80 CL&.VICORNIA. \_Euconniis. 



E. denticornis, Miill. {rnficornis^ Denny). Rather a large species, 

 convex, black or pitcliy-black, shining, with thick bristly pubescence at 

 the sides of thorax and on the temples, antennae and legs ferruginous, 

 femora black or pitchy ; head large, nearly as broad as thorax, antennae 

 rather long and robust ; thorax somewhat cylindrical, longer than broad, 

 narrowed in front, impunctate, with two distinct fovesE at base and 

 between them a small fold ; elytra oval, convex, almost impunctate, 

 foveolate at base, with a strong humeral fold; femora dilated. L. 1^- 

 If mm. 



Male with the first two joints of the club dilated and denticulate, the 

 first longer than broad, securiform, the second subquadrate and strongly 

 toothed at apex ; in the female the three first joints of the club are 

 simple, about as long as broad. 



In moss, vegetable refuse, &c. ; occasionally by evening sweeping ; rare ; Mickle- 

 ham, Esher, Caterham, Dorking, Faversliam, Ashford, Darenth, Surbiton, Furley, 

 Cowley, Chattenden ; Norfolk ; Hollingtou and Guestling, near Hastings ; New- 

 Forest ; Scarborough. 



E. hirticollis, 111. Of very much the same shape as the preceding, 

 deep black, shining, sparingly pubescent, except on thorax, Avliich is 

 clothed with very thick and long bristly pubescence ; antennae, palpi and 

 legs ferruginous, club of the former and the femora blackish ; head 

 small, somewhat orbicular, with a large neck, antennae long and slender 

 with the joints rather elongate ; thorax longer than broad, somewhat 

 cylindrical, narrowed in front, base transversely compressed, with two 

 indistinct foveae ; elytra short oval, impunctate and very sparingly 

 pubescent ; legs long, femora dilated at apex. L. 1^ mm. 



Marshy places — in wet moss, and at roots of grass ; also under fallen leaves in 

 woods; rare; Faversliam, Weybridge, Caterham; Horning Fen; Wicken Fen; 

 Tewkesbury ; Sutton Park, Birmingham ; it is also recorded from the Southern dis- 

 tricts (Hastings, Portsmouth, &c.), and from the neighbourhood of Durham, and 

 other localities, but mauy of tlie records of its capture evidently apply to the following 

 si>ecies, which is by far the commoner of the two. 



E. fimetarius, Chaud. (JnrtlcolUs, rar., Reitter, &c.). Very closely 

 resembling the preceding species, but with the penultimate joint of the 

 palpi fuscous, and the hairs on the elytra shorter and less scattered ; the 

 chief difference, however, lies in the formation of the antennae, which are 

 evidently shorter and more thickened towards apex, and have the joints 

 less elongate ; accoi-ding to Thomson the male has the penultimate seg- 

 ment of the abdomen impressed in the middle at apex, and the posterior 

 margin subtruncate. L. 1|^ mm. 



In haystack and vegetable refuse ; rather local ; London district, not common, 

 Dorking, Esher, Putney, Bromley, Shirley, Mcrton, Darenth, Hammersmith ; Sheer- 

 ness; Tonbridge ; The Holt, Farnham ; Glauvilles Wootton ; Repton, Burton-ou- 

 Trent ; Durham district ; Scotland, very rare. Forth district. It appears to be com- 

 moner than JJ. /«Jr^/eoW?s; its habitat is diflerent, and it may easily be distinguished 

 by the formation of the antenna3 ; the two species are very often mixed together, but 



