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with a depression in front, rather obsoletely punctured ; antennre entirely 

 pitoliy black, rather stout but scarcely thickened towards apex, iirst 

 joint stout and rather long, 2-3 of about ec^ual length, 4-10 of about 

 equal lengtli but gradually thicker so that 7-10 are transverse, eleventh 

 about half as long again as tenth ; thorax rather transverse, slightly 

 narrowed behind, not channc'lled, finely and not very thickly sculptured ; 

 elytra plainly longer than thorax, finely and thickly punctured or even 

 alutaceous ; hind body black and shining, sparingly punctured, segments 

 5-6 almost impunctate ; legs pitchy testaceous. L. 3-3^ mm. 



Male with the dorsal plate of seventh segment with sides very distinctly 

 raised, apical margin also raised, apex broadly, but very indistinctly, 

 emarginate: in this sex also the third joint of antennae is much stouter 

 and the head more plainly impressed. 



Eare ; in decaying: funs'i, moss, dung-hoaps, &c.; Cowle_y (in cowLonse), Iligligate, 

 Gi-avesend, Foi-est Hill, .Sliiriey, Walworth, Putney ; Manchester (also a var. with 

 dark legs); Lancashire; English Lake district; Smallheath and Knowlo, near 

 Birmingham (under houes) ; Northumberland district (one female, Bold). 



H.fung-ivora, Thorns. {Bessohia {Trfcltiota) gihhera), Muls. et Rey). 

 Very closely allied to the preceding ; in fact in his last catalogue Dr. 

 Sharp mentions it as merely a variety : it differs in being smaller, and 

 in having joints 4-6 of the antennae narrower in proportion, so that the 

 antenna? appear more thickened ; tbe head is broader and more broadly 

 and plainly impressed, and the thorax is more strongly impressed at 

 base ; moreover the posterior margin of the seventh segment of the 

 hind body in male is nearly straight instead of broadly emarginate, and 

 often shows traces of one or two small teeth in middle. L. 2^-3 mm. 



In decaying fungi, especially those growing on stumps of trees in autumn, under 

 moss, iu haystack refuse, dung-heaps, &.C.; occasionally on the wing and by sweeping; 

 not uncommon, but local. London district generally ; Midlands, widely distributed ; 

 Northumberland district ; Scotland, rather common in several districts. 



IS. picipes, Thoms. {fuscofemorata, Wat., Atheta picipes, Thorns., 

 Traum(je.cia excavata, INIuls. et Rey). Rather shorter, broader, and more 

 rolnist than the preceding, sculpture more or less alutaceous, more 

 distinct on elytra than on head and thorax ; head rather broad and 

 short, broadly impressed, and channelled in male, more obscurely in 

 female; a ntenntB pitchy or pitchy testaceous, lighter at base, first joint 

 stout, 2-3 shorter than usual, fourth more slender than fifth, about as long 

 as broad, 5-10 about equal, distinctly transverse, eleventh nearly as long 

 as the two preceding ; thorax nearly as broad as elytra, plainly trans- 

 verse, with an impression or short channel in middle of base (broader 

 in male) ; elytra square, rather longer than thorax ; hind body black and 

 shining, yellowish or brownish at apex, sparingly punctured, segments 

 5-6 almost impunctate ; legs testaceous or pitchy testaceous. L. 2| mm. 



Male with third joint of autennre thickened, dorsal plate of seventh 

 segment with posterior margin a little thickened and emarginate in 



