194 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions of 



This has a good deal the habit of an Agonum, 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. 



2 1 . Antarctia latigastrica. Esch. 

 From Port Famine. 



*22. Selenophorus variabilis. Curt. 



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

 tarsorumque apicibus ferrugineis ; thorace subquadrato, angulis posticis 

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



Length 6, breadth 2| lines. 



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

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

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

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

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

 in the middle. Elytra 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 2nd ; apex slightly emarginate, with a line of strong 

 punctures and a few at the base near the costa. 



From St. 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 habit of Pcecilus cupreus. 



*23. Harpalus LiEvis. Curt. 



Lsevis, niger ; palpis antennisque fulvis ; pedibus piceis ; thorace antic^ pau- 

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

 t^r striatis. 



Length 4|, breadth If lines. 



Smooth shining black ; palpi and antennce ferruginous ; legs pitchy ; thora.v 

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

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



