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NORTHERN ZOOLOGY, 



(63) 7. Harpalus carbonarius. (Say.) Coal-black Harpalus. 



Harpalus carbonarius. Say. Amer. Trans. N. S. ii, 82, 13. 

 Carabus carbonarius. Melsh. Cat. 



Length of the body 6 lines. 



Two specimens taken in Lat. 54°. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body depressed, black, rather glossy. Last joint of the palpi and margin of the upper-lip 

 rufous ; antennae as long as the prothorax, scape rufous with a black spot above : prothorax like 

 that of the preceding species, but more widely depressed, at the posterior angles : elytra without any 

 gloss, slightly furrowed ; furrows impunctured ; two very minute punctiform impressions in the usual 

 situation beyond the middle of the elytrum adjoin the second furrow. The opacity of the elytra is 

 produced by the innumerable granules of their surface, common in this tribe, being more than 

 usually conspicuous. 8 



(64) 8. * Harpalus rotundicollis. Round-necked Harpalus. 



H. (rotundicollis) nigricans, nitidus ,■ palpis apice, antennisque, rufia ,■ prothorace angulis rotundatis postice subfvveato ; elytris 



subsericeis. 

 Round-necked Harpalus, brownish-black, glossy ; antenna; and apex of the palpi rufous ; prothorax with all the angles 



rounded, basilar impressions slight ; elytra with somewhat of a silky lustre. 



Length of the body 5+ lines. 



Two specimens taken. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body brownish, black, glossy, Antennae length of the prothorax, and as well as the tip of the 

 palpi, rufous : prothorax wider than long with rounded angles ; basilar impressions shallow, round, 

 and punctured : the elytra exhibit a silky lustre from the granulations mentioned in the description 

 of the last species ; there is a single punctiform impression in the usual situation nearer the apex ; 

 in this and the following species these organs are transversely truncated with a slight sinuosity : legs 

 rufous or rufo-piceous with black thighs ; coxae and trochanters rufous. 



3 See above, p. 7. 



