194 Mr. Curtis’s Descriptions of 
This has a good deal the habit of an Agonum, and is nearly allied to the 
following, which seems, however, to have a narrower thorax. Lieut. Graves 
found it not uncommon at Port Famine in January, February, and March. 
21. ANTARCTIA LATIGASTRICA. Esch. 
From Port Famine. 
*22, SELENOPHORUS VARIABILIS. Curt. 
Niger, supra violaceus vel viridis, minutè punctulatus ; labri margine, palpis 
tarsorumque apicibus ferrugineis ; thorace subquadrato, angulis posticis 
rotundatis, foveis binis; elytris profundè striatis, interstitiis convexis. 
Length 6, breadth 22 lines. 
Black shining, opalescent-violaceous, sometimes green above, irregularly 
pitted : antenne brown, base piceous: margins of labrum, palpi, and tips 
of farsi ferruginous : head broad, 2 impressions between the eyes. Thorax 
broad and depressed, a channel on the disc, two long foveæ near the an- 
gles, which are rounded, the base being convex on each side and straight 
in the middle. /ytra broad, more than twice the length of the thorax, 
deeply striated, the interstices convex, an oblique broken stria at the base 
between the Ist and 2nd; apex slightly emarginate, with a line of strong 
punctures and a few at the base near the costa. i 
From St. Paul's. I have also a specimen from Brazil which was green 
above, but on being made damp in order to relax it, it became nearly black. 
It has somewhat the habit of Pacilus cupreus. 
*93. HaRPALUS LEVIs. Curt. 
Levis, niger; palpis antennisque fulvis; pedibus piceis; thorace anticé pau- 
lulüm angustato, angulis rotundatis, foveis simplicibus; elytris tenui- 
tér striatis. i | 
Length 42, breadth 13 lines. 
Smooth shining black; palpi and antenne ferruginous; legs pitchy ; thorax 
slightly transverse-quadrate, a little narrowed anteriorly, angles rounded, 
foveæ simple, elytra finely striated, 1st stria furcate at the base; a punc- 
