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C. cethiops, Grav, Very like the. preceding, ]jut much smaller and 

 a little less .shilling ; the thinl j(jiut of the antenna? is mueh shorter; 

 tlie elytra also are not quite so long in proportion ; the hind body is 

 plainly duller and a little more parallel-sided, more regularly and thickly 

 ])imctured, and with closer and thicker pubescence ; the cfdour is some- 

 what variable, the elytra passing from pitcliy black to pitchy brown or 

 reddish ; light reddish examples are sometimes found, but these ajipe ir 

 to be only immature specimens. L. 2-2 1 mm. 



In marshy places, at roots of grass, &c. ; locally plentiful, but not generally, 

 although somewhat widely distributed ; Lomlon district, common ; Devonshire ; 

 Sliirley Warren, Southampton; Keodwood Forest, Staffordshire; Scotland, local. 

 Lowlands, Dee and Solway districts. 



C. rubens, Er. {liyocara nihens, Thorns.). Linear and almost 

 parallel-sided, the elytra being very little broader than thorax, of a dull 

 pitchy black or recldish brown colour, thickly and closely pubescent ; 

 head orbicular, antennae dark testaceous with first joint and often the 

 last yellow, second joint much longer than third, 5-10 almost equal, 

 transverse, but not strongly so, eleventh oval not as long as the two 

 preceding together ; thorax at least as long as broad, only slightly narrowed 

 in front, thickly punctured, with a more or less obsolete impression 

 at base ; elytra a little longer than thorax and a little more distinctly, 

 although very finely, punctured ; hind body parallel, very closely 

 pubescent and finely punctured ; legs reddish testaceous. L. 3-3| mm. 



Male with the ventral plate of seventh segment of hind body considera- 

 bly produced. 



In marshy places, amongst flood refuse, &c., during early spring*; very local ; first 

 taken by Dr. Power at Lee, Kent, and afterwards at Cowley, near Uxbridge ; it has 

 occurred in large numbers in the former locality. 



C. umbrosa, Er. (AtnarocJiam iimhrnsa, Thorns.). Elongate, rather 

 narrow, and parallel, the elytra being hardly broader than thorax, shining 

 pitchy black, clothed with fine, rather short, and somewhat sparse 

 pubescence ; head almost square, antenn<B ratlier long, but stout and 

 uniformly thickened from the fifth joint, dark with the base sometimes 

 lighter, third joint plainly shorter than second, fourth very short, 5-10 

 strongly transverse ; thorax about as long as broad with sides only 

 slightly rounded, nearly as broad as elytra, very finely punctured ; elytra 

 aljout as long as, or slightly longer than, thorax, pitch-ldack or 

 occasionally reddish brown, very finely punctured ; hind body parallel- 

 sided, with segments 2-4 impressed at base, finely and rather closely 

 punctured, almost smooth at the apex of each segment ; legs pitchy red 

 or reddish testaceous. L. 2-2| mm. 



Male Avith the ventral plate of seventh segment of hind body s'ightly 

 produced. 



In damp sandpits, in moss in woods, under dead loaves, and in decaying fungi, &c. ; 

 occasionally by sweeping; rare; Shirley, Caterhom, Claygate, Bromley, Dareuth, 

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