364 CLAVICORNIA. [Authreuus. 



black or 'browmsh ; lioail and sides of thorax clothed with whitish scales, 

 those on vertex of the former being brownish ; eyes prominent, eutiie ; 

 elytra sparingly covered with brown and whitish scales, with three 

 irregular bands and humeral spot Avhitish ; under-side with ashy scales ; 

 legs brownish or ferruginous, femora clothed with whitish scales. 

 L. 2-2i mm. 



In natural history specimens ; also in flowers ; local but rather common, and 

 generally distributed tbrougliout the greater pait of England, but rarer further north ; 

 doubtf'Til as Scottish, the only record being " Jedburgh, Rev. W. Little, Murray's 

 Cat. ; " it is probably widely distributed in Ireland. 



(Sub-Gen. Kelocerus, Mulsant.) 



One European species is contained in this genus^ which is easily 

 recognized by the structure of the antennae ; these are 5-jointed, with 

 u lon;^ single-jointed club, which is three times as long as all the other 

 joints united. 



A. clavig-er, Er. {fiiscns, Latr.). Black, very sparingly clothed with 

 rather large, triangular, yellowish scales ; eyes prominent, entire, antennee 

 with first two joints large and globular, 3-4 very small, 5th forming a 

 long club, which is larger in the males than in the females ; thorax with 

 yellowish scales at sides ; elytra with three equally separated, more of 

 less indistinct wavy bands of yellowish scales ; under-side black, sparingly 

 covered with ashy scales ; legs red. L. l|-3 mm. 



On flowers, &c. ; local ; London district, rather common and generally distribufed ; 

 St. Peter's, Kent ; Ditchingham ; Hampshire; Tewkesbury; Bristol; Birmingham 

 district ; Manchester district ; on .Umbelliferce. 



TUXNODES, Latreille. 



This genus contains four or five species from Europe, Ceylon, and 

 South Africa ; they are distinguished by being clothed with very long 

 upright hairs without any scales, and by the absence of antennal grooves ; 

 the larva bears a close relation to that of Anihrenus ; it is found feeding 

 in spiders' webs, &c. 



T. hirtus, F. Ovate, rather depressed, shining black, thickly 

 clothed on the upper side with long upright setose brownish hairs, a 

 character which will at once distinguish the species ; head obsoletely 

 punctured, antennae reddish-yellow, 11-jointed, with a not very compact 

 3-)ointed club; thorax narrower than elytra, strongly narrowed in front, 

 with base deeply bisinuate, obsoletely punctured ; elytra plainly punc- 

 tured, with shoulders well marked ; under-side sparingly clothed with 

 thin recumbent hairs ; legs reddish-testaceous. L. l|-2 mm. 



Under loose dry bark ; rare ; Richmond Paik, Surrey (Power) ; Windsor (on o:ik), 

 Stephens ; Exeter. 



