CLAV1COKNIA. i>7 



A. ciliaris, Schmidt. Short elliptical, very convex, of a reddish- 

 brown or reddish testaceous colour ; head rather large, thickly punctured, 

 antennae short, with well-marked club, of which the last joint is consider- 

 ably narrower than the penultimate ; thorax short, distinctly narrower 

 than elytra, broadest just behind middle, posterior angles rounded, finely 

 and thickly punctured ; elytra very convex, with distinct and rather 

 long outstanding hairs on margins, with rather fine striie, interstices flat, 

 somewhat finely and thickly punctured ; legs stout, posterior tibise short 

 and dilated towards apex, strongly spinose externally ; male with the 

 anterior tarsi scarcely dilated. L. 3-3j mm. 



In sandy places, especially on sand-liills uear the sea ; rare ; the first British 

 specimens were recorded by Mr. G. R. Wnterhouse ; Mr. W. G. Blatch has found it 

 iu considerable numbers on the sand-hills near Swansea, and Mr. Moncreall' has taken 

 it at Cumberland Fort near Portsea. 



A. furva, Er. Very closely allied to the preceding, but larger, 'and 

 of a darker reddish colour, with the thorax broadest just before base and 

 exactly as broad as the elytra; the club of the antennae is longer, and the 

 penultimate joint is more transverse ; the interstices of the elytra are not 

 so closely punctured, and the marginal cilia are shorter and less apparent, 

 and the posterior tibiae are less thickened ; the general form, moreover, 

 is rather longer and less convex. L. 3^-3f mm. 



On sand-hills, &c. ; very rare; Constantino, Lancashire (Power); in Dr. Sharp's 

 collection there is a fine specimen without locality ; it has also been recorded from 

 Devonshire. 



COZiENZS, Erichson. 



This genus contains five or six species from Europe and North America ; 

 they are minute globose insects, of a testaceous colour, and are distin- 

 guished by having the antennas with a 3-jointed club, the mesosternum 

 carinate, and the tarsi 5-4-4- jointed : one species is found in Britain. 

 Curtis describes another as C. Latifrons which is mentioned in Water- 

 house's catalogue as "Leiodcs?" and is given as synonymous with C. 

 dcniipes : in the European catalogue of Hey den, Keitter, and Weise 

 it is mentioned as a distinct species, but Ixeitter omits it altogether in his 

 work on the Necrophaga. I cannot find out anything further about it, 

 and believe that we only possess one species. 



C. clcntipes, Gyll. (immunda,, Sturm., aa'culata, Steph., Irunnea, 

 Steph. coll.). Short oval, strongly convex, reddish-yellow or reddish- 

 brown, shining ; head moderately large, antennas rather long with the 

 last joint narrower than the preceding, reddish-brown ; thorax behind 

 aboiit as broad as elytra, narrowed in front, gently rounded at side*, 

 anterior angles rounded, basal margin truncate, posterior angles sharp 

 right angles, upper surface impunctate ; elytra with very fine punctured 

 striaa, the interstices finely transversely strigose, sutiiral stria distinct 

 from apex to beyond middle ; legs reddish testaceous. L. 1-1 ^ mm. 



