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thorax, at least as broad as elytra, with broad and deep frontal furrows, 

 and the interval raised in an obtuse keel ; antennae elongate, very slender, 

 pilose, testaceous with the club darker, palpi entirely testaceous ; head, 

 thorax, and elytra very strongly and coarsely punctured ; thorax rounded 

 in front and narrowed behind, with a more or less distinct central furrow 

 and two slight impressions on each side ; elytra only slightly longer than 

 thorax ; hind body rather long, somewhat strongly and thickly punctured 

 at base, more finely behind ; legs testaceous with the femora, at least the 

 intermediate and posterior ones, broadly dark at apex. L. 4|-5 mm. 



Male with the seventh ventral segment angularly emarginate at apex, 

 sixth broadly sinuate, depressed and more thickly punctured in middle. 



Rye says of this species (Ent. Ann., 1867, 6G) that " it is at first sight 

 strongly suggestive of S. lustrator, on account of its size, colour, and very 

 slender limbs ; but is not in the same section as that insect, having the 

 penultimate joint of its tarsi bilobed, though narrowly and minutely 

 only ;" it disagrees, however, entirely with S. lustrator in many other 

 points, being far more shiny, and more closely punctured, with the 

 palpi entirely testaceous, the legs more brightly coloured, &c. ; ]\Iulsant 

 and Rey speak of S.glacialis as having the penultimate joint of the tarsi 

 " profondcment bilobe," but Eye appears to be more correct in saying 

 that the lobes are small, although he rather leads us to imagine that they 

 are smaller than they really are. 



In moss in high mountainous districts; very rare in Britain ; Cheviots (Hislop), 

 August, 1865 ; Scotland, very rare. Dee district (Sliarp) : it occurs rarely in 

 France and Switzerland in alpine and subalpine districts in July and August in moss 

 in forests. 



S. g"eniculatus, Grav. Elongate, rather depressed, dull black ; head 

 nearly flat with a polished narrow central line separating the furrows which 

 are feeble and broad ; antennae testaceous, with the first joint pitchy, and 

 the club brownish, palpi testaceous with the apical joint more or less 

 pitchy ; thorax longer than broad, with traces of a smooth central line, 

 very closely and rather strongly punctured ; elytra as long as thorax 

 strongly and thickly punctured ; hind body long, narrowed behind, 

 strongly and closely punctured, more finely behind ; legs testaceous with 

 the knees pitchy (the posterior pair more broadly so). L. 3| mm. 



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

 nate at apex. 



This species very much resembles S. ossium, but it has the elytra 

 shorter in proportion and is more strongly punctured. 



In moss, &c., in dry places, especially heathy localities; local; Wickham, 

 Woking, lleigate, Weybriiige, Shirley (by sweeping heath at night), Esher, 

 Chobham, Coouibe Wood, Hounslow; Sno.vdon; Scotland, Lowlands and High- 

 lands, scarce, Solway, Clyde, Dee, and Moray districts; Ireland, Newcastle, 

 CO. Down. 



S. palustris, Er. Rather narrow, black, somewhat shining; head 

 at least as broad as elytra with broad, feeble furrows, separated by a 



