Jlarpahii;.] adephaca. 4o 



it in tlie north, and it does not appear in tlio Yorkshire, Durham and Nortliumbcr- 

 luud, Scotch or Irish lists. 



K. punctatulus, Duft. Oblong ovate, rather depressed, upper side 

 green or l)luisli, often rather dull, antennae and palpi red; thorax 

 broader than long, slightly rounded at sides, and contracted at base, 

 |)osterior angles shari) right angles ; elytra very little wider than base of 

 thorax, interstices of strire very thickly and closely punctured. L. 8 

 mm. 



Not common; chalky places, in moss, &c.; occasionally brushed from herbage or 

 running on pathways. Chatham, Dartford, Caterham, Lewisham, Croydon, Ileigate ; 

 Folkestone ; near Sandown and Ventuor, Isle of Wight ; Bournemouth ; Bath ; 

 Hunstanton; Colchester; Swansea; Newark. Ireland, near Dublin, Dr. Power. 



K. azureus, Y. Resembles the preceding, but is shorter, and as a rule 

 more brilliantly coloured ; it is generally of a shining bright green colour ; 

 the thorax has the posterior angles blunt ; the elytra are broader in pro- 

 portion to the thorax than in //. pmirtatulns, and the interstices are 

 more coarsely and less closely punctured. L. 6-7 mm. 



The var. similis, TH'j., is pitchy with slight metallic reflection on the 

 elytra, and has the interstices of the elytra more strongly punctured ; it 

 occurs sparingly with the type. 



Local ; chalky places under stones and in moss; also at roots of plants and tufts 

 of grass. Rather common in various localities in the Isle of Wight, also at Box Hill, 

 Ileigate, Folkestone, Malvern, Bath,&c. ; Dover; Bournemouth; Margate ; Sheppy ; 

 Portland ; Swansea ; Hertford and other southern or mid-southern localities ; not a 

 northern insect. 



K. cordatus, Duft. Pitchy or reddish, with thorax often lighter ; 

 thorax heart-shaped, strongly rounded in front and very strongly con- 

 tracted behind, disc convex, posterior angles sharp, prominent; elytra 

 oblong, with striae often plainly punctured, interstices thickly and finely 

 punctured ; antennae and legs brown-red or red, femora sometimes rather 

 darker. L. 7-9 mm. 



Hare : the chief locality api)oars to he Deal, where it is found at the roots of grass. 

 Mr. Champion iiiforms me that it has been recorded from Keigate and other inland 

 localities, but probably in mistake for vars. of if. puncticoUis or U. rupicola. 



H. rupicola, Sturm. Elongate, dark reddisli-lirown, head and thorax 

 often lighter red; thorax longer antl narrower than in the succeeding 

 species, with the sides rounded in front, Initmore oblitiuely and gradually 

 narrowed Ijehind, with posterior angles hardly right angles, and almost 

 blunted ; elytra narrower and more elongate, pitchy, with the interstices 

 more coarsely punctured than in any of the allied species ; th(> female 

 has the hinder edge of the last abdominal segment raised in the middle 

 in a small tubercle, according to M. Ijedel, but this character is ni.)t very 

 evident. L. 6-8 ram. 



Chalky and sandy places, not common, although occasionally rather plentiful where 

 it occtu's ; Deal, Dover, Shceriiess, Box Hill, Rcigate, Southend, Ilytlie ; Shiiiley, 

 near Horsham (common); Malvern; Burton-ou-Trent ; Hunstiinten ; Walton-on-Naxc; 

 Bournemouth; Swauuage ; Isle of Wight. 



