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male, with long and rather thick seta at sides ; elytra with 

 raised longitudinal lines on each, the spaces between the.se 

 rather broad and very finely punctured, sides set with thick and 

 Ion-,' hairs; I.-^s yi-lliwish-br<\vn with femora yellow, posterior tarsi 

 i'li ui^atc. ].. :i 1 mm. 



In the malt- tin- thorax is a little broader than in the female, and ia 

 more diffusely punctured on disc, and the clypeus is more even. 



Sandy places, in dung ; very local, but not uncommon where it ocean. Deal ; 

 Hastings ; Sandwich ; Chesil Bank ; Dartmoor, Devon ; Burnbam, Somerset ; Swan- 

 son ; Norwich ; Wullascy, Cheshire (one specimen, Wilding) ; it is recorded iu 

 Stephens' Illustrations (Mund. iii. 208) as " taken most abundantly by J. Rawlins, 

 Esq., in a field by Kivelstoue Wood, near Edinburgh, " but Dr. Sharp considers that 

 the record is erroneous. 



H. tcstudinarius, F. Smaller than the preceding, finely pubescent, 

 of a dull black colour, with the elytra black or pitchy, and marked with 

 rather large and irregular round yt llowish-red spots ; head large, with 

 clypeus somewhat raided in middle in both sexes, and emarginate at 

 apex, thickly sculptured ; antenna; and palpi brownish-red, the former 

 with a very large blackish club ; thorax transverse, very thickly and 

 strongly punctured, the punctures being large and more or less confluent 

 towards sides ; elytra with six raised lines on each, the spaces between 

 being broad and very obsolctely punctured; legs reddish-brown. 

 L. 2 -4 mm. 



Male as a rule much smaller than the female, and with the spurs of the 

 anterior tibiae curved at apex ; in the female the latter are simple and 

 pointed. 



Sandy places, in dung ; very local, and not common ; Woking, Bagshot, Esher, 

 Chobham, Hampstead Heath, Bow, Coombe Wood; Swansea; Suudburu Wood, 

 York (Hey). 



B. villosus, Civil. Of about the same size on the average as the 

 preceding, but more shining, and with the thorax less closely and more 

 finely punctured ; the general colour is reddish-brown with the thorax 

 darker, and the anterior portion of head and some more or less indistinct 

 and cloudy markings on elytra lighter; anteniuu and legs reddish- 

 testaceous, the club of the former small; thorax transverse, rather thickly 

 punctured ; elytra with six raised lines on each, which, however, are less 

 sharp and much less strongly marked than in the preceding species ; 

 posterior tarsi comparatively short. L. 3-4 mm. 



The male is as a rule smaller than the female, but the other sexual 

 differences are slight. 



Sandy and chalky places ; very rare ; Micklcham (where it has been captured by 

 Mr. Champion and Mr. Marsh by beating hazel) ; Freshwater, Isle of Wight (Water- 

 house); it has also been taken recently (June 1887) in the island by Mr. Champion , 

 Newmarket Heath (Stephens) ; Llandudno (Sidebothuui) ; Southport (one specimen 

 taken on June 10th, 1858, by Mr. B. Cooke). 



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