the apex rather deeply sinuate 

 and generally but very slightly narrower than the base; surface 

 steeply declivous to the very coarse and concavo-explanate, closely 

 punctate reflexed sides, which are nearly flat and only a little wider 

 basally, the latero-basal parts as in melanopus, except that the 

 densely punctate convexity, separating the very large shallow and 

 conspicuously punctured foveae from the sides, is narrower; stria 

 subentire, unusually deep and broadly impressed throughout; 



