Bi/thinus.] CLAVICORNIA. 91 



are specimens from Bishop's Wood, and Hamp^tead, as well as from several Scotch 

 localities (CiMmond, Corstorphine Hills, Dalnieney Park, Dabton Loch, banks of 

 Nitli, &c.) ; 1 have specimens from Urethy Wood near Kepton. M. Fauvel (Revno 

 (i'Kntomolon;ie, vol. v., p. 28G) says that he possesses specimens from Scotland, and 

 that it is without doubt widely distributed iu Fi-ance, but confounded with JS. puncti- 

 co/lis ; it is evidently the insect refened to by Deiniy (1. c. p. 26) as the female of 

 Areopagus puncticollis, of which he says " thii;hs very thick in the female." 



B. bulbifer, Eeicli. {Arcoiiagiis lulhi/er, Denny). Black with the 

 autcunaj palpi and legs red; head triangular with prominent eyes; 

 antennae with the second joint cylindrical in both sexes, palpi long, 

 Avith the last joint securiform, broader than in jB. Curtisii, but narrower 

 than in 23. secnn'r/er and _B. Burrellii ; thorax shining and finely pubes- 

 cent, about as long as broad ; elytra strongly punctured ; abdomen short, 

 about half as long as elytra ; legs moderate, femora simple in both sexes. 

 L. 1^-H mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae armed on their interior side with a minute 

 and indistinct tooth before apex, and the first joint of antennse obsolctely 

 subdentate internally at apex ; the difference of the antennae in the sexes 

 is however very slight. 



In marshy places, damp places in woods, &c., in moss and dead leaves; thecommnn- 

 est species of the genus and often abundant where it occurs ; it ajipears to be generally 

 distributed throughout the greater part of the kingdom ; immature specimens are 

 often reddish. 



B. Curtisii, Denny (hi/ngarlcus, Eeitter). Ferrnginous-brown or 

 reddish, with the antennce, palpi, and legs lighter ; head rather long, 

 antennte robust, palpi with the last joint elongate, dilated internally and 

 secuiform, thorax a little broader than long, convex, cordate, widest 

 before middle, base narrowed, Avith an impressed semicircular line ; elytia 

 rather strongly punctured Avith a someAvhat deep sntnral stria ; abdomen 

 short : legs rather longer in male than in female, femora simple in both 

 sexes. L. If-ly mm. 



Male with the clypeus armed with a very small horn or prominence, 

 antennae. Avith the tirst joint simple, and the second globose Avith a 

 distinct prominence on its inner side. 



In rotten beech bark, moss, dead leaves, &c. ; local ; London district, rather 

 connuon ; Chatham, Birch Wood, Cobham, Shirley, Ashtead, Mickleham, Caterhani, 

 Coombe Wood, Cowlev, Amberley, Croydon ; Hastings ; Glanvilles Wootton ; New 

 Forest; Devon; Midland districts, generally distributed; rarer further north; 

 Kipon ; Northumberland and Durham districts, scarce ; Scotland, rare, Sohvay district 

 only. 



B. securig-er, Eeich. (iinicorins, Aube). Pitchy-brown, sometimes 

 reddish-brown ; antennae and legs lighter ; head subtriangular, deeply 

 punctured, antenna robust, palpi Avith the last joint large and broad, 

 securiform ; thorax someAvhat broader than long, convex, obsoletely punc- 

 tured ; elytra thickly punctured, shining, and finely jxtbescent, with the 

 suture a little elsA'ated and an impressed line on each side ; abdomen 

 short, first tAvo joints Avith the margin reflexed ; legs moderate, femora 

 and tibiae simple in both sexes. L. 1 g mm. 



