22 STAPH YLiNiD/E. [AleocJiara. 



finely, but distinctly and not closely punctured, usually presenting the 

 appearance of a central longitudinal furrow, which is often due to the 

 arrangement of the thick pubescence ; elytra a little longer than thorax, 

 strongly punctured ; hind body rather long, with sides parallel until near 

 apex, sparingly punctured, especially behind ; legs pitchy, knees and 

 tarsi lighter, posterior tarsi elongate. L. 3-4 mm. 



Male with the dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind body almost 

 truncate, ventral plate produced slightly in an obtuse angle. 



Under decaying sea-weed, &e., on the sea -shore ; widely distributed and not uu- 

 coinnion in many parts of England; Heme Bay, Southend, Whitstable, Broadstairs ; 

 Isle of Wight (Kyde, Ventnor, &c.); Harwich j Southsea ; Falmouth; Hartlepool; 

 Isle of Man ; Northumberland district, rare (Bold); Scotland, comipou, Forth, Dee, 

 Solway, and Clyde districts. 



A. alg'arum, Fauv. (grisea, Thorns, nee Kr., fiiUgmosa, Key). Ee- 

 sembles the preceding, but may easily be distinguished from it by its very 

 much finer and closer punctuation, the more plainly marked posterior 

 angles of the thorax, and the much duller general appearance ; it is also, 

 as a rule, rather larger and broader, but in this point it is very variable. 

 L. 3|-4|- mm. 



Found under the same circumstances as the preceding, but is much commoner in 

 the south than in the north of England; Isle of Wight and South Coast, abundant; 

 Sheeruess, Whitstable, Chatham ; Scarborough ; Kew Brighton, Liverpool ; Isle of 

 Man ; Northumberland district ; Ireland, near Dublin ; not recorded from Scotland. 



A. obscurella, Er. Much smaller on the average than either of the 

 two preceding, with which it has many points in common ; it may also 

 be distinguished from them by its coarser and thicker pubescence, and 

 the closer punctuation of the hind body ; the antennae also are shorter ; 

 it is much duller and has the thorax and elytra much more closely punc- 

 tured than A. grisea; in the latter points it resembles A. aJgarum, but 

 the short and visually lighter- coloured antennae and the scul})ture of the 

 hind body, as well as the small size, will serve to separate it ; the male 

 has the ventral plate and seventh segment of hind body produced in a 

 much more distinct angle than in A. algarum. L. 3-3^ mm. 



In decaying sea-weed, &c., often found in company with the other two species ; 

 not uncommon and widely distributed ; Sheeruess, Hastiness, Southsea, Margate, 

 Southampton, Weymouth, Isle of Wight, &c. ; Devonshire ; Mablethorpe, Lin- 

 colushire; Lancashire; Hartlepool; Northumberland district; Scotland, local, 

 Tweed and Forth districts ; Ireland, Portmarnock and Malahide near Dublin, and 

 CO. Down. 



IMCECItOG'XiOSSA, Kraatz. {Haploglossa, Kraatz, pars.) 



This genus at present consists of about a dozen European, one Japanese, 

 and two Chilian species, and one from Central America ; the species are 

 small andj as a rule, are found either associated with ants, or in the nests 

 of birds or email quadrupeds, such as mice, squirrels, &c. ; five species 



