Amsotoma.'] clavicornia. 29 



V. lomjipes, Schmidt. Size larger, colour entirely ferniginous, legs 

 apparently more elongate ; rare, Northumberland district, Hartford 

 Bridge. 



The V. pallescens, Schmidt, is probably founded on more or less imma- 

 ture specimens. 



A. obesa, Schmidt. Very closely allied to the preceding, with which 

 it is probably identical ; it is about the same size, shape, and colour, but 

 has the third joint of the antennae a little longer in proportion, the sides 

 of the thorax not so strongly rounded, and subparallel from a little be- 

 hind middle to base, and the teeth at the apex of posterior femora of 

 of male more or less obsolete ; the difference of the relative length of 

 the second and third joints of the antennae is, however, not very apparent 

 in some cases, and the other diflerences are not very striking ; of two 

 males of the species that I have before me, that of A. duhia has the 

 punctuation of the striae of elytra considerably the stronger, but the 

 latter species appears to vary in this respect. L. 3-3| mm. 



By evening sweeping ; rare ; Esher ; Weybridge ; Wicken and Burwell Fens ; Sher- 

 wood Forest (where I have taken several specimens at the end of August) ; Scotland, 

 Moss Morran (Power). 



A. badia, Sturm. A small shining species, ovate, sub-globose, very 

 convex, variable in colour, sometimes almost entirely pitchy, and with 

 the head and thorax usually darker than the elytra, often, however, en- 

 tirely ferruginous ; head obsoletely punctured, antennae ferruginous, with 

 rather a narrow club, last joint as broad as the two penultimate joints ; 

 thorax at base as broad as elytra, strongly narrowed in front, hind 

 margin tnuicate, posterior angles well marked, almost right angles, disc 

 impunctate, smooth and shining, a point that will distinguish it from 

 almost all allied species ; elytra very convex, usually lighter at apex, with 

 strongly punctured striae which become more obsolete towards apex, in- 

 terstices scarcely visibly punctured, except for the larger rows in the 

 alternate ones ; legs short, shorter than in any other species of the 

 group, posterior tibiae only just reaching apex of elytra, tarsi rather long 

 proportionally. L. l|-2 mm. 



By evening sweeping ; occasionally in moss and dead leaves ; local but not un- 

 common in some places ; London district, generally distributed, Chatham, Cuxton 

 (Kent), Faversham, Mickleham, Crovdon, Caterham, Esher, Reigate, Cowley, Purley 

 Down ; Hastings ; Glanvilles VV'ootton ; Repton, near Burton-on-Trent, and other 

 Midland localities ; Hartlepool ; Northumberland district, Hetton Hall, near Belford. 



A. sixnilata, Eye. Mr. Eye describes this species as " closely allied 

 to A. hadia, from which it differs in its rather larger size and lighter 

 colour, the more slender basal joints of its antennae, and its proportionally 

 rather longer elytra, of which the punctures are, though regular and 

 well defined, much more delicate, the fourth stria from the suture being 

 moreover, slightly waved about the upper third." L, 2 mm. 



