114 siAPHYLiNiDiE. [Romoluta. - 



Forest; Exmouth ; Biruuugham district; Northumberland district, rare; Scotland, 

 rare, Solway district. 



K. ravilla, Er. (Afheta angusficollis, Thorns, $ , Athefa ravilla. 

 Thorns., Homalota {Dimetrota) ravilhi, Muls. et Rey, sub-gen. Philhyrjra, 

 Rcy, tesle H. R. W.). Kather narrow and elongate, black with the 

 elytra fuscous ; very like the preceding, but distinguished by the less 

 tiansverse penultimate joints of the antennte in the male, and by the 

 thorax in that sex being not broadly depressed but more or less ob-olctely 

 channelled ; in the female the disc is smooth ; the antennae are black 

 or pitchy black with the basal joint lighter ; the head is rather large, 

 scarcely narrower than thorax, with sides straight behind the eyes 

 and then rounded at posterior angles ; the punctuation of thorax is less 

 dense and fine than that of elytra ; hind body much as in the preceding 

 species ; legs pitchy testaceous, femora darker. L. 2| mm. 



Male with the hind margin of dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind 

 body obsoletely emarginate. 



In dead leaves, fun^i, vegetable refn=e, &r. ; local ; Cliatbnm, Bexley, Micklebam, 

 Crovdon, Riihmond Park, EsbtT, Cobbam, Tilgate Forest; New Forest; Yanlley and 

 Kiiowle, near Birmiiigbam ; Hopwas Wood, Tamworlb (dead animals) ; Sbervvood 

 Forest ; Maticbester ; NortbumbcrLind district, rare ; Scotland, common, Solway, 

 Fortli, Tay, Dee, and Moray districts ; Ireland, near Waterford (Power). 



It seems now to be agreed that //. ravilla and //. angusticollis are 

 synonymous ; it used to be considered that H. ravilla was distinct by 

 having the terminal joint of the antennae longer. 



K. palustris, Kies. {currens, 'WolL, Atheta hrvnirijies, Thorns.. 

 Microdota {Phillit/gra) jmhistris, Muls. et Rey). Allied to the preceding, 

 but distinguished from it by its more shining appearance, broader thorax, 

 shorter elytra, and the male characters ; black, shining, with the elytra 

 obscurely brown ; head slightly narrower than thorax, indistinctly 

 punctured ; antenna rather slender, pitchy or pitchy black with base 

 sometimes obscurely paler, third joint not quite so long as second, fourth 

 smaller than fifth, 6-10 each a little broader than long, eleventh about 

 twice as long as the preceding ; thorax broader than long, very finely and 

 not closely punctured, and extremely finely pubescent ; elytra longer 

 tlian thorax, sometimes almost black, finely and closely punctured ; 

 hind body black and shining, segments 2-4 finely and moderately closely 

 punctured, filth very finely and sparingly punctured, sixth almost 

 irapunctate ; legs yellow, somewhat infuscate. L. 2-2| mm. 



Male with the hind margin of dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind 



body distinctly emarginate. 



In haystack refuse, d;ing. fungi, &c.; often near banks of streams; moderately 

 common 'tbrongbout Ibe greater part of England and Scotland; it has not been 

 recorded from the Northumberland district, but probably occurs. 



H. corvina, Thorns, (lepicla, Kr., Athefa corvinn, Thorns., Anoijhta 

 Jcpirla, jMuIs. etRey). This is a small dark species, black, with the elytra 



