102 CLAvicoRNiA. [Eupleclus. 



ji. Elytra without dorsal striic; lengtli uot exceeding 

 1 mm. 



1. Colour pitch-brown ; form broader ; elytra 



almost impunctato ; female with apex of 



abdomen simple E. Ambiguus, Reich. 



2. Colour rufous or rufo-castaueous ; form narrower 



and more linear ; elytra plaiwly punctured ; 

 apex of abdomen in female armed with a long 

 pointed process E. MiNUTlssiMU3, Aube. 



B. K.iinzei, Aube (Aheillei, Saulcy^). The largest of our species; 

 rufo-testaceous, with the elytra sometimes lighter ; finely pubescent ;' 

 head large, broader than thorax, with the sides rounded behind eyes 

 which are small, vertex with a distinct fovea ; antennas moderately long, 

 thorax cordate, about as broad as long, Avith three foveje at base, con- 

 nected by a deep transverse furrow, the central of which is the smallest ; 

 elytra together longer than broad, impunctate ; abdomen broad and sub- 

 depressed, the two first visible dorsal segments each with a depressed 

 area in the middle of base, the area being bounded on each side by a 

 slender groove^ Avhich grooves are not parallel^ but diverge towards apex. 

 L. 2 mm. 



Male with the 5th ventral segment of abdomen with an oblong im- 

 pression in middle of base, 6th segment widely emarginate at apex, and 

 bearing on each side a tubercle tufted with long whitish hairs, abdomen 

 with sides clothed with rather long hairs. 



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111 moss, dead leaves, &c. ; rare; Esher (Power) ; Sevenoaks, Caterham, Dorking, 

 Shirley (Champion); Greenhithe, Wandsworth and Hampstead (Waterhovise ; 

 Darenth Wood (Power and Waterhouse; Mr. Waterhouse's specimen occurred in the 

 sawdust of a recently fellel oak) ; Bearsted (Gorham) ; Cobham Park ; Birdbrook 

 (Power). 



Dr. Sharp possesses two specimens of a Eupledus from Mickleham, 

 which Avere named by M. de Saulcy E. Abeillei (apparently a new species, 

 as it is mentioned in the European catalogue as from iiritain alone) ; 

 these specimens must, I think,* be referred to E. Kiinzei. 



E. 33uponti,' Aube. Eathcr a large and depressed rufo-testaceous 

 species with the head broad at the sides ; the head is rather smaller than 

 in E. Kunzei, and is more contracted and rounded behind the eyes, Avhich 

 are a little more prominent ; head, thorax, and elytra almost impunc- 

 tate in male, punctured in female ; antennae longer than in the following 

 species ; thorax at broadest somewhat broader than long, with a central 

 cliannel, and with the three fovese at base connected by a rudi- 

 mentary groove ; elytra longer than together broad with the dorsal 

 striae nearly reaching middle ; abdomen with depressions at base of 

 lirst segment feebler tlian n the preceding species and with the grooves 

 at each side parallel-sided ; legs stouter, with all the tibiae armed with 

 a small spur at apex. L. If mm. 



Male more shining than female, with the head only punctured at the 



