110 STAPHYLINID.E. \_Homalota. 



Black or pitchy with the elytra and apex of hind body testaceous, the 

 former with obscure dark markings at scutellum and at hinder angles ; 

 form rather short and broad ; head broad and short, shining, finely and 

 indistinctly punctured ; antennae short, a little thickened towards apex, 

 pitchy, with paler base, fourth joint small, 5-10 distinctly transverse, 

 eleventh rather long, nearly twice as long as tenth ; thorax often 

 pitchy, nearly as broad as elytra, very transverse, rather finely and not 

 closely punctured, with an indistinct impression at base, or central 

 channel ; elytra longer than thorax, rather distinctly punctured ; hind 

 body with segments 2-4 distinctly but not closely punctured, fifth 

 punctured at base smooth at apex, sixth impunctate; legs yellow. 

 L. 2| mm. 



Male with the posterior margin of seventh segment of hind body 

 truncate, with four blunt obsolete teeth. 



A southern species as a rule ; local and not very common ; in decaying fungi, &c. ; 

 London district generally ; Tonbridge ; Knowle, near Birmingham ; Kepton, near 

 Burton-on-Treut ; I can find no record from further north. 



K. liturata, Steph. {nigritula, Gyll. nee Grav., GravenliorsH, Kr.), 

 Pitchy black or pitchy testaceous with the head and more or less of the 

 hind body before apex dark, and the elytra and apex of hind body 

 always testaceous ; head narrower than thorax, finely and indistinctly 

 punctured ; antenniB rather short and stout, yellow, joints 2-3 of about 

 equal length, 4-10 short, the latter very transverse, eleventh long, as 

 long as the two preceding together ; thorax strongly transverse, twice as 

 broad as long, finely ])unctured, with or without a central furrow ; 

 elytra half as long again as thorax, finely and densely punctured ; hind 

 body with segments 2-4 finely but not very closely punctured, 5-6 im- 

 punctate or nearly so ; legs pale yellow. L. 2| mm. 



Male with a semicircular incision in middle of hind margin of 

 dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind body, with the margin thickened, 

 and a raised line outside on each side terminating in a slight projection 

 at each outer angle. 



Very local; in fungi ; Cambridge Fens, abundant (Crotch); Tonbridge (Horner) ; 

 Tewkesbury (Blatch). 



K. coriaria, Kr. A rather broad and convex species ; black, 

 shining, occasionally partly obscurely piceous, with the elytra brown ; 

 head rather broad, but narrower than thorax, finely punctured, rounded 

 behind eyes ; antennae blackish, with base lighter, rather stout and 

 short, a little thickened towards apex, joints 2-3 of equal length, fourth 

 small not quite so long as broad, 5-10 transverse, but not strongly so, 

 eleventh as long as the two preceding ; thorax strongly transverse, twice 

 as broad as long, narrower in front than behind, very finely punctured, 

 in female with a small fovea in front of scutellum, in male more or less 

 distinctly impressed in middle; elytra longer than thorax, finely and closely 

 punctured; hind- body shining, segments 2-4 sparingly, fifth very 



