IIomalium.'\ staphtliniba'. 423 



. anteiiiuT, less evident pubescence, and distinctly stronger punctuation. 

 L. 2|-3 mm. 



In rotten wood ; very rare ; three specimens were taken iu the summer of 1862 

 near Gmnley, Leicestershire, by the Rev. A. Matthews. 



Section VII. (Acrolocha, Thomson.) 

 This section contains one species, which in many points is allied to 

 Hapalanm pygmau, but differs in having the elytra punctured in distinct 

 rows, the front of the head without an elevated raised line near 

 eyes, and the tibiai rather strongly spinose ; it is found in vegetable 

 refuse, &c. 



H. striatum, Grav. Oblong, more or less ovate, dark pitchy black, 

 with the elytra lighter or darker pitchy brown ; head without raised lines 

 near eyes, moderately closely punctured ; antennae as long as head and 

 thorax, with the last five joints forming a rather distinct club, basal 

 joint red, second _ pitchy, the next three or four reddish, and the rest 

 dark ; thorax twice as broad as long, convex, rather feebly rounded at 

 sides, and scarcely narrowed behind, posterior angles almost right angles, 

 disc diffusely and rather plainly punctured, witli a more or le'ss distinct 

 central channel, and a shallow, sometimes obsolete, impression on each 

 side at base ; elytra more than double as long as thorax, punctured some- 

 what irregularly iu straight longitudinal striae, interstices alutaceous ; 

 hind body short, ovate, much acuminate at apex, very finely shagreened, 

 dull, usually lighter at apex ; legs testaceous. L. li-2 mm. 



Male with the anterior tarsi dilated, and the seventh ventral segment 

 of hind body truncate at apex. 



Fen ; Matlock ; Chat Moss ; Walhisey, Cheshire ; Northiiiiiberhiud district, rare 

 (Gosforth, Boklon Fhits, and WaUiugtou) ; Scotland, local, Solway and Tweed dis- 

 tricts J Ireland, Galway. 



KAPAXiAB.S:A, Thomson. 



This genus comprises the single species formerly known as JlomaUuni 

 pygmceum ; the absence or almost total absence of spines on the tibise 

 and its distinct male characters will serve to characterize it; it is easily 

 distinguished by its entirely or almost entirely reddish-testaceous colour, 

 short oblong ovate form, and the raised line near eyes ; from Acrulia its 

 shape will at once separate it ; it occurs in fungi, under bark, &c. 



H. pyg-maea, Gyll. Oblong ovate, slightly convex, finely pubescent, 

 entirely reddish-testaceous or brick-red, with the head and apex of elytra 

 sometimes a little dark ; head thickly punctured, with no visible im- 



