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HARPALUS RUFICEPS. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Carabidse. 
Type of the Gems, Carabus ruficornis Linn. 
Harpalus Lat., Sturm, Dej., Curt. — Carabus Linn., 8$c. 
Antenna inserted before the eyes at the base of the mandibles, 
remote, as long as the head and thorax, filiform, pubescent, pi- 
lose and 11 -jointed, 1st and 2nd joints naked, the former the 
stoutest, the latter the shortest, 3rd nearly as long as the 1st 
and a little longer than the following, which are oblong-ovate, 
the terminal joint subelliptic (6). 
Labrum subquadrate, the angles rounded, the anterior margin 
ciliated, furnished with 6 bristles and slightly concave at the 
centre (1). 
Mandibles subtrigonate, curved externally and acute at the apex, 
one having a small tooth above, the other below the centre of the 
internal margin, andnearthe base is a small ciliated membrane (2) . 
Maxilla slender, terminated by a bent acute hook, the internal 
margin ciliated with strong bristles. Palpi, internal as long as 
the lobe, slender and biarticulate, the joints of equal length, the 
2nd a little curved : external long and 4 -jointed, basal joint mi- 
nute, 2nd and 3rd nearly of equal length, the former curved and 
stout, the latter clavate, 4th a little shorter, subfusiform-trun- 
cate, with a vesicle at the apex (3) . 
Mentum transverse, short, deeply notched before with an obtuse 
tooth in the centre, the lateral lobes subtrigonate and pubescent. 
Labium long and narrow, the apex trifid, the central lobe horny 
quadrate and producing two bristles, the lateral ones rounded 
and membranous. Palpi rather slender, attached to 2 long and 
stout scapes, pilose and triarticulate, basal joint minute, 2nd and 
3rd long, the latter rather the shortest and subfusiform (4). 
Head sub orbicular -quadr at e : eyes small, lateral and prominent . Tho- 
rax broadest at the middle or base, the posterior angles not rounded: 
scutellum minute. Elytra elliptical or ovate, more or less emarginate 
at the apex. Wings ample. Thighs short and stout. Tibiae spurred 
at the apex, 4 posterior often spiny, the 1st pair emarginate on the 
inside. Tarsi 5 -jointed, dilated in the and 2nd pair in the males, 
basal joint as large as the 2nd, Ath bilobed, 5th long and clavate. 
Claws simple and acute (5, afore leg of male). 
Ruficeps Oeskay. — Curt. Guide, Gen. 44. — Hottentotta var. Dej. 
Smooth, shining, ochreous, with a castaneous tinge : head casta- 
neous with 2 remote impressions between the eyes ; labrum and 
tips of mandibles blackish ; antennae and palpi ochreous : thorax 
transverse -quadrate and piceous, the sides and angles pale cas- 
taneous ; anterior margin concave, the angles rounded, posterior 
angles rectangular but rather obtuse, a channel down the back, 
the base thickly punctured, with a shallow fovea on each side : 
elytra piceous, the margin castaneous ; with 8 striae on each, the 
1st furcate at the base, the 8th bearing some impressions largest 
towards the apex, which is scarcely emarginate : abdomen piceous 
above at the tip : legs ochreous, the tarsi slightly ferruginous. 
In the Cabinet of Mr. D. S err ell. 
