1896.] of the Coleoi)tera of South Africa. 449 



black ; head and prothorax alike ; elytra oblong ; third interval with 

 a well-defined puncture. Length 10-12 mm. ; width 4-5 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Worcester, Stellenbosch, Fraser- 

 burg, Griqualand East), Natal (Escourt, Frere), Transvaal (Limpopo 

 Eiver, Pretoria). 



The examples from Natal are larger than those from the Cape 

 Colony ; and H. testaceus is an immature specimen. 



Harp ALUS capicola, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., iv., p. 309. 



Black, with the palpi, antennae, and tarsi rufescent ; legs piceous 

 black ; prothorax as in the preceding species, the outer rufescent 

 narrow margin hardly distinct, the lateral basal impressions very 

 shallow ; elytra elongate, or slightly oblong, striate, wath the intervals 

 hardly convex, but not plane ; under side piceous. Length 9^- 

 10 mm. ; width 3|- mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Worcester). 



Harp ALUS spurius. 



Black, with the palpi, antennae, and legs flavescent ; head smooth ; 

 prothorax a little more attenuate diagonally from the lateral seta 

 to the posterior angle than in the preceding species, lateral basal 

 depressions narrow and deep ; elytra oblong, striate, intervals a 

 little convex, no wings under the elytra ; under side piceous black. 

 Length 8 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Natal (D'Urban). 



Female unknown. 



Harpalus congener. 



Closely allied to H. sjMrius, and also wingless ; black on the head 

 and prothorax ; palpi and antennae flavescent ; legs piceous black, 

 with the tarsi and the knees rufescent ; prothorax a little more 

 attenuate at the base than in the preceding species, but not quite 

 so much as in H. spicrius ; lateral basal impressions broad and 

 shallow ; elytra oblong, piceous, striate, with the intervals a little 

 convex. Length 8 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (no exact locality). 



Harpalus spretus. 



Intensely black on the upper and under side ; antennae rufescent ; 

 prothorax a little attenuate behind, depressions moderately deep and 

 broad, faintly punctulate, margins not edged with red ; elytra elon- 

 gate, not broader than the prothorax, subparallel, striate, intervals 

 convex, but not high, no wings under the elytra ; legs piceous 

 black, tarsi rufescent. Length 8 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Natal (Maritzburg), Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



