1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 451 



cent ; prothorax a little attenuate behind ; basal impressions 

 narrow, shallow, and not punctured ; elytra chestnut brown, oblong, 

 ,a little broader than the prothorax, striate, with the intervals plane ; 

 under side piceous black. Length 6-7 mm. ; width 2f-3 mm. 

 Hab. Cape Colony (exact locality unknown), Zambezia. 



Harpalus phceopterus. 



Dark chestnut-brown, with a faint metallic tinge in the median 

 part of the prothorax ; antennae, palpi and legs light brown ; head 

 and prothorax smooth, the outer sides of the latter part not quite so 

 much attenuate behind as in H. fiisco-mneus, and although the dis- 

 coidal part is darker brown than the margins and has a faint metallic 

 tinge, it is neither so dark nor so metallic ; basal impressions shallow 

 and subaciculate ; elytra elongate, not broader than the prothorax, 

 striate, with the intervals a little convex, the puncture on the third 

 interval distinct ; under side fuscous brown. Length 7-7f mm. ; 

 width 2f-3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Griqualand West). 



Harpalus fulvipennis, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1846, iv., p. 789. 



Head, prothorax, and under side piceous black, the antennae 

 infuscate, with the exception of the three basal joints which are 

 flavescent, like the palpi, legs very light brown, elytra also very 

 light brown with a sutural and an outer marginal narrow black band ; 

 head and prothorax very smooth, the latter without any flavescent 

 edging, the basal impressions narrow, shallow, and subpunctulate ; 

 elytra elongate, not broader than the prothorax, striate, with the 

 intervals plane, and the puncture of the elytra altogether indistinct ; 

 the sutural black band extends on each side as far as the first stria, 

 while the lateral one is confined to the outer margin. I do not know 

 the male. Length 6 J- mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Natal (Frere). 



Harpalus sub^neus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 216. 



Head and prothorax black with an aeneous tinge ; elytra piceous 

 or piceous red with a greenish sheen ; antennae and legs flavescent ; 

 prothorax slightly sinuate behind, basal impressions shallow, mode- 

 rately broad and aciculate ; elytra oblong, striate, intervals plane, the 

 puncture on the third interval very distinct. Length 7 mm. ; width 

 3 mm. 



Hab. Natal (D'Urban). 



Larger than H. nanus, and less metallic. 



