lauded lis.] STAPHYLIXlDiE. 409 



palpi, Init it is distinguished from that genus by its shorter and stouter 

 antennae, and by the fact that the posterior tarsi have the first four joints 

 of about equal length ; one specimen only has occurred in Britain. 



H. Whitei, Sharp. Black, rather shining, very finely pubescent, 

 closely and strongly punctured ; antenna3 rather short and stout with 

 penultimate joints transverse ; thorax rather short with the sides dilated 

 and strongly angulated (a character that will at once separate it from 

 Coi-i/2'jhium angusticolle, the only British species with which it can be 

 compared); legs black, knees and tarsi pitchy. L. 2j mm. 



A single specimen was taken by Dr. Sliarp in June, 1S71, on the summit of Bcn-a- 

 Bluiird, Braemar, Dee district : JS. Giraudi appears to be a bark insect, and therefore 

 Dr. Sharp believes that a coleopterist working at the old trees at the foot of Ben-a- 

 Bhuird or other of the high mountains in the heart of the Grampians might perhaps 

 be fortunate enough to meet with the species. 



COaVPHIUHS, Stephens. 



This genus contains about half-a-dozen species from Europe and Xorth 

 America ; they may be distinguislied, as above mentioned, by tbe 

 strongly dilated penultimate joint of the maxillary palpi^ the terminal 

 joint being extremely minute, subulate, and^hardly perceptible ; they 

 occur under bark, about old posts, in moss, &c. 



C. ang-usticolle (hrevicolle, Hal., hifoveolatum, Thoms.). Black or 

 pitchy black, rather shining, finely pubescent ; head, thorax and elytra 

 rather closely and moderately strongly punctured, that of the elytra being 

 very slightly rugose in places ; head with eyes nearly as broad as thorax, 

 with strong depressions in front, ocelli very plain ; antennae rather stout, 

 pitchy with base red ; thorax very transverse, with sides rounded in front 

 and contracted behind, posterior angles blunt, with two more or less 

 obsolete depressions on disc ; elytra more than twice as long as thorax, 

 Avidened behind, shoulders well marked, posterior sutural angles sharper 

 in male than in female ; hind body finely and moderately thickly punc- 

 tured ; legs testaceous with tarsi sometimes infuscate. L. 3 mm. 



Male with the first four joints of the front tarsi dilated, hind body 

 more acuminate at apex, sutural angle of elytra sharp. 



Under bark of beech, fir, &c., in moss, on old posts, &c. ; rather widely distributed, 

 but always rare ; Chatham, St. Mary Cray, Forest Hill, Caterham, Bishops W'ood, 

 Weybridge, Higligate, Dulwicli ; Hastings ; Glanvilles Wootton ; (iumley, Market 

 Harborough ; Sutton Park ; Knowle ; Needwood ; Buddon VVooil ; Foremark, near 

 Repton ; Chat Moss j Lincoln j Northumberland district, rare ; Scotland, very rare, 

 Clyde district. 



HOZ^AZiIUBI, Gravenhorst. (Omalium, Er._, &c.). 



This genus comprises about 150 species, the great majority of which 

 inhabit the temperate and northern portions of both the Old and iS'evv 

 Worlds ; a few species have been recorded from South Africa and 

 Ceylon, twenty-three from North America, eight from Central America, 



