]2t CLAVICORNIA. [Trichopieryx. 



Very rare; three specimeus have been takuu by Mr. Matthews, uear Gumley, 

 Leicestershire. 



T. lllontandonii, All. Oblong, convex, shining, black with the 

 elytra fuscous black, rather thickly clothed with long white pubescence ; 

 head large, eyes prominent, antennae long, either entirely yellow or 

 slightly fuscous towards apex ; thorax moderate, slightly dilated at base, 

 with moderate tubercles, which are remote and irregularly arranged, 

 interspaces deeply reticulate, posterior margin strongly sinuate, angles a 

 little produced ; scutellum large ; elytra oblong, almost parallel-sided, 

 not narrowed behind ; legs yellow ; under-side pitchj'-black, with mouth 

 and coxiB yellow, last segments of abdomen lighter. L. f-|- mm. 



In vegetable refuse, hot-beds, &c., and occasionally in ants' nests ; local; London 

 district, not common. Tonbridwe, Belvedere, Loughton ; Huustauton, Norfolk ; 

 Kiiowle ; liepton, Burton-ou-Trent ; Northnniberland district, very rare; Scotland, 

 Forth district ; it is probably generally disiributeJ. 



The oljlong shape, long and slender antennse, and distant tubercles of 

 thorax will serve to distinguish the species. 



T. rivularis, All. A^ery closely allied to the preceding, but dis- 

 tinguished by its more elongate form and longer thorax, and also by 

 having the elytra somewhat contracted to apex ; the sculpture also is 

 different, the tubercles on the thorax being rather small, and arranged 

 more closely and regularly, and the posterior margin of the thorax is 

 straighter. L. |-| mm. 



Mr. Matthews says that this species is not uncommon in England ; Birmingham 

 district, &c. ; I feel very doubtful as to whether it can really be separated I'rom T. 



Mofitandonii. 



T. G-uerinii, All. Oblong, moderately convex, subparallel, head 

 and thorax black, elytra rufo-castaneous, sparingly clothed with short 

 yellow hairs ; head large, prominent ; eyes small, prominent ; antennae 

 rather long, yellow ; thorax moderate, very slightly dilated behind, 

 with small distinct tubercles, arranged in sinuate roAvs, interspaces 

 reticulate, posterior angles slightly but plainly produced, acute ; elytra 

 almost parallel-sided, rather deeply asperate in thickly set, sinuate, 

 rows ; legs rather long and slender, yelloAV, with coxse and femora pitchy ; 

 under-side black, with mouth parts pitchy. L. f- 1- mm. 



Very rare ; in hot-beds, &c. ; West Ham (Billups) ; Gumley ; Hunstanton, Norfolk, 

 at which place I took a single specimen in August, 1879. 



T. obscoena, Woll. Oblong, elongate, strongly convex, with the 

 liead and thorax black and the elytra nigro-castaneous ; allied to T. 

 Gueriiiii, but differs from that species by its longer and narrower form, 

 shorter and more obscurely coloured antenna?, which have a less distinct 

 club, shorter and darker elytra, and deeper sculpture. L. ^-^ mm. 



This species has once been taken in faggots by Mr. Matthews in Sherwood Forest ; 

 it was originally found by Mr. WoUastou iu the Canary Islands. 



