SEBBICOKMA. 213 



ENNEARTHRON, Mellk'. (Entyjws, Redt.) 



According to the Munich catalogue this genus contains thirteen 

 species, two from Europe, and the remainder from North and South 

 America, Cuba, and South Africa ; several European species have, 

 however, been described since, and the genus is probably a much more 

 extrusive one than is at present known ; in fact, this is probably the 

 case with all the genera belonging to the family, as, from their minute 

 size and inconspicuous- appearance, they are often passed over by 

 collectors ; they are distinguished by their 9-jointed antennae, of which 

 the first two joints are large, the third slender and elongate, the 

 next three very small, and the last three form a large and distinct 

 club. 



I. Colour pitchy black ; pubescence more scanty ; punctua- 

 tion less strong E. AFFINE, Gyll. 



II. Colour reddish-brown ; pubescence thicker ; punctuation 

 stronger E. COBXUTUM, Gyll. 



E. affine, Gyll. Oblong, subcylindrical, convex, black or pitchy 

 black, rather shining, clothed with rather scanty erect whitish hairs, 

 which are arranged in rows on the elytra ; head rather large, very 

 finely punctured ; antennae testaceous, with the club dark ; thorax 

 as long as broad, thickly and very finely punctured with traces of a 

 smooth central line, sides and base very finely bordered, angles rounded; 

 elytra twice as long as thorax, and more strongly and rather distinctly 

 punctured ; legs ferruginous, with the femora often infuscate, tibiae 

 denticulate at apex. L. 1-1| mm. 



Male with the clypeus furnished with two minute sharp horns, and 

 the thorax slightly broader than elytra. 



In bolcti, on old stumps, &c. ; locally common ; common in the London district, 

 and in Kent and Surrey generally, Chatham, Sheerness, Darenth, Kipley, Ashtend, 

 Birch Wood, Farnhain, Bears ted ; Loughtonand Debdeu Green, Essex ; St. Leonard's 

 Forest ; New Forest ; it has also been recorded from Scarborough, but this is the 

 only record from any but the London, South-eastern, and Southern districts. 



H. corxmtum, Gyll. Larger than the preceding, on an average, 

 somewhat obovate, convex, rather shining, of a ferruginous colour, 

 scantily clothed with greyish pubescence, which, on the elytra, is 

 arranged in more or less distinct rows ; head finely punctured, antennae 

 ferruginous, pubescent, with the club rather darker; thorax convex, 

 al>oiit as long as broad, somewhat narrowed in front, with the sides 

 hlixlitly rounded, and the sides and base margined, anterior angles 

 obtuse, posterior angles rounded, upper surface rather finely and thickly 

 punctured ; elytra twice as long as thorax, slightly widened behind, 

 with rather strong and not very close punctuation ; legs yellow. L. 

 1-lf mm. 



Male with the clypeus bidentato at apex, and with the thorax 



