196 Notes on Australian Coleoptera. 
the elytra are oval, broad, truncated in front, convex, 
striated ; the first stria bi-furcated in front; the margin im- 
pressed ; legs and antenne of the general colour; mandibulee 
and labrum dark; palpi of a light yellowish brown. 
Adelaide. 
Harpalus Boisduvalia: length 32’; very nearly allied to 
Australis, Dej., but having the thorax broader, shorter, more 
rounded laterally ; the elytra broader and not so deeply 
striated; the thorax is often of a brilliant and rather metal- 
lic colour. 
Swan River. 
Harpalus Bostockii: length 4’ ; of a brilliant green cop- 
per colour; head rather small, rounded; thorax transverse, 
about as broad behind as in front, rounded laterally, with 
the posterior angles obtuse, and the anterior rounded; the 
impressions are moderate; elytra broad, rather depressed, 
marked with slight striz, the intervals of which are plane; 
the sutural stria deviates towards the scutellum, and there 
is a light abbreviate stria; a small punctiform impression 1s 
seen on the posterior part between the second and third 
strie; the margin is impressed; legs of a brownish red, with 
the thighs and end of the tibie black; antenne dark, with 
the two first articles red, as are the palpi. 
Swan River. 
Harpalus Versicolor: length 4’; broad; of a reddish 
brown ; elytra of a dark brown; head aimost round, rather 
rugous, and impressed in front; thorax transverse, rather 
cordiform, much narrower behind than in front, with a light 
longitudinal sulcate, and two equally light posterior impres- 
sions; elytra strongly striated, almost sulcated, impressed 
laterally; no abbreviated stria near the scutellum; the 
humeral part of the margin is yellow; lower side of the body 
of a light brown ; legs and parts of the mouth yellow. 
Swan River. | 
Harpalus Deyrolii: length 34; of a light bronzed 
colour ; head rounded, with a transversal line in front; thorax 
transverse, rounded laterally, as broad behind as in front ; 
having a well marked transverse impression in front, a feeble 
longitudinal sulcate and two weak impressions behind; elytra 
oval, with feeble longitudinal strie, rather far apart one from 
the other, and the intervals of which are plane; the sutural 
one deviates towards the scutellum, and there is a very short 
abbreviated stria; margin very feebly impressed; lower 
