Liodes.] CLAVICORNIA. 21 



if a change must be made, it will be far better to adopt entirely new names rather tli;m 

 call Necrophorus Silpha, and Silpha Necrophorus^ Liodes Anisotoma, and Anisotoma 

 Liodes, and so on, as is now done in many cases. 



I. Elytra finely pubescent with a yellow spot at each 



shoulder; female with tarsi 5- 4- 4-jointcd . . . L. HTTMEEALIS, Kug. 



II. Elytra glabrous without spots at shoulder. 



i. Size larger ; elytra with very distinct rows of 



larger punctures ; female with tarsi 5- 4- 4- 



jointed L. GLABRA, Kug. 



ii. Size smaller ; elytra with rows of larger punctures 



indistinct or irregular ; female with all the tarsi 



4-jointed. 



1. Elytra coarsely and almost evenly punctured; 



sutural stria of elytra almost reaching base . L. CASTANEA, Herbst. 



2. Elytra finely punctured with feeble rows of 



larger punctures ; sutural stria of elytra reach- 

 ing a little beyond middle L. OEBIC0LAEIS, Herbst. 



It. humeralis, Kug. Black, almost hemispherical, with a broad 

 patch at the shoulder of each elytra reddish or reddish-yellow ; the 

 mouth-parts and a more of less obscure spot on forehead are also reddish, 

 and the margins of thorax are reddish-brown ; head finely punctured, 

 antennae reddish, with the club blackish or dark brown, except the apical 

 half of the last joint which is reddish- yellow ; thorax transverse, nar- 

 rowed in front, broadest behind, finely punctured, posterior angles rather 

 marked ; elytra thickly and finely punctured, with double rows of larger 

 punctures, the whole surface clothed with very fine brownish-yellow 

 pubescence ; under-side and legs reddish-brown. L. 2|3| mm. 



Male with the three first joints of the anterior tarsi strongly dilated, 

 and the posterior femora dilated into an obtuse tooth at apex. 



In powdery fungus on old logs, stumps, &c. ; locally common ; London district in 

 many localities; Wrabness, Essex; Hastings; Glanvilles Wootton ; New Forest; 

 Devon ; Suttou Park, Birmingham ; Cannock Chase ; Ncethvood ; Robins' Wood, 

 Uepton ; Liverpool and Manchester districts ; commoner further north ; Northumber- 

 land and Durham district, common ; Scotland, Lowlands and Highlands, in fungi 

 under bark, common throughout almost the whole country. 



Zi. glabra, Kug. Larger and broader than the preceding species, 

 black, shining ; head finely punctured, antennae brownish-red, with the 

 club, except at extreme apex, blackish ; thorax very transverse, finely 

 punctured, posterior angles obtuse, but well marked, with the extreme 

 margins pitchy-red ; elytra finely punctured with distinct rows of larger 

 punctures, and a deep sutural stria reaching from apex to about middle ; 

 under-side and legs reddish-brown. L. 3j-3| mm. 



Male with the three first joints of the anterior tarsi feebly dilated. 



Under bark of fir ; local and only found in the extreme north of England and in 

 Scotland ; Northumberland district, rare ; Scotland, Highlands, Tay, Dee, and Moray 

 districts. 



Xi. castanea, Herbst. Ovate, rather convex, pitchy-black, usually 

 with a castaneous or reddish-brown tinge ; head finely punctured, 



