88 STAPHYLiNiD^. [Homdota 



than thorax, finely and thickly pimctured ; hind body black, apex of 

 segments obscurely brownish, segments 2-4 closely punctured, fifth 

 more sparingly, sixth almost impunctate ; legs yellow. L. 3^ mm. 



Male witii the fifth dorsal segment with two granulations, sixth with 

 two rows of short longitudinal raised lines, four in each row, posterior 

 margin of seventh with four small teeth, the outer ones indistinct. 



Under bark of various trees ; not uncommon ; London district generally ; Tilgate 

 Forest ; Tonbridge ; New Forest ; Repton, Bewdley, Needwood, Leicester, Sutton 

 Park, and Midlands generally ; Sherwood Forest; Dean Forest; Bangor; not found 

 in the north of England or in Scotland. 



Distinguished by its very dull head and thorax, brownish elytra, and 



yellow legs. 



K. ang-ustulai Gyll. {Binarceaa7}gn$tula,T\\om^., svih. gen. Pohj- 

 ota, Muls. et Eey. Parallel, rather depressed, head and hind body 

 black, thorax variable in colour, black, reddish, or even yellowish, 

 elytra ratber bright reddish ; head closely and finely punctured, dull, 

 deeply impressed in male ; antennae rather long and stout and gradually 

 thickened towards apex, joints 2-3 nearly equal, rather long .and stout, 

 4-5 longer than broad, sixth about as long as broad, 7-10 transverse, 

 eleventh about twice as long as tenth ; thorax nearly as broad as elytra, 

 subquadrate, very finely and densely punctured, with a very distinct 

 longitudinal channel ; elytra about the length of thorax, or very slightly 

 longer, very thickly and finely punctured ; hind body black, apex 

 lighter, rather dull, segments 2-5 thickly punctured, sixth segment 

 ra'ther sparingly punctured ; legs yellow. L. 3-3^ mm. 

 -^-Male with the sixth segment covered with small elevations, seventh 

 with four short raised lines before apex, and four on hind margin pro- 

 jecting a little beyond margin, the outer ones very indistinct. 



Marshy places ; in moss, flood refuse, &c. ; occasionally in sandpits ; local, but not 

 uncommon ; London district, widely distributed ; Isle of Wight and southern 

 districts ; Midlands, rather common ; Chat Moss; Manchester ; not found hitherto in 

 the extreme north of England ; Dr. Sharp possesses Scotch examples of the species, 

 but without note of their locality. 



The bright colouring, parallel form, and very strongly channelled 

 thorax will at once separate this species. 



H. linearis, Grav. (Dinarcea linearis, Thoms., sub-gen. Aghjplia, 

 Muls. et Key). Eatlier narrow, black, with the elytra reddish brown, 

 and the apex of abdomen testaceous ; head rather dull, not very dis- 

 tinctly punctured, Avith a longitudinal impression in middle, broadly im- 

 pressed in male ; antennae yellowish with basal joints clear yellow, 

 rather stout, a little thickened towards apex, with distinct projecting 

 hairs, first joint stout, 2-3 equal in length, fourth not so broad as fifth, 

 6-10 distinctly transverse, eleventh half as long again as tenth ; thorax 

 nearly as broad as elytra, about one-fourth broader than long, rather 

 shining and finely punctured, with a distinct longitudinal channel ; 



