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The Holt, Farnham ; Sherwood Forest, under bark ; Repton Shrubs, near Burton-on- 

 Trent ; it is not recorded from the northern counties or from Scotland. 



N. rubicundus, Muls. (Sliarpi, Saulcy, feste, H. K. W). Long 

 oval, very slightly depressed, entirely rufous or rufo-testaceous, with the 

 palpi and tarsi yellow ; head together with eyes, which are prominent, 

 somewhat narrower than thorax, antennae rather strongly thickened 

 towards apex, with the three penultimate joints plainly transverse ; thorax 

 considerably longer than broad, gradually rounded in front, and margined 

 and narrowed almost in a straight line behind, with thebasal foveye distinct, 

 and a longitudinal keel before the scutellum ; elytra long oval, broader 

 than thorax, very sparingly and obsoletely punctured, with two fovese at 

 the base of each, which are of almost equal depth ; legs slender, femora 

 somewhat dilated towards apex. L. 1| mm. 



In moss, &c. ; very rare ; Shirley (Champion), in a sand-pit ; Ripon (Waterhouse) ; 

 Scarborough ; in Dr. Sharp's collection there is a specimen without locality labilled 

 S. Sharpi, De Saulcy ; it is of about the size and colour of S. SparsTialli, but answers 

 very well to the description of <S. rubicundus, of which it appears to be a small 

 example. In the catalogue of Heydeu, Keitter and Weise 8. Sharpi is given as a 

 synonym of S. rubicundus. 



N. carinatus, Muls. (glyptoceplialus, Saulcy, teste, H. E. "W.) Very 

 like the preceding, but rather smaller, and as a rule more darkly coloured ; 

 it is distinguished by its shorter antennae, which are more strongly and 

 suddenly thickened at apex, and have the intermediate joints less slender 

 and cylindrical ; the keel at the base of the thorax before scutellum is 

 more defined and more prolonged towards the front ; and the elytra have 

 the shoulders a little more marked, and the external impressions at their 

 base more feeble than those next the suture. L. 1^- mm. 



In moss, &c. ; very rare ; Shirley (Rye) ; in Dr. Sharp's collection there is a 

 specimen from Eltham labelled 8. glyptocephalus y De Saulcy, which appears to belong 

 to this species, of which it is quoted as a synonym in the last European catalogue. 

 S. carinatus was originally recorded as occurring under stones in company with 

 Formica brunnea in the Beaujolais mountains, France. 



N. Sparshalli, Denny (helvolus, Schaum). Ferruginous or rufo- 

 testaceous, convex, clothed sparingly with yellow pubescence, antennas 

 and legs reddish-testaceous, palpi and tarsi lighter ; head together with 

 eyes, which are large and projecting, only a little narrrower than thorax, 

 antenna? moderate, gradually thickened towards apex ; thorax sub- 

 quadrate, with sides gently rounded in front, and gradually and slightly 

 narrowed in almost a straight line to base, thickly pubescent at sides, 

 with a transverse furrow at base, but no longitudinal keel above scutellum ; 

 at the ends of the furrow are two fovese of which the outer one is deep 

 and narrow ; elytra rather short, broad oval, convex, finely and plainly 

 punctured, with two foveae at the base of each, and a very plain humeral 

 fold ; femora feebly thickened at apex. L. 1 mm. 



In moss, &c. ; occasionally by evening sweeping; rare; Mickleham, Caterham, 



