HARPALID/E. 41 



d Quadrimana. Lat. 



Family HARPALID^E. Harpalidans. 



XX. Genus HARPALUS. Lat. 



(57) 1. * Harpalus pleuriticus. Pleuritic Harpalus. 



H. ( pleuriticus J niger, nitidus ; palpis, antennis, pedibus, prothoracis margine laterali, epipleuraque elytrorum, fulvescenlibus. 

 Pleuritic Harpalus, black, glossy ; palpi, antenna?, legs, lateral margin of the prothorax, and side-covers of the elytra, 

 tawny-yellow. 



Length of the body A\ lines. 



Taken frequently in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black, glossy. Frontal impressions punctiform ; upper-lip piceous, with the lateral and 

 anterior margin paler; palpi and antenna? tawny-yellow; the latter shorter than the prothorax, with 

 all the joints, the scape excepted, which is the longest and thickest, nearly of equal length : 

 prothorax nearly square with all the angles rounded, wider than long; basilar impressions oblong, 

 punctured, each intermediate between the dorsal channel and the margin, which last is tawny-yellow: 

 elytra rather less glossy than the head and thorax, somewhat piceous ; furrows of the elytra impunc- 

 tured ; a single rather obsolete punctiform impression is observable in the second furrow near the 

 apex of the elytrum, which is slightly sinuated; side-covers and legs tawny-yellow. 



This species is related to H. tardus and its affinities, but quite distinct. 



(58) 2. * Harpalus basilaris. Basilar Harpalus. 



H. (basilaris J niger, depressus ; antennis fuscis basi flams ; elytris castaneo-nigris. 



Basilar Harpalus, black, depressed; antenna? dusky-yellow at the base ; elytra chestnut-black. 



Length of the body 4 lines. 



Taken with the preceding and in equal numbers. 



DESCRIPTION. 



This species differs from the preceding, which it nearly resembles, in having the two first joints 

 of antenna? yellow, and the remainder dusky ; in having the prothorax still wider in proportion to 

 its length, with its posterior angles more acute and impunctured, and with narrower basilar impres- 

 sions also without punctures ; its lateral margin is also black and less prominent : the side-covers of 

 the elytra are likewise black : the legs are dark-piceous, with yellowish-red trochanters. In other 

 respects it resembles H. pleuriticus. 



