Ilarpalus.'] adephaga. 49 



c. Thorax distinctly oontrncted at base, pos- 

 terior angles either very bluut or 

 rounded. 

 a*. Elytra with pore on posterior third of 

 third interstice ; upper side, legs, and 



antenna; black ; length 7 mm. . . II. NEOLECTUS, 7)^;'. 

 b*. Elytra without pore on posterior third 

 of third interstice ; upper side ])ilchy 

 red, legs and antennae light red ; 

 length 4 mm H. picipennis, Duft. 



K. aeneus, F. {Proteus, Payk.). Very variable in colour, brassy, 

 coppery, bri,^ht green, purple, sometimes almost crimson, blue-black, or 

 black, thorax and elytra not always unicolorous ; antennae red with 

 middle joints occasionally darker; tliorax subquadrate, anterior and pos- 

 terior margins about equal in breadth, posterior angles blunt right angles, 

 base very finely punctured with a shallow depression on each side ; 

 elytra with sides almost stniight, external interstices finely punctured ; 

 apex very broadly and strongly excised in male, very strongly sinuate in 

 female ; legs red, occasionally pitchy black. L. 8|-10| mm. 



One of the connnonest of our species ; abundant throughout the kingdom ; it varies 

 very consideiably in size as well as in colour, small specimens occasionally occurring 

 which are not much larger than J. azureus; it can always be separated from the 

 allied species by the formation of the apex of the elytra; the female is somewhat 

 duller than the male, but the difference is not, as a rule, so marked in this species as 

 in others of the genus ; the legs are occasionally dark. 



K. calceatus, Sturm. Black, or pitchy black, underside some- 

 times pitchy brown ; antennae and palpi clear red ; thorax much broader 

 than long, with sides feebly rounded in front and very slightly con- 

 tracted, almost straight, towards base, posterior angles right angles ; the 

 entire base is coarsely and rugosely punctured, antl is depressed on each 

 side, but with no evident basal foveae ; elytra rather long, broader in 

 front than base of thorax, with deep impunctate striae, interstices 

 somewhat convex, the space between the eigiith stria and the margin 

 • lensely and finely ptnictured, besides the usual marginal row of large 

 ])ores ; metasternum rather strongly punctured; legs black or pitchy 

 black, tarsi clear red. L. 11-14 mm. 



Very rare; lately (Jan. 1886) reinserted in the British list on a specimen taken by 

 myself at Bridlington, Yorks, in 187'J, and mistaken for II. tenehrosus, of which I did 

 not possess a specimen : cm Mr. Chamj)ion presenting me with a pair, I at once saw 

 that my insect belonged to quite a diiferent species; a single specimen is said to 

 liave been taken in 1830 near Swansea by Rev. C. Kuper; in France it is common, 

 and flies to light. M. Bedel considers that the species belongs to the sub-genus 

 I'seudophonus, its tarsi being somewiiat pubescent, and not glabrous, but the fact 

 that the outer interstices only are punctured, and that all the others are imi)unctate, 

 seems to show that, aUhough its position may be doubtful, it is better to place it 

 among the true llarpali, in which case its natural position seems to be near II. ceneus. 

 (See Ent. Mo. Mag. xxii. 172.) 



H. consentaneus, Dej. {aifcmtatus, Stepli.). Oblong, rather 

 narrow, almost parallel ; male shining black, female dull black ; anlennm 



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