382 Al'l'KKOIX. 



Page 157. Sp. 49 c Harpai.us teiiebrosus. De Jtan, Col. v. iv. j). 35H. — 

 Curtis, Jul. 458. — Oblojig'us supra nigra subcijuneus, ihorace postice ittrinque 

 suhfoveolaio, j'oveis j)unctatis, elijtris striatis ; antcimaruni basi tarsisque rufis. 

 (Long. corp. 5 liii.) 



01)long ; above of a glossy bluish-black : thorax subquadrate, a little narrowed 

 in front, the posterior angles straight; behind on each side slightly 

 foveolated, the foveEe punctured : elytra striated, with an impression on the 

 third interstice; antennie at the base and the tarsi red. 



Found on the coast of Sussex and in the Isle of Wight. 



Genus 56 a. PANGUS, De Jean. 



Palpi short, terminal joint somewhat ovate-truncate; mandibles dissimilar, 

 left acute, simple at the apex, right bifiid ; labrum transverse, rounded in 

 front. Antenna; short and filiform, the basal joint longest: head broad: 

 thorax broad in front, much narrowed behind, and the angles slightly 

 rounded; the base straight : elytra broad, a little remote from the thorax, 

 and slightly waved at the base ; legs short, furnished with long cilia ; four 

 anterior tarsi of the males with four dilated joints. 



This genus embraces Harpalus scaritides, page 154. 



Genus 56 b. ANISODACTYLUS, De Jea«. 



Palpi with the terminal joint elongate, slightly ovate, nearly cylindinc, and 

 truncate; labrum transverse, subquadrate ; mandibles curved, obtuse; 

 mentum, emarginate, the notch simple. Antennce rather short and filiform ; 

 head more or less rounded, narrowed behind; thorax somewhat quadrate, or 

 trapezoid; body oblong; elytra somewhat ovate, rather deeply striated; legs 

 short; males with the four anterior tarsi strongly, but unequally, dilated, 

 the basal joint being smallest, and the fourth largest and somewhat heart- 

 shaped. 



In this genus are embraced Harpali poeciloides, cyaneus, binotatus, and spur- 

 caticornis, pages 153, 154, 157, and 158. 



Genus 56 c. ACTEPHILUS, Steph. {Aktij litus, 0t\oc amicus.) 

 Palpi short, terminal joint longest, rather acute, very slightly truncate ; labrum 

 quadrate, entire ; mandilJes short, rather acute ; mentuin emarginate in 

 front, with a slight lobe in the centre of the notch. Antennce short, the 

 second joint very short, third longest, apical one ovate ; head broad ; eyes 

 prominent ; thorax transverse, the angles rounded ; elytra rather broad and 

 short ; legs short, anterior stout and simple ; intermediate and posterior 

 with ciliated tibiae ; four anterior tarsi of the males with four nearly equally 

 dilated joints. 

 This genus corresponds with my section A. a. 3.**, and contains Harpali 

 vernalis and pumilus, both of which frequent sandy maritime districts : 

 — the last species has been often taken since the foregoing account was 

 published. 



