Harjmhiii.] adepraoa. 53 



H. anxlus, T^uft. Cl'^ipely resembles tlie preceding, hut is smaller, 

 and IdiiiriT oval, lihick, with the antennae lighter or darker hrown, base 

 red ; thorax usually as in //. servus, but occasionally the hind margin is 

 straight or almost straight, and so the posterior angles are simply blunted ; 

 elytra almost parallel-sided, finely striated ; legs black, extreme apex of 

 tibiae, as a rule, and claws, reddish. L. 7-8 mm. 



Sandy coasts ; abundiint in the south ; apparently not found in the north. 



H. serripes, Schon. (sfi/gius Steph., convexu.% Fairm.). Black, very 

 fonvex, mule shining, female duller, but not so much so as in other 

 allied species ; antennae with basal joint bright red, the two or three 

 following dusky at base, the rest dull ferruginous; thorax narrowed in 

 front, very gradually and imperceptibly contracted from about mid<lle 

 to base, posterior angles obtuse, base Avith an obsolete depression on each 

 side, almost smooth ; elytra narrowed in front, Avidened behind, wider 

 behind middle than base of thorax, Avath strong striae, the third inter- 

 stice with a pore behind close to the second stria ; legs pitchy black. 

 L. 9-1 1 mm. 



Sandy co-.ists; not nncomnion in the sontli ; Deal; Sheerness ; Margate; Wey- 

 mouth; Portland; Isle of Wight ; also Wallasey, near Liverpool. 



K. ig-navus, Duft. (honesfus, Duft , rufitarsis, Duft.). Colour 

 varialde, blue, blue-black or black (foreign specimens are sometimes 

 bright green or bronze) ; antennae red, intermediate joints sometimes 

 dusky ; thorax feebly rounded at sides, gradually contracted from middle 

 to base, with posterior angles nearly right angles, base with a depression 

 on each side ; elytra very strongly striated, slightly but plainly sinuate at 

 apex ; legs pitch-black, tarsi lighter. L. 8-9 mm. 



The coloured varieties of this species are the Carahus honesfus, Duft. 

 This species M. Bedel retains as distinct from ignuvus, on the ground of 

 its colour, and the fact that the sutural angle of the elytra in female is 

 })roduced " en forme d'epine " and not "simplement aigu " as in the 

 type species ; there a])pears, however, to be no real structural difference. 



Sandy places; common in the London district; Hythe; Bournemouth; South- 

 aniptou ; Isle of Wight; Eiistol. Ireland, Portmaruock. Not recorded from the 

 north of England or Scotland. 



ZI. neg-lectus, Dej. Ovate, shining black ; antennae with first joint 

 red, apex dull red, the rest black or pitchy ; thorax short, sides rounded 

 in front and behind, strongly contracted to base, posterior angles rounded 

 but visible, base with a deep depression on each side ; elytra ovale, 

 rather convex, third interstice with a pore close to the second stria ; legs 

 pitchy black, tarsi red. L. 7-8 mm. 



This species is about the size of //. aiLrius, and is often confounded 

 with it, but the rounded sides and posterior angles of thorax at once 

 distinguish it. 



Sandy coasts, local, but not uncommon; Chosil Bank (abundant); Wcymoulh; 

 Bournemouth ; Swansea ; Barmouth ; lihyl ; Wallasey. 



