194 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions of 



Tliis lias a good deal the habit of an Jgomim, and is nearly allied to the 

 following, which seems, however, to have a narrower thorax. Lieut. Graves 

 found it not uncommon at Port Famine in January, February, and March. 



21. Antarctia latigastrica. Esch. 

 From Port Famine. 



*22. Selenophorus variabilis. Curt. 



Niger, supra violaceus vel viridis, minute punctulatus ; labri margine, palpis 

 tarsorumque apicibiis ferrugineis ; thorace subquadrato, angulis posticis 

 rotundatis, foveis binis ; elytris profunde striatis, interstitiis convexis. 



Length 6, breadth 2| lines. 



Black sliining, opalescent-violaceous, sometimes green above, irregularly 

 pitted : antennce brown, base piceous : margins of labrum, palpi, and tips 

 of tarsi ferruginous : /lead broad, 2 impressions between the eyes. Thorax 

 broad and depressed, a channel on the disc, two long foveœ near tlie an- 

 gles, wliich are rounded, the base being convex on each side and straight 

 in the middle. Eli/tra broad, more than twice the length of the thorax, 

 deeply striated, the interstices convex, an oblique broken stria at the base 

 between the 1st and 2ml ; apex slightly emarginate, with a line of strong 

 punctures and a few at the base near the costa. 



From 8t. Paul's. I have also a specimen from Brazil which was green 

 above, but on being made damp in order to relax it, it became nearly black. 

 It has somewhat the liabit of Pœcilus capreas. 



*23. Harpalus L.EVIS. Cart. 



Loevis, niger ; palpis antennisque fulvis ; pedibus piceis ; tliorace anticè pau- 

 lulimi angustato, angulis rotundatis, foveis simplicibus ; elytris tenui- 

 ter striatis. 



Length 4^, breadth If lines. 



Smooth shining black ; jjalpi and antenna' ferruginous ; legs pitchy ; thorax 

 slightly transverse-quadrate, a little narrowed anteriorly, angles rounded, 

 foveee simple, elytra finely striated, 1st stria furcate at the base ; a punc- 



