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lines longitudinally rectilinear, profoundly indented ; elytra, striae 

 punctured, interstitial lines convex, in some liglits a faint perla- 

 ceous gloss ; pectus and postpectus impunctured ; feet rufous. 



Resembles Harpalus ochrojiezus, but is decidedly not of [59] 

 that genus. It corresponds with the genus Argutor of Bonelli- 



[Belongs to Loxandrus Lee, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 

 2d ser. 2, 250; afterwards described as Feronia lucidula Dej., 

 Pogonus rectus Say, and Megaloatylus laticollis Chaud. — Lec] 



43. F. HYPOLITHOS. — Apterous, black, glabrous; feet rufous; 

 striae of the elytra punctured. 



Length more than eleven-twentieths of an inch. 



Antennae dark piceous ; palpi rufo-piceous ; thorax narrowed 

 behind, dorsal line deeply impressed, surface obsoletely trans- 

 versely wrinkled, basal lines dilated, distinctly indented, angles 

 obtusely rounded, lateral edge regularly arquated ; elytra, striae 

 not deeply impressed, irregularly punctured ; thighs and coxae 

 rufous ; tibiae and tarsi dark rufous. 



This species seems to belong to the genus Ptcrostichus of 

 Bonelli, and it may be distinguished from those which we have 

 mentioned to be referable to that genus by the color of its feet. 



[A Platyims afterwards described as P. eri/thropusDey — Lec] 



ABAX Bonell. 



Anterior tibiae emarginate ; antennae moniliform ; elytra entire, 

 united; wings none; labium with the intermediate tooth obtuse 

 or truncated ; thorax large, transversely quadrate, basal angles 

 each with two abbreviated striae ; anterior tarsi of the male with 

 three dilated joints. 



A. CORACINUS. — Black, beneath piceous-black ; elytra striate^ 

 a line of marginal ocellate punctures. 



Length three-fifths of an inch. 



Carahus coracinus Melsh. Catal. 



Body beneath piceous-black ; head black ; a deeply impressed, 

 acute, transverse line between the bases of the antennae, equally 

 distinct with the [60] articulation of the labrum ; eyes promi- 

 nent; labrum deep piceous; antennas hairy, brown, piceous and 

 glabrous at base, somewhat shorter than the thorax; thorax 

 black, somewhat transverse-quadrate, anterior and posterior 



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