38 LAMELLICOKNIA. 



smooth ; legs short, ferruginous, with tho posterior tarsi sli-nder, and not 

 very short, claws of tho usual size. L. 2|-3 mm. 



Under stones and on the wing ; extremely rare, and somewhat doubtful as British ; 

 Stephens (Illustr. iii. 211) refers to it as "a rare species, at least towards the 

 eastern parts of Britain; in the western it appears to be more abundant. 'Near 

 Bristol and Pentire Point, Cornwall,' Dr. Leuch : " I know of no recent capture. 



P. sulcicollis, 111. Obovato, convex, strongly sculptured, brownish- 

 black, brown or ivildish-brown, rather shining, antenna) reddish-yellow 

 or ferruginous ; head reddish on anterior margin, granulate in front and 

 with oblique ridges behind ; thorax somewhat narrower than elytra with 

 four deep transverse furrows, base aird sides set with short clavate setae ; 

 elytra with strong and deep striae, which are crenate or punctured at 

 their base, but not very evidently so ; legs brownish-red, tarsi short with 

 small and feeble claws. L. 2|-3 mm. 



Male with the metasternum slightly impressed in middle ; some 

 specimens appear to be considerably more dilated behind middle than 

 others, but I do not know whether this is a sexual difference. 



Sandy places on the coast, in and on the sand ; occasionally under seaweed ; local 

 and not common ; Deal ; Dover ; Westward Ho ! North Devon ; Burnham, Somerset ; 

 Bristol ; Weston-super-Mare ; Swansea ; Norfolk ; Scarborough ; Crosby, near Liver- 

 pool ; Southport, Lancashire ; Scotland, extremely local, Tay district. 



Dr. Sharp (Scottish Nat. iv. 179) says of it, " This is a maritime species, 

 but occurs in a sandy place on the banks of the Tay above Perth." 

 Mr. W. Garneys has recorded it from Eepton, near Burton-on-Trent, in 

 hotbeds, but I think he must have made some mistake regarding it. 



P. porcicollis, 111. Larger and broader than the preceding, which 

 it closely resembles ; it may easily be known by the much broader 

 and more coarsely crenate stria; of the elytra ; the thorax is more ample, 

 and there are scarcely any traces of the oblique ridges at the back of the 

 head which are evident in P. sulcicollis. L. 3-3| mm. 



Sandy places, beneath the surface of the sand, under small stones, and also at the 

 roots of stunted or low herbage (such ns Ononis) ; very rare ; a few specimens have 

 been taken at Whitsand Bay, four miles from Devonport, by Mr. .1. J. Walker; one 

 specimen was known previously, which was found in Mr. Kirby's collection mixed with 

 P. sulcicollis. 



JEGIALIA Latreille. 



This genus contains about a dozen species, of which three occur 

 in Europe ; all of these are found in Britain ; the other species have 

 been described from Northern Asia, North America, and Egypt ; they 

 are distinguished from all the other Aphodiina by having the mandibles 

 visible beyond the clypeus. 

 I. Thorax punctured or almost smooth; colour, as a rule, 



black, or dark pitchy -brown. 

 5. Thorax very coarsely punctured ; posterior legs not 



thickened M. SABULKTI, Payk. 



