IIG CLAVICORNIA. [Tricliopieri/cc. 



b. Head shorter ; thorax longer ; sculpture 



close T. RIVTTLARIS, All. 



E. Upper surface entirely deep black. 



a. Form broad almost cylindrical ; head very 



broad; thorax large /elytra parallel-sided . T. Jaxsoni, il/««/t.* 



b. Form narrower ; head less broad ; thorax 

 small with sides rounded, narrower than 



elytra ; elytra dilated about middle . . . T. STTFFOCATA, Bah 

 II. Thorax coarsely margined; sculpture variolosa 



(Bcsocrara Thorns.) T. variolosa, Muls. 



T. Sarae, Matth. Short, broad, very strongly convex, shining, 

 clothed with rather thick greyish pubescence ; head and thorax black, 

 elytra rufo-castaneous ; head large and wide, antennae slender, with the 

 apical joint much elongate, the two basal joints bright yellow, the rest 

 darker; thorax very large and convex, broader than elytra with miuiite 

 tub;?rcles placed in regular sinuate rows, interspaces reticulate ; elytr i 

 rather short, strongly narrowed behind, deeply and very closely asperate ; 

 abdomen piceous, moderately exserted ; legs short, bright yellow; under- 

 sarface castaneous, with a large spot near the apex of the metasterniim, 

 and the cox£e, bright yellow ; abdomen with terminal segments paler. 

 L. \-l mm. 



Two specimens were taken in Nottinghamshire by the Rev. H. Matthews in 1861 ; 

 the species has not been found since that time. 



T. ChampioniS; Matth. Narrow, elongate, conveK, obscurely 

 castaneous, shining, sparingly clothed with yellow hairs ; head rather 

 small, eyes small, not prominent, antcnna3 long, bright yellow ; thorax 

 moderate, broadest at base, with the sides slightly rounded, covered with 

 very small tubercles in indistinct wavy rows, posterior angles much pro- 

 duced ; scutellum very large, rather deeply asperate ; elytra short, much 

 narrowed behind, about as long as, but slightly narrower tban, head and 

 thorax, faintly asperate in transverse wavy rows ; abdomen much cx- 

 SiTtfd, with live segments uncovered, terminal segment minutely tiiden- 

 tate ; legs moderate, bright yellow. L. -| mm. 



Seven examples were taken many years ago in Wicken Fen near Cambridge by a 

 collector of Lepidoptera, and giveu by him to Mr. J. T. Harris of Burton-ou-1'rent. 



T. thoracica, Waltl. Very short, broad and convex, fuscous 

 black, clothed with rather long greyish hairs ; head moderate, antenna; 

 rather robust, yellow ; thorax very large and convex, broadest before 

 base, with rather close irregular tubercles, posterior angles strongly pro- 

 duced ; scutellum rather short ; elytra very sliort, (Quadrate, deeply 

 asperate, a little narrowed to apex ; abdomen moderately exserted ; legs 

 sliort, clear yellow, with the femora dusky ; under-side black, mouth and 

 coxije flavescent. L. f mm. 



In moss and flood refuse, chiefly in the latter; rare; Woking, Claygate, Lee; 



* This species appears to have the antenna^ either yellow or obscurely yellow. 



