116 CLAVICORMA. [Trwhopteryx. 



b. Head shorter ; thorax longer ; sculpture 



close T. BivtTLAHis, All. 



E. Upper surface entirely deep bluck. 



a. Form broad almost cylindrical ; head very 



broad ; thorax large ; elytra parallel-sided . T. JANSONI, Matth* 



b. Form narrower ; head less broad ; thorax 

 small with sides rounded, narrower than 



elytra ; elytra dilated about middle . . . T. STTFFOCATA, Hal. 

 II. Tlior.ix coarsely margined; sculpture variolose 



( Bceocrara Thorns.) T. VARIOLOSA, Muls. 



T. Sarae, Matth. Short, broad, very strongly convex, shining, 

 clothed with rather thick greyish pubescence ; head and thorax black, 

 elytra rnfo-castaneous ; head large and wide, antennae slender, with the 

 apical joint much elongate, the two basal joints bright yellow, the rest 

 darker; thorax very large and convex, broader than elytra with minute 

 tubercles placed in regular sinuate rows, interspaces reticulate ; elytr.i 

 rather short, strongly narrowed behind, deeply and very closely asperate ; 

 abdomen piceous, moderately exserted ; legs short, bright yellow ; under- 

 surface castaneous, with a large spot near the apex of the metasternum, 

 and the coxae, bright yellow ; abdomen with terminal segments paler. 

 L. |-1 mm. 



Two specimens were taken in Nottinghamshire by the Rev. H. Matthews in 1861 ; 

 the species has not been found since that time. 



T. ChamploniB; Matth. Narrow, elongate, convex, obscurely 

 castaneous, shining, sparingly clothed with yellow hairs ; head rather 

 small, eyes small, not prominent, antennae long, bright yellow ; thorax 

 moderate, broadest at base, with the sides slightly rounded, covered with 

 very small tubercles in indistinct wavy rows, posterior angles much pro- 

 duced ; scutellum very large, rather deeply asperate ; elytra short, much 

 narrowed behind, about as long as, but slightly narrower than, head and 

 thorax, faintly asperate in transverse wavy rows ; abdomen much ex- 

 siTted, with five segments uncovered, terminal segment minutely triden- 

 tate ; legs moderate, bright yellow. L. mm. 



Seven examples were taken many years ago in Wicken Fen near Cambridge by a 

 collector of Lepidoptera, and given by him to Mr. J. T. Harris of Burton-on-Trent. 



T. thoracica, "Waltl. Very short, broad and convex, fuscous 

 black, clothed with rather long greyish hairs ; head moderate, antenna-, 

 rather robust, yellow ; thorax very large and convex, broadest before 

 base, with rather close irregular tubercles, posterior angles strongly pro- 

 duced ; scutellum rather short ; elytra very short, quadrate, deeply 

 asperate, a little narrowed to apex ; abdomen moderately exserted ; legs 

 short, clear yellow, with the femora dusky ; under-side black, mouth and 

 coxae llavesceut. L. f mm. 



In moss and flood refuse, chiefly in the latter ; rare ; Woking, Claygate, Lee 



* This sjii'cics appears to have the antenna? either yellow or obscurely yellow. 



