Nf'hria.] adephaga. 15 



long', with long outstanding hairs, and ftiruished with minute setigorous tubercles ; 

 tarsal claws very unecjual ; the hirva is very active, and is found in damp and shady 

 places. 



I. Thorax entirely or partially reddish or testaceous. 



i. Head testaceous ; elytra testaceous with wavy dark 



niiirkings N. COMPLANATA, L. 



ii. Head black; elytra black with testaceous margins . N. livida, 7'\ 



II. Thorax black. 



i. Antennaj and palpi red N. beevicollis, F. 



ii. Antennse and palpi blackish N. Gtllenhalii, Schaum. 



N. complanata, L. Eroad, and entirely pale ochreons j^ellow, 

 with inside of mandibles and two very irregular ])and3 on elytra black ; 

 thorax narrow, moderately contracted at base with acute posterior angles, 

 with a transverse impression in front and behind, united by a faint dorsal 

 line ; elytra oblong, rather flat, testaceous with deep stride not very evi- 

 dently punctured ; legs testaceous, femora sometimes slightly darker. L. 

 18-20 mm. 



On sandy coasts under refuse, &c. Devonshire, Barnstaple. Bideford, Wool- 

 ocombe sands near Ilfraconibe ; Wales, Swansea (rather common), Tenby (very rare) ; 

 also recorded from Lincolnshire coast, but I have never hoard of one being captured 

 in this county ; Ireland, one dead specimen found on the Arklow sands l)y Mr. 

 Furlong and recorded by Mr. Haliday. Also lately taken by Mr. W. de Vismes Kane 

 at Courtown, co. Wexford. The Welsh specimens are of a lighter colour than the 

 Devonshire ones. 



N. livida, F. Smaller, narrower and more elongate than the 

 preceding ; head black, mouth-parts and antenn?e testaceous. Thorax 

 testaceous, with the anterior and posterior margins black, very trans- 

 verse, rather strongly contracted at base, anterior angles produced, 

 posterior angles obtuse but well marked, lateral margins broadly re- 

 flexed and punctured ; elytra oblong, depressed, black with testaceous 

 margins, with sides almost parallel, and deep, punctate strise ; legs and 

 extreme apex of abdomen testaceous. L. 14-lG mm. 



Very local. Cromer ; Scarborougli, Bridlington, and Filey ; it occurs in abundance 

 in the crevices of the clay cliffs on the Yorkshire coast at the two first of these three 

 localities. I have never found more than one or two under refuse on the shore, and 

 these were evidently stray specimens. It has also been taken at Cannock Chase, 

 Staffordshire, by Mr. Garneys and Mr. J. Harris; this is a very remarkable locality 

 for this usually maritime insect. 



N. brevicollis, F. {cursor, Miill.). leather flat, black, antennrc 

 red; lliorax shurt, strongly contracted behind, with broad and coarsely 

 punctured margins ; elytra rather liroad and parallel-sided witli deep 

 and strongly punctured strise ; legs red, femora sometimes pitchy black. 

 L. 9-12 mm. 



Very abundant and widely distributed; one of our commonest British inscc'.s. 



N. G-yllenhalil, Sch. (Jii/perhnrea, Gyll.). Smaller and narrower 

 than the preceding with the antenntie dark ; the underside of the 

 breast is finely punctured, wliereas in N. hrrriroUis this part is coarsely 

 punctured ; the legs as a rule are l)lack, but occasionally they are en- 

 tirely red ; elytra oblong with shoulders narrower and more rcundoil 



