38 CLAVJCORMA. 



Male with the posterior femora broad and compressed, with a blunt 

 tooth between base and middle, and a sharp tooth between middle and 

 apex. 



By beating, evening sweeping, &c. ; London district, not uncommon and generally 

 distributed ; Hastings ; New Forest ; Glanvilles Woottou ; Devon ; Kuowle, near 

 Birmingham ; Bretby, near Burton-on -Trent ; Matlock ; Lincoln ; Northumberland 

 district, not rare ; Scotland, scarce, Solway, Tweed, Forth, and Clyde districts j 

 Ireland, near Belfast and Dublin. 



AGARIC OPHAGUS, Schmidt. 



Tliis genus contains three European species, of which two occur very 

 rarely in Britain ; they resemble Anisotoma in having a 5-jointed club to 

 the antennae, the second joint of the club being very small, and in the 

 fact that the mesosternum is carinate ; they differ, however, in having the 

 tarsi 4- 3- 3-jointed. 



I. Larger, long oval ; interstices of elytra moderately 



thickly cross-striated A. CEPHALOTES, Schmidt. 



II. Smaller, short oval ; interstices of elytra very 



thickly cross-striated A. CONFORMIS, Er. 



A. cephalotes, Schmidt. Oblong-oval, not very convex, of a 

 lighter or darker reddish testaceous or ferruginous colour ; head large, 

 very finely punctured and cross-striated ; antennae moderate, with rather 

 long 5-jointed club ; thorax as broad as elytra, with sides slightly rounded 

 and very little narrowed in front, with all the angles rounded, upper 

 surface extremely finely punctured and cross-striated, so that it appears a 

 little dull ; elytra with distinctly punctured striae, sutural stria rather 

 strong, reaching from apex to about middle, interstices rather thickly and 

 plainly cross-striated ; legs reddish testaceous. L. 2 mm. 



Male with the head larger than in female, and with the posterior 

 femora dilated, emarginate beneath, and armed in the middle with a 

 recurved tooth. 



By evening sweeping in nnd about woods ; rare ; London district, where it occurs 

 iu several localities; Shirley, Caterham, Claygate, Mickleham, Tilgate, Shepherds 

 Well (Champion, Power, and Waterhouse) ; Rusper (Gorham). 



A. conformis, Er. Very closely allied to the preceding, but 

 smaller and of a shorter oval form, with the head smaller, and the thorax 

 more narrowed in front ; the elytra also are more thickly cross-striated, 

 and the posterior femora of the male are only armed with a minute 

 tooth in middle. L. 1^-1 1 mm. 



A specimen in Dr. Power's collection named A. conformis has been 

 confirmed for me by Herr Eeitter as belonging to this species ; this 

 specimen is from Mickleham, and there are others in Dr. Power's collec- 

 tion from Birch Wood and Cowfold ; the differences appear to me so 

 slight that I should be very sorry to separate the species if mixed. 

 A. conf'inni* has been before introduced into the British list by .Mr. 



