172 CLAVICORNIA. [Scyrmiiis. 



At roots of grass, by sweeping herbage, &c. ; common and widely distributed in 

 the London and southern districts, and it is also found in the Midlands ; there 

 appears, however, to be no record from further north than the neighbourhood of 

 Birmingham. 



S. arcuatus, Eossi (s.g. Pullus, Muls.). Oval, pubescent; thorax 

 somewhat variable in colour, yellowish-white, at all events at sides, 

 finely punctured; elytra black or brownish, having in common two 

 yellowish-white horseshoe-shaped lines, open towards the front, of 

 which the lower encloses the upper, more distinctly punctured than 

 thorax ; under-side black with prosternum and apex of abdomen reddish ; 

 legs reddish-yellow. L. \\ mm. 



Very rare ; a single specimen was taken by Mr. Wollaston on August 24th, 

 1872, by brushing very old ivy at Shenton Hall, near Market Bosworth, Leicester- 

 shire ; he had previously found the species abundant in Madeira. 



S. suturalis, Thunb. (discoideus, 111. ; s.g. Pullus, Muls.). Oval, 

 moderately convex, clothed with somewhat coarse pale pubescence ; 

 thorax as a rule pitchy with the sides often lighter, very short, finely 

 punctured ; elytra rather strongly and unevenly punctured, of a reddish- 

 brown or reddish-yellow colour, with the suture and the exterior margins 

 more or less broadly dark ; often, however, they are almost entirely 

 reddish-brown ; femora black, tibiae and tarsi fuscous, or lighter or 

 darker reddish-brown. L. 1-g If mm. 



On the Scotch fir, amongst moss and grass beneath or near firs, &c. ; common and 

 generally distributed throughout the greater part of England and Scotland ; Ireland, 

 near Belfast, Portmarnock, &c. 



F. limbatus, Steph. {S, limbatus, Steph.). This variety, which has 

 been regarded by many authors as a separate species, differs from the 

 type in its colour, which is darker ; the black colour of the suture and 

 sides is more broadly marked and the reddish-brown colour is reduced to 

 a larger or smaller patch on disc ; the legs are pitchy-black ; Stephens 

 himself says that it may be a small and dark variety of S. discoideus. 

 L. 1| mm. 



Marshy places, at roots of grass and in moss ; local ; London district, not uncom- 

 mon, Walton -ou-Thames, Horsell, Lee, Hammersmith, Norwood; Hertford; Suffolk; 

 Devon ; Wicken Fen ; Scarborough ; Scotland, local, amongst moss, Solway and 

 Tweed districts ; it probably occurs in many other localities. 



S. lividus, Bold. I have never seen this species, but, as it rests 

 upon a single specimen, and as the allied species are very variable, 

 it is very possible that it is not distinct ; I subjoin Bold's description 

 from the catalogue of the Insects of Northumberland and Durham, 

 p. 109 : 



" Suboval, convex, slightly shining, somewhat densely covered with 

 short griseous pubescence, finely and evenly punctured, livid-testaceous, 

 the head and claws black, thorax and suture obscurely fuscous. 

 L. 1 mm. Smaller, more oval, much more finely and evenly punctured 



