348 RTAPHYLiNiD^. {_Sienus. 



much stronger in front than behind; legs testaceous with the coxa3 

 black, and tlie apex of femora broadly dark ; the tibiae are also more or 

 less pitchy. L. 4 mm. 



Male -with the seventh ventral segment of hind body very slightly 

 sinuate in middle of apical margin. 



Damp places, in moss, flood and haystack refuse, &c. ; often iu sandpits; local, but 

 not uncommon ; Wimbledon, Chatham, Upnor (Kent), Sheerness, Shirley, Rei^ate, 

 Caterham, Chobham, and several other places in the London district; Tonbridge ; 

 Hastings ; Granvilles Wootton ; Weston-super-Mare ; Reptou ; Lincoln ; Preston ; 

 Liverpool ; Northumberland district, somewhat rare and local ; Scotland, Falkirk. 



S. ossium, Steph. {impressipennis, Du.y., carinifrons, Fairm., elevatus, 

 Mots.). Very closely allied to the preceding, but smaller as a rule, and 

 duller; the basal joint of the antennse and the two apical joints of the 

 antennae are pitchy, and the legs are not quite so much infuscate ; the 

 species may, however, be at once distinguished by its much closer and 

 finer punctuation, which is especially thick and fine on the hind body. 

 L. 3| mm. 



In moss, haystack refuse, vegetable rubbish, &c. ; common and generally distributed 

 throughout England; Scotland, common; Ireland, near Waterford, &c. 



S. fuscicornis, Er. Black, somewhat shining, rather depressed; 

 head much broader than thorax, with broad frontal furrows, the interval 

 being somewhat narrow and slightly raised ; antennae and palpi pitchy 

 brown, the latter with the basal joint testaceous ; thorax longer than 

 broad, rather strongly and thickly punctured, with the dorsal central 

 furrow absent or obsolete ; elytra a little longer than thorax rather 

 strongly and thickly punctured ; hind body narrowed to apex, more 

 strongly punctured in front than behind ; legs pitchy-red with the 

 apex of the femora and the tibiee more or less pitchy-black, tarsi long and 

 slender and very deeply bilobed ; the lobes, however, are thin and fine, 

 and, if the specimen is much gummed, are hardly noticeable. L. 2|-3i mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment of hind body rather narrowly 

 and somewhat angularly emarginate at apex, sixth segment very slightly 

 sinuate. 



This species bears an exceedingly close resemblance in size, punctua- 

 tion, and general appearance, to S. fxiscipes, but, apart from the bilobed 

 penultimate joint of the tarsi, it may be known by the elongate joints 

 of the same, especially, as Rye remarks, by the basal joint of the hinder 

 pair. 



In moss, dead leaves, &c., usually iu woods ; not common ; Cobham, Charlton, 

 Greenhithe, Shiiley, Coombe Wood, Caterham, Dulwich, Mickluham, Darenth, Wim- 

 bledou, Purley Downs, Hammersmith, Tonbridge ; apparently not found except iu 

 the London district and its neighbourhood ; in France it appears to be a very common 

 species : it is possible it may have been overlooked, as it closely resembles one or two 

 other species. 



S. g'lacialiSj Heer. Black, very shining, with long, thin pubes- 

 cence ; one of our largest and finest species ; head much broader than 



