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In moss, (liinjr, rarrnsos, flood refuse, &c.; ofieii under stones, ami sometimes on 

 tlie wing setlliug ou white objects sueh as sails or sheets ; usually found on or near 

 the coast; London district, not uuconiinon (Champion); AVhitstable, Gravcsend, 

 Sheerness, Chatham ; Kerne I'ay ; I'amsgate; Deal; Southsca ; New Forest; Isle 

 of Wight; as a rule it is decidedly ;i rare sjiecics, but seems at times to be found in 

 abundance; Stephens (Ulust. vol. iii. p. 1-16) quotes a record by Lient. Davies in 

 Loudon's Magazine as follows : " Ilis/er A-macvlatus, of which I had previously taken 

 few specimens, now (1827) covered Southsea Common, so that many were crushed 

 under foot at each step." 



H. unicolor, L. Short oval, almost orbicular, entirely Llack ; fore- 

 head ohsoletely impressed, frontal stria entire, sinuate ; thorax convex, 

 strongly narrowed in front, Avith two lateral stria?, of which the internal 

 is almost entire and the external is much ahhieviated ; elytra with outer 

 lateral stria abbreviated, and three dorsal strife, as a rule, entire ; sutural 

 stria only reaching to about middle ; pygidium more closely punctured 

 than propygidium ; legs pitchy-black, anterior tibiae considerably dilated, 

 and armed with three teeth, the apical one of which is bifid, L, 8-10 

 mm. 



In dung, carcases, at sap of felled trees, &c. ; general'y distributed and common in 

 the London district and the south ; less common further north ; Kepton ; Bewdley ; 

 Shrewsbury : Liverpool district ; Northumheiland district ; doubtlul as Scottish ; I)r. 

 Sharp says that it is recorded by Murray as occasional, and by McGillivray from 

 Aberdeen, but he has never seen a Scottish specimen ; Ireland, near Belfast. 



K. merdarius, TIofT. Oblong, subparallel, shining black ; club of 

 antennfe reddish ; frontal stria entire ; thorax with two strong entire 

 lateral striae which have the interval between them plainly punctured 

 as a rule, but not always ; elytra with outer marginal stria and the next 

 four dorsal striae entire, sutural stria abbreviated ; pygidium more closely 

 punctured than propygidium; epipleuise finely punctured ; anterior tibiae 

 with four teeth. L. 6 mm. 



In dung, vegetable refuse, &c.; rare; Forest Hill,Battersea Fiilds, Horsell, Woking ; 

 A^lsham; New Forest; Wisbeach j Kottingharashire ; Herefordshire; Foreniark, 

 near Repton. 



This species may be distinguished from the succeeding by its smaller 

 size, subparallel form, and the denticulation of the anterior tibiae. 



H. cadaverinus, Hoff. {driola, Sahib.). Larger than the preceding, 

 oval, somewhat depressed, shining black, frontal stria semicircular, entire 

 or interrupted; antennae pitchy-black or broAvnish ; thorax with two 

 lateral striae on each side which are usually entire ; elytra with outer 

 marginal stria and the next four dorsal stria3 entire, sutural stria much 

 abbreviated ; pygidium a little more closely punctured than propygidium ; 

 epipleurae strongly punctured ; anterior tibiae, with five or six teeth which 

 are distinctly sharper than those of the preceding species ; posterior tibiae 

 rather short and broad. L. 6-9 mm. 



In dung, carcases, flood refuse, &c. ; generally distributed and common in the 

 London district and the south ; less common but generally distributed further north ; 

 Scotland, rare, Solway and Moray districts ; Ireland, near Belfast and Dublin, and 

 probably widtly distributed. 



