LiodeS.] CLAVICORNIA. 21 



if a change ninst be luade, it will be far better to adopt entirely new names rather thiiu 

 call Neerophorus Silpha, and Silpha Necrophorus, Liodes Anisotoma, and Anisotoma 

 Liode.i, and so on, as is now done in many cases. 



I. Elytra finely pubescent with a yellow spot at each 



shoulder; female with tarsi 5- 4- 4-jointed . . . L. HUMEEALIS, Kug. 



II. Elytra glabrous without spots at shoulder. 



i. Size larger; elytra with very distinct rows of 



larger punctures ; female with tarsi 5- 4- 4- 



joiuted L. GLABRA, Kug, 



ii. Size smaller ; elytra with rows of larger punctures 



indistinct or irregular; female v/ith all the tarsi 



4-jointed. 



1. Elytra coarsely and almost evenly punctured ; 



sutural stria of elytra almost reaching base . L. CASTANEA, Herbst. 



2. Elytra finely punctured with feeble rows of 



larger punctures ; sutural stria of elytra reach- 

 ing a little beyond middle L. obbiculaeis, Herbst. 



Xi. humeralis, Kug. Black, almost heujisplierical, with a broad 

 patch at tlie shoulder of each elytra reddif-h or reddish-yellow ; the 

 mouth-parts and a more or less obscure spot on forehead are also reddish, 

 and the margins of thorax are reddish-brown ; head finely punctured, 

 antennge reddish, with the club blackish or dark brown, except the apical 

 half of the last joint which is reddish-yellow ; thorax transverse, nar- 

 rowed in front, broadest behind, finely punctured, posterior angles rather 

 marked ; elytra thickly and finely punctured, with double rows of larger 

 punctures, the whole surface clothed with very fine brownish-yellow 

 pubescence ; under-side and legs reddish-brown. L. 2|—3| nun. 



Male with the three first joints of the anterior tarsi strongly dilated, 

 and the posterior femora dilated into an obtuse tooth at apex. 



In powdery fungus on old logs, stumps, &c. ; locally common ; London district in 

 many localities; Wrabness, Essex; Hastings; Glanvilles Wootton ; New Forest; 

 Devon ; Sutton Park, Birmingham ; Cannock Chase ; Ncedwood ; Robins' Wood, 

 liepton; Liverpool and Manchester districts ; commoner further north ; Northumber- 

 land and Durham district, common ; Scotland, Lowlands and Highlands, in fungi 

 under bark, common throughout almost the whole country. 



Zi. g'labra, Kug. Larger and broader than the preceding species, 

 black, shining ; head finely punctiired, anteuna? brownish-red, with the 

 club, except at extreme apex, blackish ; thorax very transverse, finely 

 punctured, posterior angles obtuse, but well marked, with the extreme 

 margins pitchy-red ; elytra finely punctured with distinct rows of larger 

 punctures, and a deep sutural stria reaching from apex to about middle ; 

 under-side and legs reddish-brown. L. 3]:-3| mm. 



Male with the three first joints of the anterior tarsi feebly dOated. 



Under bark of fir ; local and only found in the extreme north of England and in 

 Scotland ; Northumberland district, rare ; Scotland, Highlands, Tay, Dee, and Moray 

 districts. 



Ii. castanea, Herbst. Ovate, rather convex, pitchy-black, usually 

 with a castaneous or reddish-brown tinge ; head finely punctured, 



