48 STAPHYLINID^. 



as such it was described by Eppelsheim (1878). In 1891, as pointed out 

 by Mr. Champion {I.e. p. 207) the Staphylinidpe were dealt with by 

 Eppelsheim in Von Heyden, Reitter and Weise's list, and here he places 

 H.clavigei^ain the genus Atheta,Th.ova»., subgenus Ceritaxa, Rey., which 

 includes H. testaceipes, Heei-, and JI. dilaticornis, Ki-., &c. Ganglbauer 

 (Die Kafer von Mitteleuropa, ii. p. 192 (1895)) makes //. clavigera the 

 type of a new subgenus Bhojxdocera, bvit it seems a pity to adopt a 

 name so universally used for Lepidoptera. 



H. (Pycnota) paradoxa, Rey. Op. xii., 111. Rather shining, 

 black, with the elytra and apex of the abdomen sometimes pitchy, finely 

 pubescent ; head transverse, thickly and finely punctured ; antennae 

 rather long and stout, black or obscurely testaceovis, 1st joint a little 

 longer than ord, transverse, 5-10 gradually broader, strongly transverse, 

 the last as long as the two preceding together, acuminate at apex; thorax 

 transverse, a little narrower at base than the elytra, finely, densely and 

 rugosely punctured ; hind body broad, rather strongly margined at 

 the sides, very gradually narrowed from the middle to the apex, with 

 the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and base of the 5th segments finely, thickly and 

 rugosely punctured, and the rest sparingly and obsoletely punctured ; 

 legs lighter or darker testaceous. L. 2 mm. 



Bradfield, Berks, and Kingswear, S. Devon (Joy) ; London district 

 and Guildford (Champion); Woolton Hill, Hants, and Great Blaken- 

 ham, Sufl:blk (Donisthorpe) ; Oxford district (Walker) ; Covilsdon, 

 Surrey, and Lowestoft (Bedwell) ; Huntingfield (Chitty); West Mal- 

 vern (Tomlin) ; Exeter and Cheshunt (Nicholson). It occurs in moles' 

 nests ; Dr. Joy records it as British (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlii. (2 Ser. xvii.), 

 201), and says that it is most closely related to //. cribrata, Kr., from 

 which, and in fact from all its allies, it may be known by the thickness 

 of its antennae. Fauvel, who identified the species, says that it has 

 been taken in the runs of lodents in France, so that it is evidently 

 attached to mammals and has therefore escaped notice hitherto. 



H. (Acrotona) parens, Muls. et Rey., Opusc. Ent. i. 1852, 44, 

 Sub-elongate, rather broad, fusiform, somewhat convex, very finely and 

 densely pubescent, pitchy black, the elytra and antenna? brownish or 

 reddish-brown, the base of the latter and the mouth and legs testaceous, 

 and the tip of the hind body reddish. Head very finely and closely 

 punctured. Antennae distinctly thickened towards the apex, shortly 

 pilose, with joints 2-3 sub equal, 4 moderately, and 6—10 strongly, 

 transverse. Thorax strongly transverse, rather convex, slightly retracted 

 in front, as broad behind as the elytra, moderately arcuate laterall}^ 

 feebly sinuate at the base on each side, very finely and densely 

 punctured. Elytra strongly transverse, a little longer than the thorax, 

 sub-depressed, finely, densely and sub-rugulosely punctured. Hind body 

 attenuated towards the apex, setulose, and with long, sub-equally 

 distributed pubescence, finely and densely pvmctured towards the base, 

 a little less densely so behind. Posterior tarsi elongate, a little shorter 

 than the tibiae. L. 2 mm. 



