Huinaluta.'] staph ylinid-i:. 115 



also blfick or i)itcliy black ; it is distingiii.Nlicil by its large ami rather 

 long luad, which in the male has a deep longitudinal channel along iU 

 wliole length, and in the female a short impression in niicUUe behind 

 antennae ; the antennae are black, with the basal joint pitchy, third 

 joint not so long as second, fourth smaller than any others, 5-10 

 distinctly transverse, tenth longer and plainly less transverse than ninth, 

 eleventh rather short and stout, only about half as long again as tenth ; 

 thorax veiy plainly narrower than elytra, scarcely a third broader than 

 long, finely, but somewhat roughly sculptured, in male with a Lirgn 

 fovea in middle, in i'emale indistinctly channelled, before scutellani ; 

 elytra half as long again as thorax, finely and rather closely punctured ; 

 l)ind body shining, segments 2-4 sparingly punctured, 5 6 nearly 

 ,im punctate ; legs pitchy or pitchy testaceous. L. l|-2 mm. 



Male with the seventh segment of hind body narrower than in female, 

 and the apex of its dorsal plate a little truncate, third joint of antennic 

 stouter. 



lu decaying fuugl, vegetable refuse, &c., especially in the autumn ; very local, but 

 occasionally common ; Asbtead, Esber, Jlickleliam, ^^'^■ybl•id_'e, l{ichiiioii<l I'aik ; 

 Loujjhton ; Toubridge Wells; New Forest; Sutton Puik, Birniini^liaui ; Sherwood 

 Forest; Northumberland district, rare and local; Scotland, scarce, Sohvay, Fonb, 

 and Uee districts. 



K. puberula, Sharp (sub-gen. Ano2'>lcto, R^^y). Allied to the 

 preceding, and about the size of that species, but dilfeis in being more 

 parallel, and especially in having the thorax distinctly broader, very 

 nearly as l)roatl as the elytra ; the anterior i)arts of the body are also 

 much more finely and sparingly punctured ; head rather broad, flat and 

 shining, slightly channelled in male ; antinnjE black, r.dher long pro- 

 portionally, third joint shorter than second, 4-10 each slightly broader 

 than the preceding, each a little transverse and a little narrowed to base, 

 eleventh joint not twice as long as tenth ; thorax nearly as broad as 

 elytra, more than half as broad again as long, very finely and sparingly 

 punctured, with a deep impression on disc in male ; elytra black, or 

 pitchy, much longer than thorax, finely and not closely punctured ; 

 abdomen black and shining, pubescent, sparingly punctured in fr mt, 

 impunctate, or nearly so, behind ; legs yellowish, slightly infuscate, or 

 dirty yellow. L. 2 mm. 



INfale with dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind body broad and 

 truncate, and crenulate. 



Very rare; in dead leaves, and perhaps fungi ; September .and October; Mickleham, 

 Surrey ( I'ower and Sharji) ; C:iterham, Surrey (Chamiiion), one specimen by brushing 

 lierbage ; Watermoutli, North Devon (Power). 



K. atomaria, Kr. {(jlahricula, Thorns., mim/scula, Bris., Ouralia 



atomaria, Muls. et Ri^y). A very small, narrow, black, and very shining 

 species, with punctuation and pubescence scarcely visible ; head a little 

 narrower than thorax ; antennae black, base sometimes pitchy, a little 

 thickened towards apex, third joint shorter and mor-e slender than 



