IlomaJoia.] sTAPnvLrNrD.E. 97 



thorax, cliannclled, indistinctly pnnctnred ; antennae pitcliy or pitchy testa- 

 ceous with base lighter, joints 2-3 about equal, 4-10 diifering little in 

 length, gradually slightly broader, eleventh rather long, nearly as long as 

 the two preceding together ; thorax nearly half as broad again as long, 

 more narrowed in front than behind, with sides gently rounded, thickly 

 and finely punctured, with an obsolete douljle impression before scutellum ; 

 elytra plainly longer than thorax, finely punctured, but rather more 

 distinctly than thorax; hind body with segments 2 4 distinctly punc- 

 tured, 5-6 almost impunctate ; legs testaceous. L. 2 mm. 



]\lale with channel on head longer and more distinct than in female, 

 ventral plate of seventh segment of hind body more produced and narrower. 



Marshy places ; rare; Hainmersmith Marshes; Lee, Keut ; Scotland, loc.il, Sohvay 

 district; Thornhill, near Dumfries. 



About the size of IL anaJis, l)ut easily distinguished by its longer 

 antennfe and quite ditterently shaped head. 



H. curtipennis, Sharp. Allied to the preceding, but easily dis- 

 tinguished by its much shorter elytra and shorter antennae, of which the 

 joints are more transverse ; the thorax is about as broad as the elytra, 

 and shaped much as in JET. geraina ; sometimes it is even, and sometimes 

 broadly channelled ; elytra scarcely longer than thorax, and usually of a 

 lighter colour, finely and densely punctured ; hind body as in the pre- 

 ceding species ; legs testaceous, sometimes a little infuscate. L. 2 mm. 



Scotland, local and not common; Forth, Tay, Dec, and Solway districts (Rannoch, 

 Pmitlands, Thornhill, &c.). Sutton Park, near Birmingham, grass-tufts in bogs 

 (W. G. Blatch). 



Group 11. 



The species belonging to this group may be distinguished by the 

 shape of their antennae which are moderately but not very stout, but 

 more especially by the closely punctured sixth segment of the abdomen ; 

 several of the species are so extremely closely allied that it is very 

 difficult to determine whether they are really separate species or races of 

 the same species ; they are all small, none exceeding 2 mm. in length. 



H. vilis, Er. (Dilucra vilis, Muls. et Eey). Fuscous black, with 

 tlie elytra, and sometimes thorax, brownish, dull, rather thickly pubes- 

 cent, apex of hind body pitchy brown ; head rather large and almost 

 quadrate, parallel-sided, very finely punctured ; antennae dirty testa- 

 ceous, third joint rather shorter than second, 4-10 diifering little in 

 length and breadth, rather stout, eleventh nearly as long as the two pre- 

 ceding ; thorax broader than long, very finely punctured ; elytra longer 

 than thorax and rather more distinctly sculptured ; hind body closely 

 punctured throughout; legs testaceous. L. lf-2 mm. 



Male Avith head obscurely impressed, seventh segment of hind body 

 a little produced underneath. 



Very rare; marshy places; Eltliam, Kent (Sharp); Tonbrldgo (Horner); Lee, 

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