40 CL.VVICORNM. [llydnoliu*. 



coarsely punctured, base truncate ; elytra long, rather depressed on disc, 

 with strongly punctured striae, and with the interstices very distinctly 

 punctured, sometimes presenting a slightly rugose appearance ; legs rather 

 stout, tibiae 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 coast ; rare ; first introduced as British on two old specimens 

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

 were also found by Mr. Rye among some undetermined Anisotomidce in the Rev. H. 

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

 one of our rarest British Coleoptera until quite 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. 



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

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

 ferruginous ; head rather large in both sexes, finely and rather diffusely 

 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 with moderately strongly punctured stria;, 

 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-yellow. L. 2-2| mm. 



Male with the posterior femora armed with a strong triangular recurved 

 tooth. 



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

 Mickleham ; Kingsgate; Glanvilles Woottou ; Uphill, near Weston-super-Mare ; 

 Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire ; Scarborough; Constantine, Lancashire; Northumbeilaud 

 district, very rare, Saltwell and Long Benton ; Scotland, 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 cliffs at Kingsgate near Margate ; it has 

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

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

 ferruginous specimens which plainly belong to the species, of which 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 colour, and by the more regular punctuation of the elytra, the 

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

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

 form tooth. L. 2 mm. 



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

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

 the female of H. piinc(aius') from " North Wales, Liverpool, and Scotland;" 1'urloy 



