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hardly, if at all apparent, in Dr. Sharp's typical specimens ; the colour is 

 often almost entirely testaceous, but this too is sometimes the c;we with 

 the ty[)e form. It is the //. lowjirollis of JMulaant and Key, who con- 

 sider it a separate species. L. 3 mm. 



Very rare; found in Claytifate Lane, Esher, antl one or two otlier localities iu tlie 

 Loudon district. Toubriilge (Horner). 



K. insecta, Thorns. (Disopora insecta, Muls. et Rey, Aloconofa 

 insecta, Thmus.). Fuscous or fusco-piceous with the elytra lighter, 

 finely punctured and pubescent ; head a little narrower than thorax with 

 a very distinct longituiJinal impression on vertex j antennae pitchy 

 testaceous with the base paler, rather stout, and evidently'', though not 

 strongly thickened towards apex, joints 1-3 elongate of about equal length, 

 4-9 each of about equal length, but each thicker than the preceding, so 

 that the ninth appears shorter than fourth, tenth very slightly transverse, 

 eleventh oblong ov^ate about twice as long as tenth ; thorax subquadrate 

 Avith sides rounded in front and slightly narrowed from middle to base, 

 with a distinct central channel (in mature specimens) ; elytra a little 

 longer than thorax, narrower at base than apex; hind body with segments 

 2-5 evenly and finely punctured, sixth segment shining and smooth, 

 extremity of seventh yellowish ; legs yellow. L. 4 mm. 



Male with a distinct tubercle in middle of sixth segment, and with the 

 apex of seventh furnished with four small indistinct teeth, sometimes 

 obsolete. 



At roots of g'rass iu ni'.irsliy places ; nl<o on banks of rivers and lochs ; local and, as 

 a rnle, uncommon; Putney (hanks of Tbanies) ; Tonbridge ; Bvwdley ; Matlock; 

 Higlitown, Liverpool; Manrbester; Sawley ; banks of tbe Irtbiu?, Cumberland; 

 Nortbuniberland district ; Caernarvon ; Scotland, local, Tay, Dee, Solway. 



This species is closely allied to H. pavens, but is a little larger with the 

 head and thorax more shining and more sparingly punctured, the latter 

 being more strongly channelled ; the antennae also are not so much 

 thickened towards apex and the joints are longer than in H.p)avens, and the 

 furrow also on the vertex of head is much more distinct. 



H. pavens„ Er. [sulcifrons, Steph., Disopora 2mvens, Muls. et Eey, 

 Aloconota lissomira, Thorns.). Elongate and rather linear, hncly and 

 thickly punctured and pubescent, rather shining, pitchj' black with the 

 elytra brownish testaceous ; head a little narrower than thorax with an 

 oljsolote fovea in front ; antennae pitchy testaceous with base pale, 

 rather long and stout, joints 1-3 of about equal length, 4-5 oblong, 7-10 

 slightly transverse ; thorax subquadrate with sides slightly rounded in 

 front and narrowed from middle towards base with a more or less obsolete 

 central channel ; elytra scarcely longer than thorax, not so long as broatl, 

 with pimctiiation not quite so close as on thorax, hind body with 

 segments 2-5 thickly and finely punctured, sixth almost impunctate ; legs 

 yellow. L. 3-2—4 mm. 



