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and much more strongly punctured, nearly as long as broad, with 

 posterior angles almost right angles ; elytra finely but distinctly punctured. 

 L. 2 mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae curved and the posterior femora simple ; 

 concerning the latter point, however, there seems to be some doubt, as 

 some authors say that the posterior femora are furnished with a small 

 straight tooth before apex. 



By evening sweeping ; very rare ; Caterbnra (Champion, two specimens) ; in 

 Dr. Sharp's collection there is a male without locality from Crotch. 



C. dentipes, Sahib. ( $ spinipes, Hal.). Oblong-oval, moderately 

 convex, brown, with silky, greyish-yellow pubescence ; antennae short 

 and stout, reddish-brown ; thorax as broad as elytra, much broader than 

 long, about twice as strongly punctured as elytra, not strongly contracted 

 in front, with the posterior angles obtuse ; elytra rather finely and closely 

 punctured, without trace of dorsal striae ; legs reddish. L. 2-2|- mm. 



Male with the posterior femora armed behind middle with a very long 

 thin spinose tooth which is a little curved. 



By evening sweeping, during early summer; very rare; Darenth Wood and 

 Caterhara (Champion) ; Esher (Power) ; Ilfracombe (Saunders) ; Ripon ( Waterhouse) ; 

 Bcwdley, Knowle, and Church Stretton (Blatch); Northumberland district, a fine 

 male, by sweeping low herbage in a wood on the Irthing ; Scotland, Balmuto, 

 Fifeshire (Power) ; Ireland, near Dublin (Power). 



V. Zelei, Kr. This variety differs from the type form in being on 

 an average larger, and in having the thorax more strongly punctured ; it 

 is by many authors considered a separate species. L. 2-3 mm. 



By evening sweeping, during early summer; very rare; Chatham (Walker); 

 Mickleham and Caterham (Champion) ; Birch Wood and Claygate Lane, Esher 

 ( Power) ; Tonbridge Wells (Saunders) j Ilfracombe (Sauuders) ; Scotland, Balmuto, 

 Fifeshire (Power). 



V. Barnevillei. This variety appears to be punctured about as strongly 

 as the type form, but to have the punctuation somewhat rugose ; it is 

 described as " much resembling C. Zebei" but smaller, with the antennaa 

 always entirely testaceous, the thorax darker than the elytra, which are 

 more strongly punctured, and the shorter and less regularly curved hind 

 femoral spine of male ; these characters, however, are somewhat variable, 

 and Mr. Rye (Ent. Mo. Mag. xii. 177) comes to the conclusion that the 

 British examples taken by Mr. Waterhouse at Studley, near Kipon, and 

 by Mr. Champion, at Caterham (and returned to him by M. Tournier as 

 C. Barnevillei} are only undeveloped specimens of C. Zcbei. 



C. brunneum, Latr. Short-oval, rather convex, lighter or darker 

 brown, with yellowish, somewhat golden, pubescence ; antennas ferru- 

 ginous or ferruginous- red with the club, except the last joint, darker ; 

 thorax about one and a quarter times as broad as long, narrowed in 

 front, and very slightly, sometimes almost imperceptibly, contracted 

 before base, with posterior angles nearly right angles or slightly obtuse, 

 rather finely and closely punctured; elytra a little narrowed towards 



