Homaloia.'] staphyltnid^e. 100 



sometimes with an indistinct central channel, rather closely and. dis- 

 tinctly punctured ; elytra one-third longer than thorax, thickly punc- 

 tured, closely pubescent ; hind body black and shinins^, sometimes with 

 apex of segments and extremity yellowish, segments 2-4 finely and not 

 closely punctured, fifth sparingly punctured, sixth impunctate ; legs 

 yellow. L. 3 mm. 



IMale with upper plate of seventh segment of hind body truncate and 

 finely crenulate, the crenulatioiis being terminated on each side by a more 

 distinct tubercle ; ventral plate more produced and narrower than in 

 female ; female with the ventral plate broad at margin and gently 

 rounded, but a variety occurs rarely in which it is distinctly and rather 

 deeply excised. 



Among dead leaves, at sap of felled trees, in decaying fungi (especially in autumn), 

 &e. ; abundant throughout the kingdom. 



K. ig-nobilis, Sharp. Allied to H. fwigicola, and included under 

 it as synonymous by some continental authorities ; it is, however, a 

 little larger and darker, and not so flat, with the front parts not so dull, 

 the base of the antennaa dark, and the head narrower; the thighs are 

 pitchy, and the tibias pitchy testaceous ; the male characters are much as 

 in H. fungicola, but the ventral plate of the seventh segment of hind 

 body in the female has the hind margin fringed with closely set, parallel 

 cilia, and is in the middle distinctly excised. ■ L. 3 mm. 



In decaying fungi, &c. ; not common ; Sevcnoaks, Loughton, Darenth Wood, 

 Shirley, Putney, Dorkiuir, Mickleham, Caterham, St. Mary Cray, Croydon, Lee, 

 Diilwich ; Tonbridgp ; Hastings; Knowle and Yardley, near Bh-mingham ; Man- 

 chester; Northumberland district, Gosforth, Walliugton, &c. j Scotland, local, Forth 

 and Solway districts. 



K. diversa, Sharp. Allied to H. succicola but not quite so shining, 

 with darker el\tra, and differently formed antennae, the fourth joint not 

 being transverse, the following ones narrower, and the eleventh joint 

 much shorter than in that species ; head much narrower than thorax, 

 generally with a small fovea ; thorax nearly half as broad again as lonf, 

 with a more or less distinct central channel, finely and not closely punc- 

 tured ; elytra longer than thorax, pitchy brown, rather closely and dis- 

 tinctly punctured ; hind body shining, segments 2-4 finely and sparingly 

 punctured, fifth very sparingly punctured, sixth impunctate or nearly 

 so ; legs testaceous. L. '6\ mm. 



Male with the hind margin of seventh segment of hind bodj'- trun- 

 cate and finely crenulate, with a distinct tubercle on each side. 



From //. funrjirola this species may be distinguished by its larger size, 

 darker colour, less parallel form, and differently formed antenufe. 



Found only in Scotland in the Solway, Tay, and Dee districts; apparently not 

 uncommon at Eamioch. 



K< boletobia, Thoms. {nigrihila, Grav. nee Gyll., pnoescenft^ Heer, 

 Homahjia {Tpfropla) nigriMa, Muls. et Rpy, Afheta holetolna, Thorns.). 



