170 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



apicem versus vis incrassatis; thorace transverso, basi 

 impresso, plus minusve distincte canaliculato ; elytris tho- 

 racis longitudinis ; abdomine segmentis 2-4 evidenter 

 sat crebre punctatis, 5° parcius punctate. Long, l^-lf 

 lin. 



Mas ; abdomine segmento 7° ventrali producto^ apicem 

 versus angustato. 



H. eremita, Rye, Ent. Month. Mag. iii. 123 (1866) . 

 Var. — Capite canaliculato. 



An anomalous species, very difficult to place satisfac- 

 torily ; allied as it is at the same time to such different 

 species as elongatida, fungi, and gemina ; it is also a 

 variable species in size, colour, and the channelling of 

 the head and thorax. Pitchy-black, with the elytra 

 slightly paler, the antennae and legs obscurely testa- 

 ceous. Antennse moderately long, very little thickened 

 towards the apex ; first joint rather stout, two and three 

 moderately long, three longer than two, but not quite so 

 long as the first joint, four to ten differing but little from 

 one another, four slender and longer than broad, ten 

 about as long as broad; eleventh joint rather long, nearly 

 as long as the two pi'eceding. Head rather broad and 

 short, but considerably narrower than the thorax, a little 

 broader behind the eyes, which are small and not pro- 

 minent, finely and indistinctly punctured. Thorax as 

 broad as, or even broader than, the elytra, about half as 

 broad again as long, the sides a little rounded in front, 

 scarcely narrowed behind, in the middle in front of the 

 base with an impression, which is generally continued 

 forwards as a longitudinal channel, very finely but not 

 very densely punctured. Elytra about as long as the 

 thorax, finely and pretty densely punctured, the punc- 

 tuation more distinct than on the thorax. Abdomen 

 black, shining towards the apex, and furnished there 

 with numerous and pretty distinct hairs, segments two 

 to four finely but distinctly and not closely punctured, 

 fifth segment sparingly punctured, sixth almost impunc- 

 tate. Legs dirty testaceous, thighs darker than the 

 tibise, posterior tarsi rather long and slender. 



In the male, the head and thorax are generally more 

 distinctly channelled than in the female; the third joint 

 of the antenna3 is a little stouter; and the under plate of 

 the seventh abdominal segment is considerably pro- 

 duced, and narrowed towards the apex. 



