Anisofoiiia.] clavicokma. 



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A. ciliaris, Scliinidl. >Shuit elliptical, very convex, of a reddish- 

 briiwn or reddish testaceous colour ; head latlier large, thickly punctured, 

 aiitenna3 short, with well-iuarked club, of which the last joint is consider- 

 ably narrower than the penultimate ; thorax short, distinctly narrower 

 than elytra, broadest just behind middle, posterior angles rounded, finely 

 and thickly punctured ; elytra A'ery convex, with distinct and rather 

 long outstanding hairs on margins, with rather tine striie, interstices flat. 

 Somewhat iinely and thickly ])unctured ; legs stout, posterior tibicB short 

 and dilated towards apex, strongly spinose externally ; male with the 

 anterior tarsi scarcely dilated. L. 3-3j mm. 



In saixly places, especially on sand-hills uear the sea; rare; the first British 

 spocitnens were recorded by Mr. G. R. Waterhouse ; Mr. W. G. Hlatch has found it 

 in cousidcrable miuihers on the sand-hills near Swansea, and Mr. Moucreaii" has taken 

 it at Cumberland Fort near Portsea. 



A. furva, Er. Very closely allied to the preceding, but larger, and 

 of a darker reddish colour, with the thorax broadest just before base and 

 exactly as broad as the elytra; the club of the antennse is longer, and the 

 l)enultimate joint is more transverse ; the interstices of the elytra are not 

 so closely punctui'ed, and the marginal cilia are shorter and less apparent, 

 and the posterior tiljise are less thickened ; the general form, moreover, 

 is rather longer and less convex. L. 3|-3| mm. 



On sand-hills, &c. ; very rare; Constantine, Lancashire (Power); in Dr. Sharp's 

 collection there is a line specimen without locality ; it has also been recorded from 

 Devonshire. 



COIiSNZS, Erichson. 



This genus contains five or six species from Europe and North America ; 

 Ihey are minute globose insects, of a testaceous colour, and are distin- 

 guished by having the antennse with a 3-jointed club, the mcsosternum 

 carinate, and the tarsi 5-4-4 jointed : one species is found in Britain. 

 Curtis describes another as C. Lati/nms which is mentioned in Water- 

 house's catalogue as " Leiodes?" and is given as synonymous with C 

 (leniipes : in the European catalogue of Heyden, Keitter, and Weise 

 it is mentioned as a distinct species, but lleitter omits it altogether in his 

 work on the Kecrophaga. I cannot find out anything further about it, 

 and believe that we only possess one species. 



C. dentipes, Gyll. (fmmmida, Sturm., aciculafa, Steph., hnmnea, 

 8leph. coll.). Short oval, strongly convex, reddish-yellow or reddish- 

 brown, shining ; head moderately large, antennae rather long with the 

 last joint narrower than the preceding, reddish-brown ; thorax behind 

 about as broad as elytra, narroAved in front, gently rounded at side.>, 

 anterior angles rounded, bat-al margin truncate, posterior angles sharp 

 jight angles, upper surface ira punctate ; elytra with very fine punctured 

 stricB, the interstices finely transversely strigose, sutural stria distinct 

 from apex to beyond middle ; Icg.'^ reddish testaceous. L. 1-1^ nim. 



