172 CLAVicoRXiA. [Scyninus. 



At roots of grass, by sweeping lieibnge, &c. ; common aud widely distributed iu 

 the London and soutliern districts, aud it is also fouud iu the iSIidlands; there 

 appears, however, to be no record from further north than the neighbourhood of 

 Birmingham. 



S. arcuatus, Rossi (s.g. Pullus, Muls.). Oval, pubescent; tlioras 

 somewhat variable in colour, yellowish-white, at all events at sides, 

 finely punctured ; elytra black or brownish, having in common two 

 yellowish-white horseshoe-sliaped lines, open towards the front, of 

 which the lower encloses the upper, more distinctly punctured than 

 thorax ; ruider-side black with prosternum and apex of abdomen reddish ; 

 legs reddish-yellow. L. 1^ mm. 



Very rare ; a single specimen was taken by Jlr. Wollaston on August 24th, 

 1872, by brushing very old ivy at Shenton Hall, uear Market Bosworth, Leicester- 

 shire ; he had previously found the species abundant in Madeira. 



S. suturalls, Thunb. {cliscouleus, 111. ; s.g. PuUus, Muls.). Oval, 

 moderately convex, clothed with somewhat coarse pale pubescence ; 

 thorax as a rule pitchy with the sides often lighter, very short, finely 

 punctured ; elytra rather strongly and unevenly punctured, of a reddish- 

 brown or reddish-yellow colour, with the suture and the exterior margins 

 more or less broadly dark ; often, however, they are almost entirely 

 reddish-brown ; femora black, tibitie and tarsi fuscous, or lighter or 

 darker reddish-brown. L. 1^-1^ mm. 



On the Scotch fir, amongst moss and grass beneath or near firs, &c. ; common and 

 generally distributed throughout the greater part of England and Scotland ; Ireland, 

 near Belfast, Portmarnock, &e. 



V. Jimhafus, Steph. (^S. limbatus, Steph.). This variety, which has 



been regarded by many authors as a separate species, differs from the 



type in its colour, which is darker ; the black colour of the suture and 



sides is more broadly marked and the reddish-brown colour is reduced to 



a larger or smaller patch on disc ; the legs are pitchy-black ; Stephens 



himself says that it may be a small and dark variety of S. discoideus. 



L. 1| mm. 



Marshy places, at roots of grass and in moss ; local ; London district, not uncom- 

 mon, W;ilton-on-Thames, Horsell, Lee, Hammersmith, Norwood ; Hertford; Suffolk; 

 Devon; Wicken Fen; Scarborough; Scotland, local, amongst moss, Solway and 

 Tweed districts ; it probably occurs in many other localities. 



S. lividus, Bold. I have never seen this species, but, as it rests 

 upon a single specimen, and as the allied species are very variable, 

 it is very possible that it is not distinct ; I subjoin Eold's description 

 from the catalogue of the Insects of JSTorthumberland and Durham, 

 p. 109 :— 



" Suboval, convex, slightly shining, somewhat densely covered with 

 short griseous pubescence, finely and evenl}^ punctured, livid-testaceous, 

 the head and claws fjlack, thorax and suture obscurely fuscous. 

 L. 1 mm. Smaller, more oval, much more finely and evenly punctured 



