Helops.] HETEROMERA. 25 
rugose ; scutellum small, transverse ; elytra obtusely acuminate at apex, 
with comparatively fine but rather deep punctured striz, interstices 
rather strongly and closely punctured ; legs black, elongate. L. 15-20 
mm. 
The male is narrower and smaller than the female, and has the 
thorax proportionately longer. 
In decaying willows, &c.; occasionally on palings; very local; London district, 
not uncommon, Camberwell, Darenth, Greenwich, Putney, Barnes, Chiswick, 
Hammersmith (formerly common on old trees at night, S. Stevens), Lambeth, 
Belvedere, Southend, Gravesend, Sheerness, Epping Forest ; Clacton-on-Sea ; Ald- 
aa Suffolk ; Shipley, near Horsham; Hastings; Dover; Portsea; Bristol ; 
wansea. 
H. pallidus, Curtis (testaceus, Kiist.; Nalassus pallidus, Muls.). 
Ovate, convex, pale téstaceous, rather shining; head subtriangular, thickly 
punctured ; antenne long, often darker towards apex ; thorax transverse, 
with sides slightly rounded and narrowed in front and very gradually 
and slightly narrowed behind, posterior angles somewhat projecting, 
punctuation close and fine but distinct; scutellum triangular; elytra 
with eight fine rather irregularly punctured striz on each, suture ferru- 
ginous, interstices minutely punctured ; legs testaceous, with the apex 
of femora and the claws ferruginous. L. 8-10 mm. 
Sandy places on the coast; at roots of grass, often at some depth beneath the 
surface of the ground; very local, but not uncommon where it occurs; Deal; 
Clacton-on-Sea; Harwich; Southend; Hastings; Ryde; Swansea; Tenby ; 
Barmouth (where it was first discovered by Mr. H. Walker and his brother) ; 
Wallasey, near Liverpool. 
H. striatus, Foure. (caraboides, Panz.; Nalassus striatus, Muls.). 
Oblong-oval, convex, shining, pitchy brown or pitchy black above, 
with a more or less distinct bronze reflection, under-side red brown ; 
head subtriangular, thickly punctured, antenne rather long; thorax 
broader than long, but not strongly transverse, with the sides gently 
rounded in some specimens, subparallel, thickly and rather finely, but 
distinctly, punctured, posterior angles obtuse ; elytra with fine but dis- 
tinct punctured strive, interstices rather strongly and somewhat con- 
fluently punctured ; antenne and legs pitchy red, tarsi usually lighter. 
L. 6-10 mm. 
Male smaller, narrower, and more oblong than female, with the 
anterior and intermediate tarsi dilated and pilose beneath. 
Under loose bark ; in rotten wood, moss, &c. ; often about the roots of trees ; on 
sugar at night placed on trees to attract moths; common and generally distributed 
from the midland districts southwards ; rarer further north ; not recorded from the 
Manchester or Liverpool districts ; Northumberland and Durham district, ‘‘ Gibside,”’ 
Mr. John Hancock; Scotland, rare, on trees, Solway and Forth districts; Ireland, 
near Dublin and Carlingford, co. Louth. 
LAGRIIDZ. 
According to the Munich catalogue this family contains fourteen 
