422 STAPHTLiNiDiE. \_IIomalium. 



rather long parallel form, convex thorax, and reddish or reddish-testaceous 

 appearance. 



I. Upper surface pitcby, with elytra ligliter ; thorax even. 

 i. Elytra shiny, less closely and evidently strigosely 



punctured H. CONCINNUM, Marsh. 



ii. Elytra dull, extremely closely and not strigosely 



punctured H. deplanattjm, Gyll. 



IT. Upper surface entirely testaceous, with the head and 

 space round scutellnm fuscous; thorax usually fur- 

 nished with obsolete impressions on disc H. testacettm:, J5Jn 



K. concinnum, Marsh. Elongate, parallel, very sparingly and finely 

 pubescent, pitchy black or pitchy red, with the elytra lighter or darker 

 reddish or reddish testaceous ; the apex and margins of hind body and 

 margins of thorax are also more or less plainly reddish ; head almost as broad 

 as thorax, thickly and finely punctured ; antennae red, with apical joint 

 somewhat lighter, short and rather stout, with penultimate joints rather 

 strongly transverse ; thorax a little narrower than elytra, transverse, 

 convex, finely and closely, but distinctly punctured, with sides rounded 

 in front and narroAved behind, posterior angles almost right angles ; elytra 

 not quite double as long as thorax, thickly and finely punctured, dis- 

 tinctly strigose ; hind body very finely, but visibly, punctured ; legs red. 

 L. 3 mm. 



In haystack and vegetable refuse; common and generally distributed throughout 

 England ; recorded as very common in the Northumberland district, but, according to 

 Dr. Sharp (Scot. Nat. iii. 135) it is not common in Scotland, Tweed, Forth, and 

 Tay districts; Ireland, Waterford, Galway, &c. 



Specimens of this insect are occasionally found which are quite dark ; 

 these appear to be the v. fuUginosum, Heer. 



K. deplanatum, Gyll. This species closely resembles the preceding 

 in general appearance, but may at once be distinguished by its duller 

 appearance, and the evidently closer punctuation of the elytra, which is 

 not strigose ; it is a little more pubescent than H. concinnum, and the 

 colour of the elytra is more uniformly reddish testaceous ; the head is 

 rather narrower in proportion to the thorax, and the thorax is somewhat 

 longer, but these characters are not very evident ; both in this and the 

 preceding species the dorsal foveas are usually absent, but may occasionally 

 be distinctly traced. L. 3 mm. 



In haystack refuse, &c. ; not common ; Crovdon, Tonbridge, Cowley ; Norfolk ; 

 Suflblk ; Littlington, Sussex; Kuowle ; Coleshill ; Cannock Chase; Montgomerv ; 

 Repton, Burton-on-Trent; Sherwood Forest; not recorded from any locality further 

 north in England, but it probably occurs ; Scotland, local. Forth and Clyde districts ; 

 Ireland, Dublin, Waterford, and Belfast. 



XZ. testaceum, Er. Sub-depressed, nifo-testaceous, with the head 

 and scutellary region infuscate, the head^ thorax, and elytra thickly 

 punctured, and the hind body (which is rather dilated at the apex) 

 sparingly and most delicately punctured ; from S. concinnum it may bo 

 known by its shorter form, much smaller and narrower thorax, and 

 invariably paler colour, and from H. deplanatum by its colour, longer 



