Ilivter.] CLAVICOIINIA. 201 



In moss, dung, rarenses, flood refuse, &c.; often under stones, and sometimes on 

 tlie wing settling on white objects such as sails or sheets ; usually found on or near 

 the coast; London district, not uncommon (Champion); Whitstable, Gravesend, 

 Sbeerness, Chatham ; Home Bay ; Pamsgutc; Deal j Southsea; New Forest; I>le 

 of Wight; as a rule it is decidedly a rare species, but seems at times to be found in 

 abundance; Stephens (Illust. vol. iii. p. 146) quotes a record by Lieut. Davies in 

 London's Magazine as follows : " Hisfer 4-maculatus, of which I had previously taken 

 few specimens, now (1827) covered Southsea Common, so that many were crushed 

 under foot at each step." 



XX. unicolor, L. Short oval, almost orbicular, entirely Llack ; fore- 

 head obsoletely impressed, frontal stria entire, sinuate ; thorax convex, 

 strongly narrowed in front, with two lateral striae, of which the internal 

 is almost entire and the external is much abbieviated ; elytra with outer 

 lateral stria abbreviated, and three dorsal strize, as a rule, entire ; sutural 

 stria only reaching to about middle ; pygidium more closely punctured 

 than propygidium ; legs pitchy-black, anterior tibise considerably dilated, 

 and armed with three teeth, the apical one of which is bifid. L. 8-10 

 mm. 



In dung, carcases, at sap of felled trees, &c. ; generally distributed and common in 

 the London district and the south ; less common further north ; Kepton ; Bewdley ; 

 Shrewsbury; Liverpool district ; Northumberland district; doubtful as Scottish ; Dr. 

 Sharp says that it is recorded by Murray as occasional, and by McGillivray from 

 Aberdeen, but he has never seen a Scottish specimen ; Ireland, near Belfast. 



H. merdarius, Hoff. Oblong, subparallel, shining black ; club of 

 antennae reddish ; frontal stria entire ; thorax with two strong entire 

 lateral striae which have the interval between them plainly punctured 

 as a rule, but not always ; elytra with outer marginal stria and the next 

 four dorsal striae entire, sutural stria abbreviated ; pygidium more closely 

 punctured than propygidium ; epipleurse finely punctured ; anterior tibiae 

 with four teeth. L. 6 mm. 



In dung, vegetable refuse, &c. ; rare ; Forest Hill,Battersca Fit Ids, Horsell, Wuking 

 Ajlsham ; New Forest; Wisbeach; Nottinghamshire; Herefordshire; Foremark, 

 near Repton. 



This species may be distinguished from the succeeding by its smaller 

 size, subparallel form, and the denticulation of the anterior tibiae. 



rz. cadaverinus, Hoff. (strtola, Sahib.). Larger than the preceding, 

 oval, somewhat depressed, shining black, frontal stria semicircular, entire 

 or interrupted ; antennae pitchy-black or brownish ; thorax with two 

 lateral striae on each side which are usually entire ; elytra with outer 

 marginal stria and the next four dorsal strire entire, sutural stria much 

 abbreviated ; pygidium a little more elosely punctured than propygidium; 

 ejpipleurae strongly punctured ; anterior tibiae with five or six teeth which 

 are distinctly sharper than those of the preceding species ; posterior tibiae 

 rather short and broad. L. 6-9 mm. 



In dung, carcases, flood refuse, &c. ; generally distributed and common in the 

 London district and the south ; less common but generally distributed further north ; 

 Scotland, rare, Solway and Moray districts ; Ireland, near Belfast and Dublin, and 

 probably widely distributed. 



