June-Sept., 1919.] NOTMAN : CaRAEID.E. 235 



wide as the thorax at apex, wider than long, three fifths as wide as the thorax ; 

 eyes rather small, but convex and prominent ; frontal impressions very small, 

 perforate punctate, in contact with the clypeal suture which is slightly incurved 

 either side; mentum tooth short with broadly rounded apex; antennae short 

 and slender, not reaching the base of the thorax. Thorax rather large, two 

 fifths wider than long, widest in front of the middle, scarcely narrower than 

 the elytra, base slightly wider than the apex ; sides strongly rounded in front, 

 nearly straight and distinctly convergent behind to the rather narrowly rounded 

 posterior angles ; apex distinctly emarginate, anterior angles rather broadly 

 rounded ; base very distinctly and broadly emarginate, posterior angles dis- 

 tinctly inclined backwards; disk moderately and evenly convex from side to 

 side ; transverse impressions sub-obsolete ; marginal gutter narrow and even 

 in width throughout; basal foveae linear and deep, slightly impressed with a 

 few coarse punctures, area between the fovea? and the angles convex and im- 

 punctate; marginal gutter with an irregular row of coarse punctures extending 

 nearly to the middle ; basal margin interrupted at the middle. Elytra slightly 

 wider than the thorax at base and twice as long, one half longer than wide ; 

 sides very broadly and evenly rounded to apical one fourth, thence strongly 

 rounded and oblique to apex, sinuation very feeble ; striae, strong, deep ; inter- 

 vals convex, impunctate, a puncture on the second stria at apical third. Ac- 

 cessory abdominal setae absent ; abdomen punctured between the coxae. Length, 

 9.25 mm.; width, 3 mm. 2 £. 



Col. (Collection C. W. Leng.) 



This species is closely allied to spadiceus Dej. It may be distin- 

 guished by its broader thorax with base emarginate and the basal 

 margin interrupted at the middle. It seems also closely allied to 

 ccquabilis Csy. (Mem. Col., V, p. 100) , one of several grouped to- 

 gether by a short broadly rounded mentum tooth, also found in spa- 

 diceus Dej. The proportions are similar but certain features of the 

 thorax are not in accord — the marginal gutter even in width through- 

 out, basal angular are moderately convex and impunctate and the 

 conformation of the base. The row of coarse punctures in the mar- 

 ginal gutter could scarcely be overlooked and none is mentioned in 

 ccquabilis. 



Harpalus cordifer new species. 



Form oblong, elongate. Color black, shining (£), slightly alutaceous ($), 

 elytra dark piceous, epipleurae and margins paler ; palpi, antennae and legs dark 

 rufous, tarsi darker. Head wider than the thorax at apex, wider than long, 

 four fifths the width of the thorax; frontal foveae punctiform, deep, broadly 

 impressed ; clypeal suture very distinct connecting the foveae, but indistinct 

 between the latter and the margins of the head ; eyes rather small but promi- 

 nent ; mentum with a narrow, acutely pointed tooth; antennae surpassing the 



