108 STAPUYLiNiD^, [Homolota. 



distinct patches, one triangular at scutellum, and one on each side near 

 outer angle ; head rather large, rounded behind ej'es, rather indistinctly 

 and not closely punctured ; antennae rather long and stout, pitchy with 

 basal joints yellow, joints 2-3 eqnal, fourth small, fifth broader than 

 fourth, 5-10 transverse but not strongly so, eleventh pointed as long as 

 the two preceding together ; thorax nearly as broad as elytra, plainly 

 broader than long, indistinctly sculptured ; elytra longer than thorax, 

 distinctly and moderately closely punctured ; hind body black and 

 shining, segments 2-4 sparingly punctured, fifth very sparingly punc- 

 tured, sixth nearly impunctate ; legs yellow. L. 3 mm. 



Male with the dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind body truncate 

 and crenulate, female with the dorsal and ventral plates of the same 

 segment very obsoletely emarginate. 



In moss, &c. ; occasioually in sandpits ; not common; Cobham, Caterham, Shirley, 

 Charlton, Reigate, Woking, Kilburn, Hampstead, Hythe, St. Mary Cray, Southend ; 

 Isle of Wight ; Doniford, Somerset ; Yardley, Sutton Park, and Knowle, near Bir- 

 mingham ; Needwood Forest, near Burtou-on-Treut ; Northumberland district, rare, 

 Gosforth and Hartley. Scotland, scarce, Solway district only. 



K. triang-ulum, Ivr. Allied to trhiotafa, but larger and darker, 

 more parallel, and with the thorax more developed ; the last joint of the 

 antennas is longer, and the triangular patch round scutellum more de- 

 veloped and more distinct ; the antennfe also are entirely black ; the 

 head is narrower than the thorax, finely and indistinctly punctured ; 

 antennae rather long and stout with penultimate joints transverse, but 

 not strongly so ; thorax a third broader than long, finely and somewhat 

 closely punctured, strongly alutaceous between the punctures ; elytra 

 testaceous with a large dark, well-defined patch at scutellum, and 

 another on each side at apical angles extending more or less towards 

 base, distinctly punctured ; hind body shining, with segments 2-4 

 sparingly punctured, fifth very sparingly, sixth impunctate or nearly 

 so ; legs fusco-testaceous, femora pitchy. L. 3-3^ mm. 



Male with the apex of dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind body 

 truncate and crenidate, the outer crenulations being more distinct, 

 female with the apex of dorsal and ventral plates of the same segment 

 very feebly emarginate. 



In decaying sea- weed, haystack refuse, &c. ; also at sap of trees; not uncommon in 

 the London district ; Tonbridge ; Margate ; Hastings ; Knowle, near Birniingham, 

 under bones; Repton, Burton-on-Treut ; Wallasey near Liverpool; English Lake 

 district ; not recorded from the Northumberland district or from Scotland. 



K. fung-icola, Thorns. («^<^V7^coZ//s, Y aivm. , Atheta fungicola, Thoms.). 

 A variable species ; black or pitchy black, with the fore parts dull, and 

 the elytra brown; head narrower than thorax, broad and short, finely 

 and not closely punctured; antennte rather stout, dark, with basal joints 

 lighter, third joint plainly longer than second, slender in female, stout in 

 male, fourth joint small, fifth broader than fourth, 5-10 distinctly but 

 not strongly transverse, eleventh pointed as long as the two preceding 

 together ; thorax about as broad as elytra, half as broad again as long, 



