102 CLA.VICOBNIA. \_Euplectus. 



ii. Elytra without dorsal stria) ; length not exceeding 

 1 mm. 



1. Colour pitch-brown ; form broader ; elytra 



almost impunctate ; female with apex of 



abdomen simple E. AMBIGUUS, SeicA. 



2. Colour rufous or rufo-castaneous ; form narrower 



and more linear; elytra plainly punctured; 

 apex of abdomen in female armed with a long 

 pointed process E. MiNUTissiMua, Aube. 



E. Kunzei, Aube (Abeillei, Saulcy ?). The largest of our species ; 

 rufo-testaceous, with the elytra sometimes lighter ; finely pubescent ; 

 head large, broader than thorax, with the sides rounded behind eyes 

 which are small, vertex with a distinct fovea ; antennas moderately long, 

 thorax cordate, about as broad as long, with three foveae at base, con- 

 nected by a deep transverse furrow, the central of which is the smallest ; 

 elytra together longer than broad, impunctate ; abdomen broad and sub- 

 depressed, the two first visible dorsal segments each with a depressed 

 area in the middle of base, the area being bounded on each side by a 

 slender groove, which grooves are not parallel, but diverge towards apex. 

 L. 2 mm. 



Male with the 5th ventral segment of abdomen with an oblong im- 

 pression in middle of base, 6th segment widely eniarginate at apex, and 

 bearing on each side a tubercle tufted with long whitish hairs, abdomen 

 with sides clothed with rather long hairs. 



In moss, dead leaves, &c. ; rare ; Esher (Power) ; Sevenoaks, Caterham, Dorking, 

 Shirley (Champion) ; Greenhithe, Wandsworth and Hampstead (Waterhouse ; 

 Darenth Wood (Power and Waterhouse; Mr. Waterhouse's specimen occurred in the 

 sawdust of a recently felled oak) ; Bearsted (Gorham) ; Cobham Park ; Birdbrook 

 (Power). 



Dr. Sharp possesses two specimens of a Eupledus from Mickleham, 

 which were named by M. de Saulcy E. Abeillei (apparently a new species, 

 as it is mentioned in the European catalogue as from .Britain alone) ; 

 these specimens must, I think, be referred to E. Kunzei. 



E. Dupontl,' Aube. Eather a large and depressed rufo-testaceous 

 species with the head broad at the sides ; the head is rather smaller than 

 in E. Kunzei, and is more contracted and rounded behind the eyes, which 

 are a little more prominent ; head, thorax, and elytra almost impunc- 

 jiate in male, punctured in female ; antennae longer than in the following 

 species ; thorax at broadest somewhat broader than long, with a central 

 channel, and with the three foveae at base connected by a rudi- 

 mentary groove; elytra longer than together broad with the dorsal 

 striae nearly reaching middle ; abdomen with depressions at base of 

 first segment feebler than n the preceding species and with the grooves 

 at each side parallel-sided ; legs stouter, with all the tibiae armed with 

 a small spur at apex. L. 1 1 mm. 



Male more shining than female, with the head only punctured at the 



