Ilomalota.'] stapiiylinid.'E. 79 



INIale with ventral plate of seventh segment narrower than in female, 

 and projecting considerably beyond nppcv plate. 



A moiintiiin species; Ben Lomond, Mamsoul, and other mountains and hills in 

 the Dee, Moray, Solway, and Clyde districts ; also found on Snowdon ; Northumber- 

 land district (one specimen only recorded from Heuhole, J. Hardy); Ireland, co. 

 Down, mo.ss on niountains. 



Allied to H. elongatula, but rather larger, darker, and more shining, 

 and with shorter elytra. 



K. tibialis, Heer. (nivalis, Kies., Geostiha tibialis, Muls. et Key), 

 Eesembles the preceding, but is much smaller; elongate, narrow, 

 deep black, shining, with elytra very ol)Scurely pitchy; head a little 

 narrower than thorax^ flattened in male, convex and with a small fovea in 

 female; antennae pitchy or pitchy black, basal joint slightly paler, a 

 little thickened towards the apex, joints 2-3 about equnl in length, 4-5 

 about as long as broad, 5-10 slightly transverse about eqiial, eleventh stout 

 half as long again as tenth ; thorax about as broad as elytra, distinctly 

 broader than long, finely and not closely punctured, with a depression in 

 front of scutellum; elytra about as long as thorax, rather sparingly 

 punctured, with fine and scanty pubescence; hind body with segments 

 2-4 sparingly punctured, fifth still more so, sixth nearly impunctate; legs 

 pitchy, sometimes yellowish, tarsi rather stout. L. 2s mm. 



Male with the under plate of seventh segment considerably produced 

 and narrowed towards apex, of female broad and slightly emarginate. 



Found under the same circumstances as the preceding ; common in high disti'icts 

 throughout Scotland ; Snowdon ; Lake district; abundant on the summits of the 

 Cheviots; Ireland, co. Down, moss on mountains (Champion). 



Group 5, 



The species belonging to tliis group have the basal segments of the 

 hind body sparingly punctured, and the apical ones nearly smooth; H. 

 vestita ought perhaps to be separated from the rest, but is best left in 

 this connexion. 



H. vestita, Grav. (Lioglufa vesiita, Muls. et Rey, TliinobKna quis- 

 quiliarum, Thoms.). Black, rather shining, with the elytra brownish, 

 clothed with yellow pubescence, which is thick on thorax and elytra, 

 and sparing on hind body; head narrower than thorax, difl'asely 

 punctured ; antennae rather long and stout, usually dark ferruginous 

 with base lighter, very slightly thickened towards apex, joints 2-3 about 

 equal in length, 4-10 not differing much in length, but gradually 

 broader, so that the latter are somewhat transverse, eleventh about twice as 

 long as tenth ; thorax about as long as broad, somewhat narrowed behind, 

 finely and dift'usely punctured, with a more or less distinct longitudinal 

 channel ; elytra longer than thorax, rather closely and coarsely punc- 

 tured; hind body black and shining w^ith apex paler, very sparingly 



