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its anteniial club, the lesser development of its thoracic 

 anterior callosity and lateral denticle, and the non-disposition 

 of" the punctures of its elytra to run in striee. It is compared 

 with C. lycoperdi by Erichson ; from which its longer 

 antennas, posteriorly more contracted elytra, toothless, obtuse, 

 flattened anterior thoracic angle, and anterior tibiae not being 

 produced into a sharp tooth externally at the apex, will 

 readily separate it. 



A single specimen was taken by Mr. G. C. Champion in 

 August, 1870, in stack refuse, at Wicken Fen. Another 

 example, subsequently received from the same locality, has 

 been liberally presented to me by him. Mr. E. W. Janson 

 appears also to have taken this species some years ago ; 

 most probably at Whittlesea. 



56. Cryptofhagus puxctipenxis, Ch. Brisout, Gren., 



Cat. et Mat., &c., 1863, 63 ; D. Sharp, Ent. Mo. 

 Mag., viii, 158. 



Dr. Sharp records this species from the Cambridge fens, 

 and the Braid Hills, Edinburgh, in each case taken in a 

 straw shed, a locality agreeing with that mentioned by 

 M. Brisout. 



I have some time ago determ.ined it from specimens in my 

 own collection, but refrained from bringing it forward, until 

 I had the benefit of its describer's opinion upon certain 

 quasi-intermediate forms between it and C. p'dosus, from 

 which species C. picnctipennis may be known by its more 

 oval elytra, of which the pubescence is longer, and the punc- 

 tuation coarser and not so close, especially at the base. 



57. Cryptophagus parallelus, Ch. Brisout, /. c, 65; 



D. Sharp, I. c. 

 This species comes rather close to small examples of den- 

 tatuSj but is readily distinguishable by its narrower and 



