Oxi/fel/is.] STArnTLiNiDiE. 383 



I have only seen a single specimen of this species, which is in Dr. 

 Power's collection, and has no locality attached ; it appears to be a 

 maritime species. 



O. tetracarinatus, Block (depressus, Grav., piisiUus, Mannh., 

 opariis, Steph. Anoti/lus depressus, Tlioms.). Dull black, with the 

 hind body more shining ; narrow and linear ; head transverse, differing 

 in size according to sex, entirely dull, very finely shagreened ; antennae 

 moderate, black, joints C-10 strongly transverse ; thorax one and a half 

 times as broad as long, very finely shagreened longitudinally, with the 

 nsual three furrows more or less obsolete, the central one plainer than 

 the others ; elytra transverse, a little longer than thorax, very finely and 

 thickly shagreened longitudinally ; hind body finely and rather thickly 

 punctured ; legs lighter or darker testaceous, with femora and coxae 

 more or less infuscate. L. 2 mm. 



ISIale with the seventh ventral segment of hind body bisinuate and 

 plainly granulate before central lobe ; sixth finely granulate in middle. 



In dung, haystack refuse, decaying seaweed, &c. ; very common and generally dis- 

 tributed tbrougliout the kingdom. 



O. Pairmairei, Pand. (Anofylus Fairmairei, Thorns.). Allied to 

 the preceding, but easily distinguished by having the anterior tibiae ex- 

 cavated at apex, and the elytra much longer than thorax ; the le^s, 

 moreover, are dark wath the knees and tarsi reddish-testaceous ; in the 

 male the seventh ventral segment of hind body is deeply and broadly 

 emarginate, without any central lobe, and the sixth segment is furnished 

 with two longitudinal tubercles or carinas near middle of apex : in size 

 the species is exceedingly small. L. \\ mm. 



In moss, rotten wood, &e. ; very rare, but perhaps sometimes confused with the 

 preceding ; found by Dr. Sharp sparingly in several localities ; Scotland, Dee district. 



HAFZ.ODSIIUS, Stephens. 



This genus contains about half a dozen species from Europe and Xorth 

 America ; our single species is very like an Oxytelus, but may be at once 

 distinguished by having two distinct central furrows in middle of disc, 

 instead of a distinct central furrow and two more or less obsolete on each 

 side of it, as in the latter genus. 



H. coelatus, Grav. Somewhat parallel, black, rather shining, with 

 the elytra pitchy brown ; head larger or smaller according to sex, often 

 raised in front in male, sparingly and obsoletely punctured ; antennae long, 

 Idack, with the base of the first two or three joints pitchy red, penulti- 

 mate joints about as broad as long ; thorax strongly transverse, rounded 

 at sides, coarsely and sparingly punctured, with two broad furrows on 

 centre of disc, separated by a smooth interval ; elytra evidently longer 



