COLEOPIERA. 
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Similar in size, form, and colour to the European 3. calceatus ; convex, posterior part of 
elytra most so. Colour in the <? deep shining black above and beneath, in the $ the elytra 
opaque. The legs are more or less piceous, especially the tarsi. The antennae and the palpi 
are pitchy-black, the joints in all tipped with dull rufous. The thorax is very moderately 
rounded anteriorly, and gradually and slightly narrowed behind to the base, the hind angles 
being not quite rectangular and obtuse at their apices. The base on each side is very faintly 
roughened and not distinctly punctured, and the fovea is rather distinct and linear. 
Terminal spur of the anterior tibise lanceolate-acute, simple. 
Rab . — Sind Valley. Hurree. Near Leh. 
23. — HaRPALPS TPRCPLPS. 
Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 714. 
Oblongus, niger, <? nitidus, $ sericinitens, antennis articulo primo rufo, paljris apice 
Jlavis : capite modice angusto , Icevi : thorace quadrato, cmtice prope angulos rotundato-cmgustato 
postice lateribus exacte parallelis, elytris multo angustiori, angulis posticis rectis, supra im. 
punctato : elytris utroque sexu apice fortiter sub rede sinualis, supra subtiliter striatis, intersti - 
tiis planis, tertio unipunctato : metasterno grosse sparsim punctato. 
Long. 4 lin. 
Very similar in colour in both sexes to R. liodes ; but differing in the smaller size, 
narrow thorax, and strongly-sinuated apices of the elytra. The head is not notably wide, 
the eyes are only slightly projecting, and the forehead is remarkably even and smooth. The 
antennae reach the base of the thorax ; they are black and have the basal article constantly 
red. The thorax is parallel-sided from the base to the middle; it is then gently arcuated 
and nearer the head much narrowed. The elytra have the same silky gloss, plane interstices, 
and fine striae as II. liodes. Terminal spur of anterior tibiae long, curved, lanceolate. 
Rob . — No locality. Probably near Yarkand. 
24. — HARPALPS JAPONICPS. 
Morawitz, Bull. Ac. St. Petersb. v. 1863, 327. 
Rah. — Murree. Many examples differing in no material respect from those of China, 
Japan, and Eormosa. 
25. — Harp alps— ■ ? 
A single specimen ? ; indeterminable. 
20. — Harpalps indicola. 
Bates, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 714. 
El ngato-oblongus, anguslior , nigerriwus, $ magis, $ minus, nitidus, palpis et antennis 
fulvis : thorace quadrato , lateribus leniter arcuatis, postice longe et modice angustato, angulis 
posticis paullo obtusis ; basi toto subsparsim punctato et paulo rugoso, fovea utrinqne obliqua : 
elytris convexis, apice modice sinuatis, supra striatis ( $ fortius), interstitiis vix convexis , tertio 
puncto conspicue impresso : sternis et ventro lateribus grosse hand prof unde punctatis. 
Long. 5 lin. 
