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a common space, leaving a large black triangle about scntellum, lateral 

 stria wanting, doisal striae crenulate, either all entire, or with sutural 

 stria abbreviated; propygiilium dithisely punctured, pygidiura almost 

 smooth ; anterior tibiae with four teeth, of which the hindmost is often 

 minute. L. 3^-4 mm. 



In duns', lint-bcils, liaystack refuse, &c. ; rnthcr common and gonorally distributed 

 from the Midlands southwards ; rarer further north ; Scothiud, rare. Lowlands, Sol- 

 way, Clyde, and Forth districts ; Ireland, near Dublin. 



This species and the preceding may be known from all the others by 

 the structure of the mctasternum and prosternum. 



CARC;iNOFS, Marseul. 



This genus contains about thirty or forty species, of which oidy three 

 are found in Europe, the remainder occurring in North, Central, and 

 South America, Africa, &c. ; they may be known by having the anterior 

 tibiaj only dilated, and by the fact that four or five of the dorsal striaj 

 are entire ; this latter character will separate ottr species from Gnathoncas, 

 ■which they somewhat resemble in size and general appearance. 



I. Size smaller; frontal stria wanting; strife of elytra very 



fine C. MINIMA, Aube. 



II. Size larger; frontal stria entire; striaj of elytra coarse 



and eienulate C. 14 STRIATA, SlepTi. 



C. minima, A\ibe (cor2niscula, Mars.). Oval, round, rather convex, 

 thickly punctured ; shining black or pitch-black ; antennaj and legs 

 red ; frontal stria wanting ; thorax finely bordered, more strongly and 

 thickly punctured at base ; elytra raised at suture, Avith four dorsal striae 

 entire, fine, the others obsolete ; elytra scarcely more feebly punctured 

 than thorax; anterior tibi^ dilated, with three teeth. L. 1-1| mm. 



In haystack and flood refuse, moss, &c. ; local ; London district, common and 

 generally distributed; Margate ; Kingsgate; Bognor ; Hurstpierpoiut; Hastings ; New 

 Forest; Hunstanton; Weymouth tat roots of grass in sandy places) ; Cliesil B>.'ach ; 

 Salford Priors (in fungi on ash log) ; Repton, near Burton-ou-Trent. I know of no 

 locality further north, and it has not occurred in Scotland. 



C. 14-striata, Steph. (pumiUojT^r.; Ejnerus listriafus, Steph.). 

 Very much larger than the preceding, oblong-ovate, somewhat depressed ; 

 shining pitchy-black or brownish ; antennae and legs ferruginous, club of 

 former lighter or darker testaceous ; up|)er surface punctured, the elytra 

 very finely, the thorax more coarsely especially at sides ; thorax with 

 marginal stria entire ; elytra with all the dorsal striae entire, strong, and 

 crenidate, sutural stria entire, straight ; anterior tibite strongly dilated, 

 Avith two large teeth which are widely separated. L. 2-2|- mm. 



In rubbish, carrion, &c. ; rare; Battersea Fields (Stephens); Sherwood Forest 

 (Blatch); Scarborough (Lav.son) ; Jarrow and South Shields (Bold). 



