50 ADEPHAGA. [Ilurpahis. 



and palpi red ; thorax rather convex, with sides rounded in front, and 

 very slightly contracted behind, posterior angles sharp and prominent 

 right angles, extreme lateral margins often reddish ; at the base are two 

 deep and strongly punctured depressions, the space between which is 

 almost smooth ; elytra slightly broader than thorax, deejily striated ; 

 femora black, tibiae and tarsi red. L. 7-9 mm. 



Sandy places, under moss, stones, &c. Local, but often found in abundance 

 on the coast, rare inland. Sheerness; Deal; Folkestone; Woking; Eastbourne; 

 Hunstanton; Isle of Wight; Isle of Man; Wallasey, near Liverpool; Devonshire; 

 North Wales. 



K. tenebrosus, Dej. (Wollastoni, Daws.). Oblong, black, or 

 black with a very slight steel-blue tinge on the elytra ; antennae red, 

 middle joints darker at base ; thorax about one-third broader than long, 

 widest a little before the middle, slightly narrowed in front and behind, 

 posterior angles obtuse, blunt ; at the base on each side there is a shallow 

 depression, more or less strongly punctured ; the remainder of the base 

 is sometimes punctured throughout, or the intermediate space between 

 the depressions is almost smooth ; elytra at base somewdiat broader than 

 base of thorax, Avith rather strong impunctate striae., apex sinuate and 

 strongly produced ; femora and tibite pitchy black, tarsi red. The 

 female is duller than the male, and apparently has the base of the 

 thorax less punctured. 



Very rare; Brighton; Battersea Fields (Rye, one example); Whitsand Bay, near 

 Plymouth (commou 1875-76, J. J. Walker, who could not however find it in 1885) ; 

 Margate (Spiers) ; Ramsgatc (Gorham) ; Eastbourne (A. C. Horner) ; Slaptoa 

 Ley (WoUaston) ; Isle of Wight (W. G. Blatch) ; Swansea (W. G. Blatch) ; 

 Northumberland and Durham (very rare, Bold). 



K. rubripes, Duft. Oblong oval, rather broad, convex ; colour 

 variable, male brilliant green, purple, or bluish, female obscure dull 

 green, sometimes almost black ; antennae and palpi red ; thorax trans- 

 verse, slightly narrowed in front, very slightly contracted behind, pos- 

 terior angles blunt right angles, central furrow very strongly marked, 

 base with two shallow depressions, which together with the base itself 

 are punctured (more' closely in female, hoAvever, than in male) ; elytra 

 rather short and convex with impunctate striae ; apex of seventh inter- 

 stice with a roAV of from seven to nine pores ; legs red. L. 9-10 mm. 



Sandy, chalky, and gravelly places, under stones, &c. ; local ; in abundance at 

 Sandovvn, Isle of Wight, and other places in the south of England, and the London 

 district generally ; also occurs iu the Midlands; rare further north, Whitby, &c. ; 

 Scotland, rare Lowlands ; Ireland, near Belfast. 



The male of this species closely resembles H. ceneus, but may easily be 

 distinguished by the very slight sinuation of the apex of the elytra. 



K. discoideus, F. {smaragdmus, Daft.). Oblong, male shining 

 brassy green or bluish, female dull pitchy black, margins of thorax (and 

 more imperceptibly of elytra) edged with red: antennae and palpi testa- 

 ceous red ; thorax much, broader than long, scarcely narrowed behind, 



