58 DESCRIPTION OP INSECTS 



fore the mid lie, hind an^\e? slig;htly projecting, the edge 

 not exciirved, base impunctined, dorsal line obsolete, basal 

 lines vvantinj*;. 



Elytra, strise obsolete or slightly impressed, impunctured. 



Feet black-piceous ; tibia rather lighter. 



Seems to belong to the genus Argiitor. 



41. F. *punctiforims black ; thorax rounded behind, basal 

 lines punctiform ; elytral strife punctured. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



Body black, glabrous. 



Antennw brown, piceous at base ; palpi blackish. 



Thorax, lateral curve regularly rounded, posterior angles 

 very obtusely rounded, dorsal line obsolete, basal lines 

 each in the form of a dilated puncture, base impunctured. 



Elytra, strife slightly punctured, interstitial lines depressed, 

 third one with three remote punctures. 



Pectus and postpectus impunctured. 



Feet black ; tibia and tarsi blackish-piceous. 



Probably referable to the genus Jlrgutor. 



42. F. *recta [)\ceous.h\ack ; antennpe, palpi, and feet rufous; 

 thoracic impressed lines very distinct, posterior angles 

 rounded. 



Le?igth rather less than three-fifths of an inch. 



Body piceous-l)lack, glabrous, beneath rather paler. 

 . Jlntennte brownish, base and palpi rufous ; labrum piceous. 



Thorax as broad as the elytra, edge regularly curved, pos- 

 terior angles abruptly rounded, base impunctured, dorsal 

 line very distinct, basal lines longitudinally rectilinear, pro- 

 foundly indented. 



Elytra, strife punctured, interstitial lines convex, in some 

 liglits a faint pearlaceous gloss. 



Pectus and postpectns impunctured ; feet rufous. 



Resembles Harpalus ochropezus, but is decidedly not of 



