8 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



Smaller and narrower than H. melaneus ; head also much smaller or narrower. In form it 

 approaches the European H. tenebrosus (Dej.), but the thorax is different in shape, the 

 sides being more arcuated and contracted gradually behind to the base which they join at an 

 obtuse angle. The colour is the same as in H. melancus, except that the antennae and palpi 

 are reddish-tawny ; but this is liable to variation. The elytral striae are sharply impressed, 

 and become deeper at the apex. The terminal spur of the anterior tibiae is moderately long, 

 with the basal half dilated but not dentate. 



Sab. Murree. 



27. HARPALUS MASOREOIDES. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 715. 



Parvus, niger subsericeus, Icsms, partibus oris antennisque flavo-testaceis, pedibus magis 

 rufescentibus : thorace transverso, elytris mx angustiori, antice gradatim paulhilum angustato, 

 angulis posticis rotundatis, Icevi, foveola basali utrinque ollonga, marginibus rufescentibus ; 

 elytris oblongis, apice late obtusis leniter sinuatis, supra striatis, striis minutissime punctulatis, 

 interstitiis mx convexis, marginibus rejlexis et epipleuris piceorufis : menti dente triangulari, 

 acuto. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



The obtuse-angled thorax and apex of elytra, with the general form and smoothness, give 

 this little species the appearance of a Masoreus. The head is small, obtuse, smooth, and 

 polished ; the eyes very slightly prominent ; the frontal fovea is round and well-defined. The 

 antennae are rather longer than the head and thorax taken together ; they are yellow, with 

 more or less dusky on their pubescent joints. The spur of the anterior tibise is obtusely 

 lanceolate, not dilated ; the external angle of the apex of the tibiae has three short and very 

 stout, obtuse spines. 



'Rob. Pamir Steppe, between Sirikol and Panga. 



28. HARPALUS LIODES. 



Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 716. 



Ovatus, latus, modice convexus, niger, $ serici-nitens, $ serici-opacus, antennis palpisque 

 piceo-rufis, illis nigromaculatis, tarsis piceo-rufis : capite lato, Icevigato, oculis minus promi- 

 nulis ; thorace valde transverso, antice angustato, postice multo latiori, angulis posticis rectis, 

 fere impunctato : elytris ovads, apice paullulum sinuatis, supra sultiliter striatis, interstitiis 

 plants, tertio minute unipunctato : tibiis intermediis utroque sexu arcuatis. 



Long. 6 5J lin. 



Resembles much large species of the genus Amara. Thorax shorter in relation to the 

 width than in H. brevicornis (Germ.), or any other species of the genus known to me. The 

 head is broad and the forehead flattened and smooth. The thorax is narrower at the apex 

 than at the base ; but the sides from the slightly dilated anterior part are slightly rounded, 

 or nearly parallel to the hind angles, which latter are rectangular but blunt at their apex ; 

 the disc is obscurely wrinkled and there are a very few punctures in the shallow basal foveae ; 

 otherwise the surface is impunctate. The antennse are short and far from reaching the base 



