24 COLEOPTERA. 



7. HoMALOTA ATRATA, MaiiD. ; Kraatz, Ins. Deutschl., ii, 



p. 285 ; G. C. Champion, Ent. Mo. Mag., viii, p. 

 247. 

 clancula, Er. 

 Five examples taken by Mr. Cliampion in a marshy place 

 near Lee, and determined as above by Dr. Sharp. 



Most nearly allied to gagatina {variabilis, Wat. Cat.), 

 but rather smaller, shorter and broader, with the abdomen 

 thickly and finely punctured all over the upper surface. 

 It occurs with Oxypoda lentula, which, though smaller, it 

 is not unlike. 



8. Scop^us Ryei, T. V. Wollaston, Ent. Mo. Mag., ix, 



p. 34, described. 



Nine examples of this apparently undescribed species 

 were taken by Mr. Wollaston under stones near Slaj^ton 

 Ley, S. Devon, in May, 1869 and 1872. 



It is readily known from S. minutus {sulcicollis, Kby.) 

 by its smaller size, narrower outline, paler colour and more 

 opaque surface, thinner legs, and less strongly divided ab- 

 dominal segments. 



9. LiTHOCHARis PiCEA, Kraatz, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 



1858, Bull., p. cxci ; E. C. Rye, /. c, ix, p. 156. 



Several examples of this well marked and apparently 

 universally rare species were taken by Mr. Champion late 

 in the past autumn, by sifting dead leaves in Bexley Wood, 

 Kent. Dr. Sharp has also found it in Spain. 



Its dark pitchy colour and ferruginous limbs are almost 

 enough to separate it from our other species; and it may 

 also be known from its ally brimnea by its broader build, 

 more slender antennae, more finely and closely punctured 



