COLEOPPERA. 7 



Similar in size, form, and colour to the European Jff. calceatus ; convex, posterior part of 

 elytra most so. Colour in the <? deep shining black above and beneath, in the ? the elytra 

 opaque. The legs are more or less piceous, especially the tarsi. The antennae and the palpi 

 are pitchy-black, the joints in all tipped with dull rufous. The thorax is very moderately 

 rounded anteriorly, and gradually and slightly narrowed behind to the base, the hind angles 

 being not quite rectangular and obtuse at their apices. The base on each side is very faintly 

 roughened and not distinctly punctured, and the fovea is rather distinct and linear. 

 Terminal spur of the anterior tibiae lanceolate-acute, simple. 



Sab. Sind Valley. Murree. Near Leh. 



23. HAKPALTIS TTTRCUITTS. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1878, p. 714. 



Oblongus, niger, <? nitidus, ? sericinitens, antennis articulo primo rufo, palpis apice 

 flavis : capite modice angusto,lcevi : thorace quadrato, antice prope angulos rotundato-angustato 

 postice lateribus exacte parallelis, elytris multo angustiori, angulis posticis rectis, supra im. 

 punctato : elytris utroque sexu apice fortiter subrecte sinuatis, supra subtiliter striatis, intersti- 

 tiis planis, tertio unipunctato : metasterno grosse sparsim punctato. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Very similar in colour in both sexes to JET. liodes ; but differing in the smaller size, 

 narrow thorax, and strongly-sinuated apices of the elytra. The head is not notably wide, 

 the eyes are only slightly projecting, and the forehead is remarkably even and smooth. The 

 antennge reach the base of the thorax ; they are black and have the basal article constantly 

 red. The thorax is parallel-sided from the base to the middle ; it is then gently arcuated 

 and nearer the head much narrowed. The elytra have the same silky gloss, plane interstices, 

 and fine strise as H. liodes. Terminal spur of anterior tibiae long, curved, lanceolate. 



Hob. No locality. Probably near Yarkand. 



24. HARPALTJS JAPONICUS. 



Morawitz, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. v. 1863, 327. 



Hub. Murree. Many examples differing in no material respect from those of China, 

 Japan, and Formosa. 



25. HAEPALTJS ? 

 A single specimen ? ; indeterminable. 



26. HARPALTTS INDICOLA. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 714. 



El ngato-oblongus, angustior, nigerrimus, $ magis, ? minus, nitidus, palpis et antennis 

 fulms : thorace quadrato, lateribus leniter arcuatis, postice longe et modice angustato, angulis 

 posticis paullo obtusis ; basi toto subsparsim punctato et paulo rugoso, fovea utrinque obliqua : 

 elytris convexis, apice modice sinuatis, supra striatis ($fortius), interstitiis vix convexis, tertio 

 puncto conspicue impresso ; $ternis et ventro lateribus grosse haud profunde punctatis. 



Long. 5 lin. 



