STAPHYLINID^. 51 



taken sparingly by Prof. Hudson Beare and Mr. Donisthorpe in 

 September 1908. 



The insect is related to the //. circeUaris group, from which it may 

 be known by the triangular shape of the head, and the broader and less 

 convex thorax ; its nearest ally is H. macella, Er., but the latter is a 

 smaller and narrower insect, with longer elytra and differently formed 

 antennse. In the European Catalogue of 1906, H. circeUaris is placed 

 under Sipalia. 



H. (Atheta) inhabilis, Kraatz, Tns. Deutsch. ii. 251. Black, 

 depressed ; head thorax and elytra somewhat shining, alutaceous, 

 and very finely and diffusely punctured ; head nearly as broad as 

 thorax, strongly channelled in the centre ; antennae short, black, 

 with the base pitchy, third joint shorter than second, fourth strongly 

 transverse ; thorax transverse, distinctly channelled ; elytra half as 

 long again as thorax ; abdomen more shining than the front parts, 

 basal segments very finely and diffusely punctured, the last two 

 segments almost impunctate ; legs pitchy testaceous, femora d;u'ker. 

 L. 2^ mm. 



Two specimens taken under pine bark at Blair Athol, Perthshire, 

 September 5, 1909, by Dr. Joy, who introduced the species as Epijjeda 

 nigricans, Thoms. (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlv. (2 Ser. xx.), 268). Just as we 

 are going to press he has corrected this (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlvii. (2 Ser. 

 xxii.), 1911, 111) and says that he ha« taken further specimens at 

 Pitlochry, Perthshire, and that it is unlike any other member of the 

 genus Homalota, and can only be compared to Ejnpeda j^lana, Gyll. 



MYRMECOPORA, Saulcy. 



M. brevipes, E. A. Butler (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlv. (2 Ser. xx.), 1909, 

 29). Closely allied to M. uvida, Er., but smaller and narrower, and 

 with distinctly shorter legs; the antennae and the penultimate joint of 

 the maxillary palpi are proportionately shorter, and the former are 

 pitchy with paler base, whereas in M. uvida they are entirely reddish- 

 testaceous. In the last-named species the thorax is not broader than 

 long, and the dorsal segments of the hind body have, in addition to the 

 ordinary pubescence, strong erect setpe, which are easily seen in profile, 

 whereas in M. brevipes the thorax is distinctly broader than long and 

 the setfe on the dorsal segments are scarcely perceptible ; the legs 

 (which in 31. uvida are more or less testaceous) are pitchy with 

 testaceous tarsi. L. 2|-2|- mm. 



West of England, Tintagel and Plymouth, &c. (Keys) ; Isle of Man 

 (Bailey); Scilly Islands and Thurlestown, Devon (Joy); Isle of Wight 

 (Donisthorpe); Weymouth (Beare). 



Mr. E. A. Butler has recently introduced this species (Ent. Mo. 

 Mag. xlv. (2 Ser. xx.), 1909, 29), and is confirmed in his opinion of it 

 by Captain Sainte-Claii-e Deville and M. Fauvel, who have found it in 

 Jersey and in Brittany. 



