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set» ; legs pitchy, femora usually darker, middle and posterior tibiae with 

 two distinct exserted sctsc. L. 2|-3 mm. 



Male with the hind margin of seventh segment of hind body shallowly 

 emarginate, with a blunt, short, indistinct tooth at each side of emargi- 

 nation. 



In dung ; abundant throughout the kingdom, more especially in Scotland, where it 

 is found everywhere from the coast to the tops of the mountains. 



K. cadaverina,Bris. (sub-gen. Dimetrnta, INIuls.'etRey = tristi'cuJa, 

 Muls. et Key (?)). A fine and rather robust species, with broad head 

 and thorax ; head narrower than thorax, rather sparingly punctured ; 

 antennaj black, moderately long, rather slender, joints 2-3 elongate, 4-7 

 a little longer than broad, 8-10 slightly transverse, eleventh pointed as 

 long as the two preceding together ; thorax broad, nearly twice as broad 

 as long, with sides slightly rounded, finely but plainly punctured, some- 

 times indistinctly channelled ; elytra longer than thorax, much more 

 strongly sculptured than thorax ; hind body shining, sparingly punc- 

 tured towards base, impunctate behind ; legs reddish testaceous, femora 

 pitchy, tibiae without the long exserted setse so characteristic of the 

 allied species. L. 1| mm. 



Male with the ventral plate of seventh segment of hind body narrower 

 and more produced than in female. 



In dead animals, moss, fungi, &c. ; rare ; Shirley, •Dorking, Weybridge, Esber, 

 Richmond Park, Loughtou, Bloxworth, Bishops Wood ; Manchester (haystacks) ; 

 Scotland, local, Solway and Dee districts (Thornhill, heaps of cut grass, &c.). 



K. marcida, Er. (sub-gen. Dimetrota, Muls. et Key). Black 

 rather shining, with the elytra brownish and the thorax sometimes pitchy ; 

 the apex of hind body is often paler ; head rather narrowed behind eyes, 

 which are a little prominent, sparingly and indistinctly punctured ; 

 antennae long and scarcely thickened towards apex, fuscous with three or 

 four basal joints yellow, the joints furnished with long outstanding hairs, 

 jomts 2-3 rather long, 4-5 rather stouter than third each longer than 

 broad, 6-10 square or slightly transverse ; thorax plaiidy narrower than 

 elytra, not much broader than long, finely but distinctly and roughly 

 punctured, with an indistinct transverse impression in front of scutellum ; 

 elytra long, longer than broad, much longer than thorax, closely and 

 rather roughly punctured ; hind body shining, very sparingly punctured 

 towards base, smooth or almost smooth behind, sides and apex with dis- 

 tinct outstanding setse ; legs clear yellow, intermediate tibiae with two 

 distinct setae, one near knee and another about middle, the latter the 

 longest. L. 3-3^ mm. 



Male with the dorsal plate of seventh segment of hind bod}^ mrrow 

 and indistinctly rounded at apex which is slightly thickened, female 

 with apex of ventral plate rounded and ciliated. 



In decaying fungi, dead leaves, &c. ; local, but often found in abundance in autumn ; 

 London district, generally distributed, Birch Wood, Bexley, Lee, Esher, Higbgatc, 

 Micklcham, Richmond, &c. ; Tonbridge ; Sutton Park, Birmingham; RoiHon, near 



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