70 STAPHYLINIDiE. [HoDlcdola. 



Male witli a long raised tubercle on sixth segment, hind margin of 

 seventh furnished with four indistinct teeth. 



Marshy places, especially on river banks; also in woods; it occurs under stones, 

 dead leaves, and vegetable refuse; it is never common, but the male is much rarer 

 than the female. Mickleham, \Valtoii-ou-'riiames, Shirley near Croydon ; Tonbridge; 

 liritrhton ; Isle of Wight ; North Devon ; Nettlccomb, Somerset ; Sunbury ; Burford ; 

 Smallheath, near Birmingham (under bonos) ; Matlock (moss in waterfall) ; 

 Scarborough; fetretford, near Manchester ; Whalley, Lancashire; Northumberland 

 district. Scotland, scarce. Forth, Tay, and Solway districts (Nithsdale, Edinburgh, 

 E-anuoch, &c.). 



K. Eiclioffiv Scriba {cBgyptiaca, Mots.). A delicate and fragile 

 species, somewhat depressed, and shining, pitchy, with the elytra paler; 

 head large, a little narrower than thorax, shining, narrowed in front, to- 

 gether with thorax very finely punctured ; antennae pitchy testaceous with 

 base lighter, long and slender, slightly thickened towards apex, joints 1-3 

 elongate^ third not so long as second, fifth longer than fourth, 5-10 not 

 differing much in length, eleventh oval, half as long again as tenth; thorax 

 sub(|uadrate, with sides a little narrowed towards base with a short 

 channel or impression in front of scutellum ; elytra scarcely as long as 

 broad, hardly so finely punctured as thorax ; hind body slightly 

 narrowed towards apex, with segments 2-4 finely and rather sparingly punc- 

 tured, fifth not so thickly punctured, sixth smooth ; legs yellow. L.3mm. 



Male with a pointed tubercle on sixth segment, posterior margin of 

 seventh furnished with four teeth, the two in middle close together and 

 distinct, the two outside more or less obsolete. 



Very rare; Walton-on-Thames (Champion); Tonbridge (Horner); Scotland, Tay 

 and Solway- Ranuoch (Sharp and Crotch)— flood refuse, banks of Nith (Sharp). 



This species very closely resembles the succeeding, but is distinguished 

 by being rather larger and more shining, with a larger head, which is 

 more produced in front ; the antennae too are stouter, and the elytra 

 shorter and paler. 



K. cambrica, Woll. (velox, Kr., Disojwra velox, I\Iuls, et Eey). 

 Kather depressed, not very shining, very finely and thickly pubescent ; 

 head subquadrate, a little narrower than the thorax, finely punctured, 

 black or fuscous black, with elytra pitchy brown or chestnut-brown ; 

 antennae long and slender, fuscous with light base, joints 1-3 rather 

 elongate, 4-7 slightly oblong, 8-10 nearly equal about as long as broad, 

 eleventh oblong about half as long again as tenth ; thorax subquadrate, 

 scarcely narrowed behind, a little narrower than elytra, very thickly and 

 finely punctured ; elytra half as long again as thorax very finely 

 punctured ; hind body rather more shining, with segments 2-5 not very 

 thickly punctured, sixth nearly impunctate ; legs long and slender, 

 yellow. L. 2| mm. 



Male with a large raised tubercle on the middle of sixth segmont, 

 apex of seventh segment with four teeth, the two outer ones very 

 obsolete. 



