124 SEERicoRNiA. [PrionocypJion. 



round oval shape, entirely rufo-testaceous, clothed with silky yellowish 

 pubescence, rather strongly convex; head large, eyes moderately prominent, 

 black ; thorax short, with posterior margin strongly rounded, and much 

 produced behind, scarcely visibly punctured; scutellum large, very finely 

 punctured; elytra strongly and moderately thickly punctured, without 

 traces of raised lines ; legs testaceous, tarsi short. L. 3-4 mm. 



In the female the antennae are almost filiform. 



By sweeping herbage in damp places in woods ; also occasionally in decoying logs ; 

 it has also been found in nests of Formica rufa ; very rare ; Da^enth Wood, Mickleham, 

 Caterham, Coombc Wood, Ashtead, Birch Wood (Champion, Power, and others); 

 Littlinirloii, Sussex (Power); Glnnvilles Wootton (tiiken by Mr. Dale in the garden 

 hedge Aug. 7, 1841) ; Bath (one specimen taken by Mr. Gillo in a hollow tree on 

 Claverton Down); Bretby Park, near Burton-on-Trent (J. T. Harris); Sherwood 

 Forest (Matthews). 



HYDROCYPHON, Hedtenbacher. 



This genus contains three species, one from Ceylon and two from 

 Europe; one of the latter is found rather commonly in the North of 

 England and in Scotland; it much resembles a dark Cyphon, but may be 

 known by its short broad mandibles, and the fact that the two first joints 

 of the antennae are thickened and of about equal size, and th,e third 

 minute, evidently shorter than second, whereas in Cyphon the first joint 

 only is thickened, and the third longer than the second ; the species 

 may also be known externally by the extremely fine punctuation of the 

 elytra. 



H. dcflexicollis. Mull. (Elodcs pini, Curt.). Of an oval form, 

 broader in front and more or less narrowed towards apex, colour fuscous 

 brown or pitchy black, upper surface clothed with rather long light 

 pubescence ; head and thorax very finely punctured, antennae rather 

 stout, slightly narrower towards apex, dark, with base light; thorax very 

 short, with sides rather strongly narrowed in front, base sinuate; scutellum 

 large; elytra broadest before middle, extremelyclosely and finely punctured, 

 a point that will at once distinguish it from all our species of Cyphon ; 

 legs yellow. L. \\ mm. 



On shrubs and herbage near brooks and rivers ; local and rare in England and 

 Wales ; St. Leonards ; Glanvilles Wootton ; Dunsford Bridge, Devon, on sallows ; 

 Bewdley Forest ; Llangollen ; Barmouth ; Capel Curig ; Kipon ; Northumberland 

 and Durham district, rare ; Scotland, occurs commonly in the Solway, Tweed, Dee, 

 Moray, and probably the intervening districts. 



SCIRTES, Illiger. 



The species belonging to this genus are distinguished by haying the 

 hind femora strongly thickened, so that they have the power of leaping 

 strongly developed, and are often mistaken at first sight for species of 

 Halticidse ; they are about forty in number and are widely distributed, 

 representatives occurring in North and South America, Cuba, Ceylon, 

 India, Senegal, &c. ; two species only are found in Europe, both of 

 which occur in Britain. 



