74 CLAvicouNiA. INeuraphes. 



2. Size smaller ; thorax longer than broad witli 

 sides rounded and gradually narrowed in 

 front. 



A. Antenna} with penultimate joints feebly 

 transverse; elytra with the four basal im- 

 pressions almost equally deep, the external 



ones elongate N. ettbicundtts, Schaum, 



B. Antennae with penultimate joints strongly 

 transverse ; elytra with external basal im- 

 pressions small and shallow N. Caeinattjs, Mids. 



U. Forehead without fovea near eyes ; thorax without 



longitudinal keel before scutellura. 

 i. Colour lighter ; form more convex ; antennje less 



thickened towards apex ; transverse basal furrow 



of thorax with two fovea} on each side near 



margins N. Spaeshalli, Denny. 



ii. Colour darker ; form depressed ; antennae more 



thickened towards apex ; transverse basal furrow 



of thorax with one fovea on each side . . . . N. longicollis, Mots. 



(prceteritus, Rye). 



N. elong-atulus, JMiill. Dark pitcliy-red or reddish-black, sliiiniig, 

 antennEe and legs reddish-testaceous, palpi and tarsi yellow ; somewhat 

 immature specimens are lighter ; head rather large, a little narrower 

 than thorax ; antenna? rather long and stout, gradually thickened to 

 apex, with the penultimate joints distinctly transverse; thorax rather 

 long with the sides rounded in front and almost parallel behind, more or 

 less distinctly punctured, depressed at base, with a fine keel above 

 scutellum, and two foveas on each side ; elytra long oval, much broader 

 than thorax, finely and not thickly punctured, Avith two rather long 

 foveae at basc^, of which the inner one is the broadest and deepest ; 

 femora thickened at apex. L. If mm. 



In moss, &c. ; occasionally by evening sweeping ; not uncommon In some districts ; 

 London district, generally distributed ; Hastings ; Gosport ; Riddlesdown ; Midland 

 districts, in most localities, Bowdley, Sherwood, Rcpton, Birmirgham district, &c. ; 

 it appears to become rarer further north ; Scotland, rare, Solway and Tay districts. 

 Ireland, Galway (J. J. Walker). 



N ang°ulatus, Miill. {impressus, Sahib. Wif/hami, Denny). In 

 size, colour, and general appearance this species rather closely 

 resembles the preceding, but is very easily distinguished by the 

 shape and sculpture of the thorax, which is about as long as 

 broad, strongly angled on anterior third, abruptly contracted in front, 

 and gradually narrowed towards base in almost a straight line ; it is 

 impunctate, and strongly pubescent at sides, especially in front ; the 

 antennee^ moreover, have the penultimate joints less transverse than in 

 N. clongatulus, the elytra have the sides a little less rounded, and are 

 more finely punctured ; the shoulders also are more marked, and the 

 femora are less dilated at apex. L. lf-l|. 



In moss, &c. ; occasionally by evening sweeping ; not uncommon ; Lee, Sheerness, 

 Mickleham, Woking, Esber, Shirley, Ashtead, Caterham, West Wickham, Toubridge ; 



