Gcodcphagous Coleoptera of Japan. 263 
base (to one-third the thoracic surfacev) is thickly and 
rugosely punctulated ; a raised rim extends uniibrmly 
along the basal margin. The elytra are convex, and 
suddenly declivous at the apex ; the stria3 are very deep ; 
the 3rd interstice has a setiferous puncture ; the lateral 
interstices are more distinctly coriaceous and opake than 
the dorsal. The legs are short and stout ; the basal joint 
of the hind tarsi is not larger than the 2nd ; the anterior 
tibire are much dilated externally. 
H. chalcentus, n. sp. 
Elongato-oblongus, suprii viridi vel cupreo-reneus, poli- 
tus, feminro elytris cupreis sericeo-opacis ; palpis antennis- 
que piceo-rufis, pedibus piceis ; capite impimctato ; thorace 
quadrato lateribus antice perparum rotundato, antice angus- 
tato, ]30stice vix angustato angulis posticis subrectis, basi 
late et lateribus anguste crebre punctatis ; elytris apice 
parum sinuatis, for titer striatis, interstitiis subplanis im- 
punctatis, 3'" puncto setifero unico. 
Long. 5i— 6ilin. ^$. 
Hiogo ; Nagasaki. Also Korea and Kiu-Kiang on the 
Yang-tsze, China. 
Differs from the European metallic Harpali by its 
more elongate shape, and by the metallic colouring of the 
$, Avhich differs only from the $ in the elytra being 
silky-o])ake, cupreous. The thorax is very slightly rotun- 
date, dilated anteriorly, and only very slightly narrowed 
(without sinuation) behind ; the hind angles are nearly 
rectangular, though rounded at their apices; in front the 
thorax is narrowed to the anterior angles ; the lateral rim 
is separate from the disk by a shallow groove, thickly 
punctured and subrugose like the whole of the base. The 
elytra are elongate-oblong, deeply striated, highly-polished 
and smooth in the 2 with slightly convex interstices; 
silky-opake in the 2, with flat interstices. The apical 
sinuation is broad and shallow. The legs are shining 
pitchy-black, with the anterior tarsi redder ; the antennae 
and palpi are tawny-red. In colour the head and thorax 
are generally greener than the elytra. 
Apparently allied to H. erosus, Dej., of Siberia, which 
is at once distinguished by the deep apical emargination 
of the elytra. 
H. tinctulus, n. sp. 
H. limhato (Dufts.) proximo afhnis, at multo minor 
elytrisque cyaneo-tinctis. Parvus, piceo-niger, elytris $ 
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