Ep'iirata.'] CLAVICORNIA. 233 



E. pusilla, from small examples of which it may be distinguished by 

 having the club of the antennae, or at least the second and third 

 joints of the club blackish, and also by the fact that the thorax is a 

 little wider in front than behind, the sides slightly converging to base 

 in almost straight lines ; in E. pusilla, as in almost all the other 

 species of Epuraxt, the posterior margin is wider than the anterior. 

 L. 2-2 i mm. 



Under bark of beech, fir, holly, &c. ; very rare ; occasionally by sweeping ; Shiere, 

 near Dorking (Capron) ; Scarborough (Wilkinson and Lawson); Sutton Park, near 

 Birmingham (Blatch) ; Chat Moss (Eeston) ; Dunham Park, Manchester (Chappell) ; 

 Kastbam, near Liverpool (Ellis) ; Scotland, very rare, Highlands, Tay district, in the 

 burrows of Xyloterus Uneatus in Scotch fir. 



OTOOSXPHORA, Eeitter. 



This genus contains three European species, which are distinguished 

 from Epurcea by their long legs, the posterior of which are rather 

 widely separated, and by their different contour ; one of these only is 

 found in Britain, and until quite recently has been classed in our 

 catalogues under Epurcea. 



O. limbata, F. Eather short and broad, ovate, disc of thorax and 

 elytra convex, margins broad ; upper surface thickly punctured ; head 

 dark with the mouth parts ferruginous, antennae ferruginous with club 

 usually darker, last joint narrower than the preceding ; thorax about 

 twice as broad as long, contracted at base, dilated in middle, anterior 

 margin broadly emarginate, dark with the broad explanate margins 

 red ; elytra broadest in middle, coloured as thorax, or more usually 

 with base or basal half as well as margins red ; legs long, reddish- 

 testaceous, tibios simple in both sexes. L. 2^ mm. 



In fungi, &c. ; not uncommon and sometimes plentiful, but local ; London district, 

 not uncommon, Chatham, Dartford, Sheerness, Walton-on-Thames, Shiere, Horsell, 

 Dulwich, Burnham Beeches, &c. ; Glanvilles Wootton ; Devon ; Stourport ; Hun- 

 stanton ; Repton, Burton-on-Trent (in old cabbage stump) ; Nocton, near Lincoln ; 

 Northumberland district, very local ; Scotland, very rare, Solway district, found in 

 flood refuse at Keltou, below Dumfries, by Mr. Lennon. According to Erichson 

 this species is taken at sap, and also under fallen leaves in sunny places in early 

 spring. 



MICRURUX.A, Eeitter. 



This genus was formed for the reception of Epnrcea melanocepJiala, 

 Marsh ; the thorax has no separate side border, which gives the species 

 the appearance of a Meligethes rather than an Epurcea, and besides this, 

 its entirely different contour and certain differences in the mouth organs, 

 especially the mandibles, seem to justify its separation as a distinct 

 genus. 



TO. mclanocephala, Marsh. Ovate, rather short and broad, 



