124 SERRICORNIA. [ Prionocyphon. 
round oval shape, entirely rufo-testaceous, clothed with silky yellowish 
pubescence, rather strongly convex; head large,eyes moderately prominent, 
black ; thorax short, with posterior margin strongly rounded, and much 
produced behind, searcely visibly punctured; scutellum large, very finely 
punctured; elytra strongly and moderately thickly punctured, without 
traces of raised lines ; legs testaceous, tarsi short. L. 3-4 mm. 
In the female the antenne are almost filiform. 
By sweeping herbage in damp places in woods; also occasionally in decaying logs ; 
it has also been found in nests of Formica rufa; very rare; Darenth Wood, Mickleham, 
Caterham, Coombe Wood, Ashtead, Bireh Wood (Champion, Power, and others) ; 
Littlington, Sussex (Power); Glanvilles Wootton (taken by Mr. Dale in the garden 
hedge Aug. 7, 1841); Bath (one specimen taken by Mr. Gillo in a hollow tree on 
Claverton Down); Bretby Park, near Burton-on-Trent (J. T. Harris); Sherwood 
Forest (Matthews). 
HYDROCYPHON, Redtenbacher. 
This genus contains three species, one from Ceylon and two from 
Europe; one of the latter is found rather commonly in the North of 
England and in Scotland; it much resembles a dark Cyphon, but may be 
known by its short broad mandibles, and the fact that the two first joints 
of the antenne are thickened and of about equal size, and the third 
minute, evidently shorter than second, whereas in Cyphon the first joint 
only is thickened, and the third longer than the second; the species 
may also be known externally by the extremely fine punctuation of the 
elytra. 
H. deflexicollis, Miill. (Hlodes pini, Curt.). Of an oval form, 
broader in front and more or less narrowed towards apex, colour fuscous 
brown or pitchy black, upper surface clothed with rather long light 
pubescence ; head and thorax very finely punctured, antenne rather 
stout, slightly narrower towards apex, dark, with base light; thorax very 
short, with sides rather strongly narrowed in front, base sinuate; seutellum 
large; elytra broadest before middle, extremely closely and finely punctured, 
a point that will at once distinguish it from all our species of Cyphon ; 
legs yellow. L. 13 mm. 
On shrubs and herbage near brooks and rivers; local and rare in England and 
Wales; St. Leonards; Glanvilles Wootton; Dunsford Bridge, Devon, on sallows ; 
Bewdley Forest; Llangollen; Barmouth; Capel Curig; Ripon ; Northumberland 
and Durham district, rare ; Scotland, occurs commonly in the Solway, Tweed, Dee, 
Moray, and probably the intervening districts. 
SCIRTES, Illiger. 
The species belonging to this genus are distinguished by having the 
hind femora strongly thickened, so that they have the power of leaping 
strongly developed, and are often mistaken at first. sight for species of 
Halticide ; they are about forty in number and are widely distributed, 
representatives occurring in North and South America, Cuba, Ceylon, 
India, Senegal, &c.; two species only are found in Europe, both of 
which occur in Britain. 
