Ilonmlofa.] STAPHYLiNiDiii:. 87 



H. subg-labra, Sharp. (AtJieta suhglahra, H. R. W.). Resembles 

 H. palusfris, but is rather broader, more robust, and more shining; black, 

 with the elytra pitchy testaceous ; head black and shining, finely 

 pubescent, almost in.punctatc, eyes rather prominent ; antenntu black, 

 rather long and stout, joints 1-3 elongate, 4-10 each broader than the 

 preceding, 7-10 plainly transverse, eleventh about twice as long as 

 tenth ; thorax narrower than elytra, one-third broader than long, sides 

 nearly straight, not narrowed behind, punctuation very fine and not 

 dense, without fovea or channel ; elytra plainly longer than thorax, 

 finely alutaceous ; hind body black and shining, basal segments sparingly 

 punctured, apical segments impunctate ; legs pitchy testaceous. L. 2^- 

 2| mm. 



Sexual differences very indistinct. 



Rare. Buddim Wood, Leicester (Bliitcli), Scgliill Dene, Northiimhoilaiid district 

 (Bold) ; Scotland, rare but rather widely distributed, Solway, Tay, Clyde, Doe, aud 

 Moray districts (Ilannoch, Arran, Thorubill, Strath Canuich, &c.). 



n. nig-ella, Er. {Pachnida nigella, Muls. et Rey, Dinaro'a puncHven- 

 tris, Thoms.). This species, as above remarked, very closely resembles 

 a small A. incana ; it is narrow and linear with the head and thorax 

 dull black, and the hind body of a somewhat more shining black colour ; 

 the antennae are rather short aud stout, testaceous at base, darker towards 

 apex, with joints 4-10 each a little broader. than the preceding, 6-10 

 distinctly transverse, eleventh not quite twice as long as tenth ; thorax 

 slightly transverse, not, or scarcely, narrowed behind, very thickly, 

 finely, and obsoletely punctured, with a broad central longitudinal im- 

 pression ; elytra slightly longer than thorax, sculpture dense and dis- 

 tinct, consisting of minute granulations ; hind body with segments 2-4 

 closely and distinctly punctured, fifth more sparingly, sixth nearly im- 

 punctate, but granulate in male ; femora pitchy, tibise and tarsi pitchy 

 testaceous. L. 2\ mm. 



Male with sixth segment of hind body sparingly covered with granu- 

 lations, seventh segment with hind margin furnished with four small 

 tubercles : in the females these segments are simple. 



Marshy places ; in stems of reeds aud iu the axils of the leaves of water plants; 

 also in moss, refuse, &c., on the binks of ponds and pools ; rather connnon iu the 

 south-eastern, London, and fen districts, aiid^also in the Midlands ; it has not, however, 

 occurred I'urtlier north. 



K. sequata, Er. {Dinanea cvquata, Thorns.). Front parts dull 

 black, elytra brownish ; head rather large, nearly as broad as thorax, 

 broadly depressed iu male, indistinctly sculptured ; antennae stout, 

 sensiljly thickened towards apex, first joint stout, third a littlo longer 

 than second, 5-10 plainly transverse, eleventli twice as long as tenth ; 

 thorax nearly as broad as elytra, subquadrate, slightly narrowed behind, 

 very dull and indistinctly sculptured, with a broad longitudinal depres- 

 sion in middle, which is sometimes channelled ; elytra a little longer 



