54 ADEPHAGA. [HavpaUis. 



K. plclpennis, Duft. (venialis, F.). The smallest species of the 

 genus that we possess ; ovate, pitchy, antennae red ; thorax transverse, 

 narrowed in front and behind, with posterior angles rounded, base with 

 an oblong depression on each side, wholly impunctate ; elytra with fine 

 striae, without pore on third interstice ; legs red. L. 4-6 mm. 



Not common ; on sandy coasts ; Chesil Bank ; Exmouth; Weymouth; recorded by 

 Dawson from the coasts of Norfolk, Suflblk, and Essex. 



Besides the above species, H. luteicoimis, Duft., and 77. siilphurijjes, Germ.., 

 have been included in the Eritish list ; the specimens, however, appear 

 to have been erroneously determined, and to have belonged to other 

 allied indigenous species : H. luteicornis is closely allied to //. latus, but 

 is smaller, with the posterior angles of the thorax sharp right angles and 

 not blunt as in that species, and the base m oreweakly punctured ; the 

 antennae and legs are also lighter ; H. snlijlniripes comes very near to 

 //. ignaviis v. lionestus, but is considerably smaller, with the sides of the 

 thorax more strongly contracted behind, and the apex of the elytra more 

 sinuate; it differs also by the fact that the tibiae and tarsi are entirely red, 

 only the femora being dark : for specimens of these species I am indebted 

 to the kindness of Herr Eeitter. 



ANISODACTYLIJfA. 



The Anisodactylina are characterized by having the dilated joints of the 

 anterior tarsi of the males furnished beneath with a thick brush-like 

 clothing of short erect hairs, or, as some authors term it, "spongy 

 pubescent ;" several of the genera are someAvhat intermediate between 

 the Harpalina and Anisodactylina, for instance DicMrotrkJius, which 

 by some writers is classed under Bradycellus ; Diachromus also is some- 

 times included under the Harpalina, but seems decidedly to belong to 

 the Anisodactylina ; Dichirotrichns, however, has the soles of the dilated 

 joints partly squamose and partly pubescent ; as in some of the Patelli- 

 mani, some of the hairs are dilated at their apices, and show a tendency 

 to assume a scale form ; on the whole, however, it appears best to class 

 it with the Anisodactylina. The curious genus Gynandromorplnis, 

 which Dr. Horn would suppress as belonging to Anisodactyliis proper, 

 seems abundantly distinct through the strongly dilated first joint of the 

 tarsi of the female. 



I. Anterior tibia? armed with one apical spine only 



(simple or tricuspid). 

 i. First joint of anterior tarsi of male as broad as the 

 following joints. 



1. Intermediate tarsi not dilated in male DrcniHOTRiCHTTS, Dun. 



2. Intermediate tarsi dilated in male Scybalicus, Schmim. 



ii. First joint of anterior tarsi of male conspicuously 



narrower than the following joints Anisodactylus, Dej. 



II. Anterior tibiae armed with two apical spines, the one 



large, the other small Diacheomus, Er. 



