3:^6 MAN DIB UL ATA. COLEOPTERA. 



posterior femora ; the hinder tibiae furnished towards the apex with 

 a short, acute tooth, the lower or outer edg-e of which is furnished 

 with a fringe of hairs, and the apex is armed with a simple acute 

 spine : the tarsi are all short. 



Sp. 1. aridella. Ohhngo-ovata, obscure oenea, antennarum basi tibiis tarsisque 

 testacas, thorace brevissimo transversa, capiteque profundius punctatis, e\ytro~ 

 rum striis regularibvs. (Long. corp. f — 1 lin.) 



Ha. aridella. Ent. Hefte.—Steph. Catal. 220. No. 2251. 



OZ)/on^-ovate, convex, dull-brassy: head rather deeply punctured : thorax the 

 same, very short, transverse : elytra striated, the striae punctate, and for the 

 most part placed regularly, and rather deep: body beneath brassy-black: legs 

 testaceous, with the apex of the tibiae somewhat fuscous, and the femora 

 blackish-brass : antennce with the base testaceous. 



Far from rare in the vicinity of the metropolis in June, and I 

 liave received it from Bristol. 



Sp. 2. Sahlbergii. Oblongo-ovata, cceruleo-virescens, antennis basi ferrugineis, 

 nigro maculatis : thorace longiore capiteque profundiils punctatis, elytrorum 

 striis plerisque regularibus. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ha. Sahlbergii. Gyll. Ins. Suec. iv. 662- 



Oblong-ovsite, convex, greenish-blue: head and thorax deeply punctured, the 

 latter a little longer than in the preceding species, transverse, shining, gla- 

 brous: elytra \ery convex, rather deeply striate, the stride composed of rather 

 deep punctures, in general rather regularly placed, but sometimes a little 

 dispersed towards the suture : tibiae and tarsi ferruginous : femora brassy : an- 

 tennas ferruginous at the base, the lower Joints more or less tipped with black, 

 the apex of the latter colour. 



Found at Ripley, in June. 



Sp. 3. aridula. Ovalis, obscure-ccnea, antennis basi ferrugineis, supra nigro- 

 maculatis, capite thoraceque subtilissinis punctulatis, elytrorum striis inte7~iori- 

 bus intricatis. (Long. corp. | — 1 lin.) 



Ha. seneofusca. Mus. Marsham.—Steph. Catal. 220. No. 2252.— Ha. aridula. 

 Gyllenhal, Ins. Suec. iv. 663. 



Oval, dull brassy : head convex : thorax a little longer than in Ha. aridella, 

 thickly but \exy finely punctulated: elytra striated, the striae composed of 

 punctures, of which those on the back are very irregularly disposed, the lateral 

 ones being rugulose; legs stout, with the femora brassy: the tibiae and tarsi 

 ferruginous, the former rather dusky at the base : antennce black, with the 



