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sulcate and the two posterior impressions also rather deep ; 
elytra rather short, broad and depressed, covered with striz, 
the intervals of which are not convex; a rather irregularly 
situated punctiform impression between the second and third 
stria, much nearer to the first of the two; a very short 
abbreviated stria near the scutellum; a line of impressions 
on the lateral margin; lower side of the body and thighs of 
a brilliant black ; tibiee of a very dark brown; tarsi of a 
lighter colour; antennee of a dark brown; palpi rather 
reddish. 
Melbourne. 
Note.—I have preserved the name under which this 
insect is distinguished in various collections; I believe it is 
attributed to Mr. MacLeay. It is nearly allied to Dejean’s 
Ayreus, and still more so to Germar’s /nornatus, but its 
thorax is much broader, and the elytra more strongly 
striated. 
Harpalus Kreftii: length 42’; general form rather broad; 
of a brilliant black ; head and thorax of a dark copper colour, 
head rather large, strongly bi-impressed between the eyes ; 
thorax transversal, with the anterior angles very rounded, 
and the posterior rather obtuse ; it has on its centre a feeble 
longitudinal sulcate, near its anterior margin an equally 
feeble transverse impression, and behind two deep rounded 
impressions; elytra broad, of a purple black, sinuous at 
their extremity, covered with striee, the intervals of which are 
not elevated; no abbreviated stria, but a light impression 
in the place where it generally meets the sutural stria; a 
series of strong impressions on the posterior half of the 
margin ; legs black, the posterior thighs inflated, and forming 
below a rather strong angle; tibia of the same pair very 
strongly curved; tarsi, palpi, and antenne brown. 
Port Denison. 
Named in honor of the learned curator of the New South 
Wales Museum. : 
Harpalus Germari: length 5°; very nearly allied to 
Serripes, and of the same size and general oval and convex- 
form; the thorax a little narrower, the strie deeper, more 
particularly at their posterior part; no punctiform impres- 
sion is seen on the back part of the interval between the 
second and thirdstrie; colour black, sometimes with a dark 
metallic tinge; extremity of the palpi and first article of 
the antenne yellow. 
Melbourne. 
