152 LEPIDOCYRTUS. 



Lepidocyrtus Ugnorum, Fabr. 



Podura lignorutn, Fabr. Ent. Sys. 



— — Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. 



— — Bois. et Lacord. Faun. Env. Paris. 

 Chorentes Ugnorum, Burmeister. Hand, de Ent. 

 Cyphodeirus — Nicolet Mem. Soc. Helv. 

 Lepidocyrtus argentatus, Bourlet. Mem. Soc. Roy. Douai, 1842. 



— Ugnorum, Gervais. His. Ins, Apt., vol. iii. 

 Podura — Lucas. His. Nat. Crus. Aracli. et Myr. 

 Cyphodeirus — Nicolet. Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1847. 



— argentatus, „ „ ,. ,, 

 Lepidocyrtus — Lubbock. Trans. Linn. Soc. 1862. 



Plate XXVI. 



The description given by Fabricius is as follows : 



" Plumbea, capite, tliorace, pedibus furcaque pallidis. 

 Habitat en Europ^e lio^nis antiquis. 



" Parva. Caput pallidum, ore antennisque nigris. 

 Thorax subrotundus, pallidus, immaculatus. Abdomen 

 plumbeum, fiirca nivea. Pedes pallidi." 



Body cylindrical, the third segment decidedly nar- 

 rower than the second and fourth ; silvery, with bril- 

 liant metallic reflexions. Eyes situate on a black 

 patch. Antennse and legs grey, the latter paler than 

 the former ; basal segment of antenna short, second 

 and third equal, and about two thirds as long as the 

 apical. Caudal appendage pale, reaching to the ventral 

 tube. Thorax with a tuft of short hairs in front ; pos- 

 terior segments of abdomen with long scattered setfB, 

 some of which are waved. 



Length '08 of an inch. 



Very common. 



Switzerland, France. In Kent it occurs all through 

 the winter, from September, and perhaps earlier, to 

 April, under logs of wood. 



The mandibles have respectively four and five teeth. 

 The labrum is pear-shaped. The feet have each a 

 single tenent hair of the usual form. The large claw 

 has two small teeth on its under side. The small claw 



