118 STAPHYLiNiD^E. [_Roiiialota. 



length, fourth small but transverse, 5-10 strongly transverse, eleventh 

 as long as the two preceding ; thorax plainly narrower than elytra, slightly 

 narrowed in front ; elytra slightly longer than thorax ; hind body witli 

 segments 2-4 finely and sparingly punctured, 5-6 nearly smooth ; legs 

 yellow. L. 2| mm. 



Male characters very peculiar ; seventh segment of hind body with 

 dorsal plate a little produced behind in middle, with a notch in middle 

 of hind margin, the edge of which is thickened ; a little before the 

 hind margin, close to tlie outside is to be seen on each side a distinct 

 raised tubercle ; the lateral margin of the segment is on each side pro- 

 duced into a slender and indistinct spine, not reaching so far back as 

 the produced middle part of segment. 



lu moss, &c. ; very rare ; Mickleliam (Cliumpion and Power); Caterham (Champion). 



K. testaceipes, Heer {hrevlcnUis, Baudi, variconns, 'Kr. , Scmwlersi, 

 Rye, Cerilaxa testaceipes, Heer). Rather shining, finely punctuied, and 

 pubescent, black, with the elytra testaceous, the lateral margins and 

 sometimes a patch at scutellam being obscurely darker ; the species is 

 flatter, broader, and darker in colour than the two preceding; ; head 

 rather broad, black and shining ; antennae short, and very stout, blackish, 

 paler at base, third joint nearly as long as second, fourth small, but 

 transverse, 5-10 strongly transverse, eleventh pointed, as long as the two 

 preceding ; thorax nearly as broad as elytra, about twice as broad as 

 long, not much narrowed in front ; elytra longer than thorax, finely 

 but rather distinctly punctured ; hind body black and shining, segments 

 2-4 sparingly and finely punctured, fifth very sparingly punctured, 

 sixth nearly impunctate ; legs yellow. L. 2| mm. 



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

 body furnished on each side with a very slender spine, curved on its 

 interior side towards apex, and in the middle witli two teeth, blunt and 

 broad at apex, not so far prolonged as the lateral spines, and sepai^ated 

 by a strong deep excision. 



Samly and chalky places; in moss, &c. ; rare; Reigate, Ej;liam, Walton-on- 

 Tliaiiies, Sanderstiad, Cliatham, Micklehain, Esher, ('roydon, Faversliam, Staiues; 

 l.ittlington, Sussex; Scotland, Tay district, Braeinar (Chainpiiin) ; in France it 

 appears to be widely distributed and not uncommon iu vegetable retuse, dry dung, and 

 ca. cases of small animals. 



K. oblita, Er. (JongnJa, Fairm., Homalota (Alaohia) oblita, Muls. 

 et Rev). Black, rather ^\vl\\, with the elytra brownish or fuscous, and 

 the apex of hind body sometimes yellowish ; a small and obscure species 

 with short stout antennae ; head broad, rather closely, but very finely 

 and indistinctly punctured ; antennse pitchy, with base ohscurely red- 

 dish, joints 2-3 of about equal length, fourth transverse, 5-10 strongly 

 transverse ; thorax nearly as broad as elytra, fully half as broad again as 

 long, with sides gently rounded in front, very finely punctured, distinctly 

 channelled ; elytra longer than thorax, finely and closely punctured, 

 nearly black, fuscous brown, or brown ; hind body distinctly pubescent, 



