40 CLAVICORNIA. \_H ijihiohius. 



coarsely punctured, base truncate ; el3'tra long, rather depressed on disc, 

 Avith strongly punctured strife, and with the interstices very distinctly 

 punctured, sometimes presenting a slightly rugose appearance ; legs rather 

 stout, tibife somewhat dilated towards apex in both sexes. L. 3|-4 mm. 

 Male with the posterior legs longer, the femora dilated and terminating 

 above and below in a well-marked, but not sharp, tooth ; tibiae rather 

 strongly curved. 



In sandy places on the coa^t ; rare ; first introduced as British on two old speciineus 

 in Mr. Waterhouse's collection, supposed to have come from Scotland ; three specimens 

 were also found by Mr. Rye among some undetermined Anisotomida iu the Rev. H. 

 Clark's collection; it has also been recorded from Gateshead, but has been considered 

 one of our rarest Bi'itish Coleoptera until (juite recently, when most of our collections 

 have been supplied with it throngh the liberality of Mr. J. Gardner, who has taken it 

 in numbers near Hartlepool. 



IX. punctatissimus, Steph. Oblong-ovate, rather depressed, usually 

 of a deep pitchy black colour, but variable in this respect, and occasionally 

 ferruginous ; liead rather large in both sexes, finely and rather difi'usely 

 punctured ; antenna? moderate, reddish with dark club, last joint narrower 

 than the penultimate ; thorax about as broad as elytra with sides rounded 

 and narrowed in front, posterior angles rounded, upper surface rather 

 diffusely punctured ; elytra Avith moderately strongly punctured striaj, 

 and the interstices also plainly punctured ; the sculpture, however, is 

 rather confused and irregular ; legs entirely ferruginous, or black with the 

 knees reddish, tarsi always reddish-yelloAV. L. 2-2^ mm. 



Male with the posterior femora armed Avith a strong triangular recurved 

 tooth. 



By evening sweeping ; also iu sandy places on and near cliffs ; very local ; Caterham ; 

 Mickleham ; Kingsgate ; Glanvilles Woottou ; Uphill, near VVcston-supcr-Mare ; 

 Mablethorpc, Lincolnshire; Scaiborough ; Constantine, Lancashire; Northumbcilaud 

 district, very rare, Saltwell and Long Benton; ScotLmd, very rare, Forth district. 



This has usually been considered one of our rarest British species, but 

 quite recently Mr. Theodore Wood has found it by hundreds on the 

 shore and on and about the cliflf's at Kingsgate near Margate ; it has 

 usually been distinguished from H. jmndatus by its dark pitchy black 

 colour, but among these there were a number of apparently mature light 

 ferruginous specimens Avhich plainly belong to the species, of Avhich they 

 must be regarded as a light variety. 



H. punctatus, Sturm. Very closely allied to the preceding, but of 

 smaller average size, and distinguished by being invariably of a ferru- 

 ginous colovrr, and by the more regidar punctuation of the elytra, the 

 punctures on the interstices being as large and regular as those of the 

 strife ; the male also has the posterior femora terminated by a long spini- 

 form tooth. L. 2 mm. 



By sweeping, &c. ; very rare ; Mr. Crotch records eight specimens of this species 

 and n. spinipes (which, as above observed, is regarded by some authors as a form of 

 i\\c idmA\e o\' n. punctatus) fro;ii "North Wales, Livcri'ool, and Scotland;" I'uilcy 



