(Pa^e 173) 

 the second, the fourth as lonjj as broad, the middle and next-last joints 

 distinctly but not strongly transverse, almost of eqyal breadth, distal 

 joint proportionately large, lonrjer than tne two preceding joints togeth- 

 er. Pronotum a little narrower than the elytra, amply 1 ^/S times as broad 

 as long, with anteriorly feebly rounded, posteriorly more straight sides, 

 flatly convex, very finely and densely punctated, in the p often with a 

 feeble longitudinal groove posteriorly before scutellum, in the Q the en- 

 tire middle-line broadly depressed or grooved. Elytra /.j" longer than 

 pronotum, finely and very densely punctated; abdomen a little more glist- 

 ening than the forebody, the surface extremely finely and feebly shagreened, 

 its first three free dorsal joints distinctly and densely punctated, the 

 fourth less densely, the fiftl. sparsely papctated. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



In the O the head and pronotum deeply grooved (see above); the sixth 

 fret dorsal joint of abdomen at tip transversally truncated or flatly 

 emarginated, posterior margin slightly thickened and extremely finely ser- 

 rated, its corners slightly prominent; sides of the joint finely ledje- 

 shaped margined (Fig. 64). 



(Page 174) 



Distributed in Europe; on damp ground under leaves and moss, also in 



birds' nests, and at fungi and carrion; rather rare in this country. 



76. H. nigricornis Thorns. 



(Thoms. Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forli. 1852, 142; Slcand. Col. Ill, 86; Kraatz 

 Ins. D. II, 281; Sharp Hev. Brit. Horn. 209; Muls. et Fey Bre'vlp. 1873, 

 636; Janglb. Kaf. K. II, 163). 



Like the preceding species slightly depressed, rather ejually broad 



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