52 ADEPHAGA. [IlaVJXlJllS. 



captured a variety of this species at Folkestone, with metallic instead of black elytra, 

 which Rye introduced as v. metaUescens. (Ent. Mo. Mag. xi. 84.) 



H. quadripunctatus, Dej. Yery like the preceding, "but distin- 

 gtiished by being ratlier larger and more parallel with a slight steel-blue 

 reflection ; the thorax is not furnished with the testaceoiis edge so 

 evident in H. latus ; on the apical half of the third interstice of each 

 elytron are two or three large pores, which are Avanting in that species. 

 L. 9-10 mm. 



A very local northern species, chiefly confined to the Highlands of Scotland ; 

 Braemar, Aviemore, &c. ; Nevvcastle; recorded by Mr. W. G. Blatcb from Cheddar; 

 it has also occurred in Ireland. 



K. melancholicus, Dej. Male shining black, female duller; antennae 

 red, intermediate joints sometimes dusky; thorax subquadrate, a little 

 narrowed in front, with sides quite straight behind, 2)osterior angles 

 almost right angles, but blunt and slightly obtuse, disc much wrinkled, 

 base depressed with a fovea on each side, sometimes almost smooth, 

 sometimes with coarse scattered punctures ; elytra rather parallel, with 

 distinct stri?B, eighth interstice from the suture with a row of pores at 

 apex, apex considerably produced ; legs jjitchy, tarsi lighter. L. 10-11 

 mm. 



Rare. Swansea; Tenby; North Wales, Conway, &c. ; Deal; Plumstead, Kent. In 

 Mr. Champion's collection is a very small variety about 8 mm. long, taken by Mr. 

 J. J. Walker in 1885 in the Isle of Portland, Dorset. 



ZZ. tardus, Panz. (FrohUchi, Sturm). Male shining black ; female 

 duller ; antennae and palpi clear red ; thorax broad, subquadrate, slightly 

 narrowed in front, with sides straight behind, posterior angles rather 

 blunt, but almost right angles, base with an almost obsolete depression 

 on each side, somewhat punctured in male, almost entirely smooth in 

 female ; elytra with very feebly-punctured striae ; femora and tibiae pitchy 

 black, apex of latter and tarsi red. L. 9-10 mm. 



Sandy places under stones, &c. ; common throughout England on the coast and 

 inland ; Scotland, rare, Aviemore, Glasgow, &c. ; Ireland. 



Eesembles //. meJanclioHcus, but may at once be distinguished by not 

 having the apex of the elytra produced, and by the absence of pores at 

 the apex of the eighth interstice of elytra. 



K. servus, Duft. Oval, rather flat, reddish brown or pitchy, with 

 the sides of thorax, especially at posterior angles, broadly red ; antennae 

 red ; thorax broadest at base, gradually rounded and narrowed from base 

 to apex, posterior margin emarginate from angle to angle in an arc of a 

 circle, thus rendering the posterior angles bluntly pointed, base with two 

 depressions, smooth ; elytra finely striated, very feebly sinuate at apex ; 

 legs black, apex of tibiae, and tarsi, reddish brown. L. 8-9 mm. 



Sandy places, on or near the coast, rare ; Deal ; Romney Sands and Covert Wood 

 (Tylden) ; Sandwich; Southend; Hastings; Folkestone; Portsmouth; Yarmouth; 

 Hunstanton. 



