192 Notes on Australian Coleoptera. 
form impression behind, between the second and third striz; 
margin impressed on all its length; abdominal segments 
very feebly impressed laterally; the entire insect is black, 
with the extremity of the palpi and the first article of the 
antennee of a brownish red. 
Tasmania. 
Harpalus Amaroides: length 432’; copper colour, rather 
brilliant and smooth; head very feebly impressed in front; 
thorax large, almost quadrilateral, with the sides nearly 
straight ; it is rather transverse, a little broader behind than 
in front, with the angles rounded; all the impressions are 
visible, but very feebly marked; elytra large, broad, 
depressed, sinuated behind, striated with an abbreviated stria, 
near the scutellum; the intervals between the striz are 
very plane,a very faint punctiform impression behind, between 
the second and third striz, a line of impressions on the 
margin ; those impressions very large on the posterior part ; 
lower side of the body and legs black, tibie, tarsi, and 
antenne, of a reddish brown. 
Brisbane, Queensland. 
Harpalus Infelia: length 42’; of a rather brilliant black; 
general form oblong; head with two strong punctiform 
impressions united by a transverse line in front; thorax 
almost square, long, very little transverse, rounded laterally, 
rather narrower behind than in the middle, but broader 
than in front; anterior angles advanced, posterior ones 
rather rounded ; all the thoracic impressions feebly marked ; 
elytra rather strongly striated, with an abbreviated stria near 
the scutellum ; a punctiform impression behind, between the. 
second and third striz; the series of marginal impressions 
strongly marked on the posterior half of the elytra; tarsi, 
alpi and antenne brown, the second, third and fourth 
articles of the latter in great part dark, and almost black. 
Rockhampton, Queensland. 
Harpalus Lapeyrousii: length 5’; black, oblong; head 
rather large, with the frontal punctiform impressions pro- 
longated transversely backwards, so as almost to meet 
each other; thorax rather transversal, about as broad 
behind as in front, with the sides rounded, the anterior 
angles rather advanced, and the posterior ones almost 
straight; no front transverse line, but the longitudinal one 
and the posterior impressions moderately marked; elytra 
rather oblong, sinuated behind, they are covered with rather 
strong strie, the abbreviated one well marked, and joining the 
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