150 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



. but a few towards the tip on the margin : bodyheneath pitchy-black ; some- 

 times pale testaceous at the tip : legs, antennae, and palpi rufo-testaceous. 

 Var. jS. With the body beneath more or less ferruginous. The Ha. luniceps, 

 Wilkins MSS., and, according to Gyllenhal, the Ha. flaviventris of Sturm ; 

 but his insect appears distinct, and the form of the thorax different, not being 

 attenuated posteriorly; see page 145. 



Not uncommon in the vicinity of London, at Southend, &c. 

 " Banks of the Tees, Yorkshire."— L. liudd^ Esq. " Bottisham." 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 26. lentns. Brevior, latus, niger subnitidus, thorace postice recto, corpora 

 subtus, antennis -pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 4| Hn.) 



Ha. lentus. Sturm.— Steph. Catal. p. 30. No. 271. 



Broad rather convex : head and thorax glossy black ; the latter transversely 

 wrinkled in the centre, with a strong dorsal channel, a slight transverse 

 impression posteriorly, with an obsoletely rugose fovea at its extremities ; the 

 hinder margin straight: elytra black, rather shining, faintly striated, the 

 stria? simple, and the margin irregularly punctate at the apex : body beneath 

 and leo-s rufo-ferruginous ; antennae and palpi the same, but paler. 



The lateral margins of the thorax are slightly rufous in my specimen, which in 

 other respects agrees with Sturm's insect: its superior width well distin- 

 guishes it from the other indigenous species, as well as the form of its thorax, 

 which differs a little from others of this section, its hinder angles being very 

 obtuse. 

 I have one specimen taken near London, several years ago. 



Sp. 27. annulicornis. Niger, nitidus, thorace postice utrinque foved subrugosd, 

 antennis paJpisque fulvis nigra annulatis, pedibus piceo-nigris, spinulis rwfis. 

 (Long. corp. 4^4^ lin.) 



Ha. annulicornis. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. p. 30. No. 275. 



Deep glossy black : thorax with a moderate dorsal channel, a deep rather rugged 

 fovea on each side at the base, and slightly wrinkled transversely: elytra 

 black, simply and rather deeply striated, with several impressions at the 

 apex of the third interstice from the margin ; the margin itself with an inter- 

 rupted series of impressions : legs pitchy-black, the cilia on the tibiae rufous : 

 antennte and palpi fulvous, annulated with black, the apical joints of the 

 former immaculate. 



Taken occasionally near London, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 28. atrocieruleus. Ater, supra nigro-cceruJescens, thorace postice utrinque 

 foveold simplice, antennis fulvis nigro-maculatis, palpis fulvis, pedibus spinu~ 

 Usque nigris. (Long. corp. 4 — 4^ lin.) 



Ha. atrocteruleus. Kirbi/ MSS.— Steph. Catal. p. 31. No. 276. 



Greatly resembling the last, but of a fine blue tint above : the thorax with a 

 simple impunctate foveola on each side at the base, the antennae fulvous, with 



