360 CLAVicoRMA. {_Attag(muii. 



A single specimen was taken by Mr. Wollastoa in July, 1868, in Finsbury Circus, 

 London ; it occurs in almost all parts of Europe, and in Syria, North America, tlie 

 West Indies, Madeira, the Canary Islands, &c. ; its habits are the same as those of 

 A.pellio; as the species is almost certain to be again found in Biitain, it is perhaps 

 as well to retain it; at the same time it is an undoubted importation, although not 

 more so than many other received species. 



(A. trifasciatus, F {vprhasci, auct.). Ovate, pitchy-fuscous, or 

 fuscous black, very finely punctured, pubescent ; thorax with the pos- 

 terior margin clothed with a dense greyish or yellowish-white pubes- 

 cence, which is interrupted at scutellum : elytra with three waved striae, 

 of pale greyish pubescence, interrupted at suture, and also a patch of the 

 same at apex, and two minute spots, one on each side of scutellum ; 

 under-side pitchy with yellowish pubescence ; legs te.staceous with tarsi 

 brownish-red. L, 3-4 mm. 



Very rare ; in skins of birds, &c., especially in houses; Edinburgh (Leach) ; near 

 Chelsea (Leach) ; the species is a very doubtful one. 



BESG-ATOMA, Herbst. 



This genus contains about half-a-dozen species from Europe, Siberia, 

 and Tasmania ; it is probably of much wider extent than is at present 

 knoAvn ; it is closely allied to Attagenus, from which it may be known 

 by the structure of the tarsi, and by having the presternum lobed in 

 front ; it is closely allied to the comparatively recently formed genus 

 Perimegatoma, Horn, which only differs in having the antennal fossae 

 absent ; the larvae of Megatoma are sometimes found upon old palings, 

 under bark, &c., and appear to be to a certain extent parasitic : accord- 

 ing to Curtis they eat holes in and apparently feed upon the chrysalides 

 of jSToctme (j-. Westwood, Classific. i. 156). 



BI. undata, Er. Oblong, black, elytra rother depressed, not very 

 shining, very closely, thickly, and distinctly punctured, sparingly 

 covered with greyish pubescence ; head much narrower than thorax, 

 antennae black ; thorax much narrowed in front, transverse, with a spot 

 of white pubescence at each posterior angle, and another before scutellum ; 

 scutellum black ; elytra not as closely punctured as thorax, with two wavy 

 bands of white pubescence on each, of which the front one is interrupted 

 at suture ; legs black with tarsi pitchy ; size very variable. L. 3|-6 

 mm. 



Male with the club very elongate, the last joint being conical and 

 much longer than the two preceding together; female with the club 

 small and the last joint not elongate. 



In skins, furs, &c. ; often on old palings, under bark, and in flowers ; local, and, 

 as a rule, not common ; London ; London district, Forest Hill, Lee, Esher, Uarcuth, 

 Enfield, Addiugton, Duhvich, Lewisham, &c. ; Hainault Forest ; New Forest ; Swan- 

 sea; Burton-ou-Trcnt ; Cannock Chase; Buddon Wood, Leicester; Sherwood 



