1896.] of the Coleoptcra of South Africa. 445 



an immature form, but I have captured and received numerous 

 examples at different times of the year, and always of a uniform 

 colour. 



Harpalus dorsiger, Klug, 

 Monatsb. Berl. Ac, 1853, p. 249 ; Peters' Eeis. n. Mossamb., 1862, 



p. 171, pL 10, fig. 5. 



Testaceous yellow on the upper and under sides ; palpi, antennae, 

 and legs fiavescent ; elytra infuscate from base to apex and from the 

 suture to the fourth stria ; head smooth ; prothorax much broader 

 than the head, very slightly ampliate from the anterior angle to the 

 median part, and sinuate from there to the posterior angle which is 

 sharp, smooth in the anterior part but finely aciculate in the 

 posterior part ; elytra oblongo-ovate, broader past the middle than 

 the prothorax, narrowly striate, with the intervals plane, the punc- 

 ture on the third interval absent. Length 9-10 mm. ; width 

 4-4|- mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



Harpalus defector. 



Black, shining, the two basal joints of the antennge and the base 

 of the third reddish, the other joints infuscate ; palpi and tibiae 

 reddish, apex of tibiae and femora piceous red ; head smooth ; pro- 

 thorax sinuate behind above the posterior angle, w^hich is well 

 defined, basal impressions narrow and distinctly punctured ; elytra 

 elongate, suboblong, striate, with the intervals plane ; under side 

 piceous. Length 7 mm. ; width 2J mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Worcester). 



Harpalus errans. 



Piceous red, with the elytra rufous brown; palpi, antennae, and 

 legs rufescent ; in shape and size it is very much like H. cajncola, 

 but it is at once distinguished by the shape of the outer sides of the 

 prothorax, which are much more deeply sinuate behind, and the 

 posterior angle is much more sharp. Length 11 mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Middle Limpopo Eiver). 



I have seen the female only of this species. 



Harpalus dubius, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 208. 



Piceous on the upper part, reddish brown underneath; antennae, 

 palpi, and legs fiavescent ; head and prothorax smooth, the latter 

 with a very narrow rufescent outer margin, the outer sides very 

 slightly attenuate in the anterior part, and nearly parallel from there 

 to the posterior angle, which is well defined although not acute, 



