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rugose ; scutellum small, transverse ; elytra obtusely acuminate at apex, 

 with comparatively fine but rather deep punctured striae, 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, Ac. ; 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, Sonthend, Gravesend, Sheerness, Epping Forest ; Clacton-on-Sea ; Aid- 

 borough, Suffolk; Shipley, near Horsham; Hastings ; Dover; Portsea ; Bristol; 

 Swansea. 



H. pallidus, Curtis (testaceus, Kust. ; Nalassus pallidus, Muls.). 

 Ovate, convex, pale testaceous, rather shining; head subtriangular, thickly 

 punctured ; antennae 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 striae 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-ou-Sea ; Harwich; Southend 5 Hastings; Ryde; Swansea; Tenby ; 

 Barmouth (where it was first discovered by Mr. H. Walker and his brother) ; 

 Wallasey, near Liverpool. 



H. striatus, Fourc. (cardboides, Panz. ; Ncdassus 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, antennae 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 striae, interstices rather strongly and somewhat con- 

 fluently punctured ; antennae 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. 



LAGRIID-aE. 

 According to the Munich catalogue this family contains fourteen 



