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Blackish ; elytra dark brown ; apex of alxlomeii, legs and 

 base of antennae red, apex of latter dark brown. Penulti- 

 mate joints of antennae less transverse than in H. Halo- 

 hrectha and imndieeps ; elytra longer than in former, 

 punctuation more dilfuse and shallow but rather coarser 

 than in latter. Upper-plate of seventli abdominal segment 

 in male truncate at apex, but with an indistinct projection 

 in middle. Very rare ; Isle of Wight. 



II. IDvinccjis, Sharp. 

 2, Head finely punctured or nearly smooth. 

 A A. Length exceeding 1 line. 

 a a» Legs pitch-brown. 



A a. Abdomenwith basal segments diffusely 

 punctured, apical ones almost or quite 

 smooth. 



A 1, Length 1^ lines or more. 



o ] . Seventh abdominal segment in 

 male with sides of dorsal plate raised, 

 apical margin also raised but not so 

 distinctly, apex broadly but indis- 

 tinctly emarginate ; in female dorsal 

 and ventral plates simple, apex 

 broadly rounded. 



Linear, rather flat and dull, punctuation fine. Black, 

 elytra dark Ijrown. Antennae moderately stout, very little 

 thickened toward apex ; thorax one-third broader than 

 long; elytra one-third longer than thorax. L. 1^ — If 1. 

 Scarce. H. occulta, Er, 



The variety, fungivora, Th., is smaller, with the antennae 

 more thickened toward apex ; thorax a little less transverse 

 and more narrowed behind ; apex of upper-plate of seventh 

 abdominal segment in male nearly straight. 



h 1, Seventh abdominal segment in 

 male with apical margin of dorsal 

 plate a little thickened, emarginate 

 in middle and gently rounded on each 

 side ; in female apex of dorsal plate 

 with a distinct triangular notch in 

 the middle, apex of ventral plate 

 obtusely-pointed in middle. 



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