316 cLAvicoRNiA. \_Crijptoph.a(jiis. 



wide, disc with four callosities, base with a distinct longitudinal fold 

 before scutellum ; elytra narrowed towards apex, strongly punctured, 

 the punctuation having a tendency to form rows; legs ferruginous- 

 testaceous. L. 2f mm. 



In fungi, haystack and vegetable refuse, &c. ; it also occurs in the nests of humble- 

 bees (Bo»»6«s Zwcorif/ii, &c.), and is sometimes taken by evening sweeping ; local; 

 Eshcr, Claygate, Forest Hill, Caterham, Sheerness, Chatham, Mickleham, Faversham ; 

 Deal ; Folkestone ; Devonshire ; Soham, Cambridgeshire ; Yardley, Solihull, and 

 Knowle near Birmingham ; Chat Moss ; Manchester ; Northumberland and Dui-- 

 ham district, common ; Scotland, common. Lowlands and Highlands ; Dr. Sharp 

 (Scot. Nat. iv. 36) says that the C. lycoperdi of Murray's catalogue is no doubt this 

 species. 



C. pilosus, Gyll. Smaller than either of the preceding, oblong, and 

 not very convex, with the elytra not contracted towards apex as in 

 C. setulosus, but shaped rather as in C. lycoperdi; from both these 

 species it may be distinguished by its finer punctuation and less coarsely 

 pubescent elytra ; the club of the antennae has the joints more contiguous 

 than in the former, and the anterior angles of the thorax are produced in a 

 more or less distinct tooth behind ; it bears a close superficial resem- 

 blance to C. saginahis, but is much more strongly punctured, and has 

 the lateral tooth of the thorax situated in the middle and not distinctly 

 before the middle as in that species. L. 2-2| mm. 



In haystack refuse, cut grass, &c., very often in hot-beds ; common and generally 

 distributed throughout England and Scotland ; Ireland, Waterford, &c., and pro- 

 bably common ; this species has been considered rare, but according to my experience 

 it is one of the commonest of the genus. 



C. punctipennis, Bris. A^ery closely allied to the preceding, of 

 which it has by some authorities been considered a variety ; it may, 

 however, be known by its more oval elytra, of which the pubescence is 

 longer, and the punctuation coarser and not so close, especially at base. 

 L, 2-2| mm. 



In straw-sheds, among refuse, &c. , also in haystack refuse, cut grass, &c. ; occa- 

 sionally in cellars; local; Forest Hill, Richmond, Darenth, Chatham, Wandsworth, 

 Sheerness, and other localities in the London district ; Sheppy ; Cambridge Fens ; 

 Soham ; Knowle; Liverpool; Bidston, near Manchester; Scotland, rare. Lowlands, 

 Forth d'istrict, Braid Hills, f:dinburgh (Sharp). 



C. ruficornis, Steph. A rather long and parallel-sided species, 

 bearino- superficially a somewhat strong resemblance to C scanicus, dark 

 specimens of which are sometimes confounded with it ; head and thorax 

 pitchy-red, elytra black with shoulders and apex reddish, antennae red ; 

 the colour, however, is variable, being sometimes entirely or almost 

 entirely black with the antennae dark pitchy, and occasionally the 

 elytra are dark pitchy-red ; the head is usually lighter than the thorax ; 

 thorax not very transverse, somewhat sulx|uadrate, with the anterior 

 angles callose and denticulate, and with a more or less distinct tooth 

 about the middle of sides, disc with rather plain callosities ; elytra 



