278 CLAVICORNIA. \_Huloparamccus. 



cosmopolitan species, bnt is very rare in British collections; London district ; 'Norfolk ; 

 Newcastle ; Sunderland ; and one or two other localities ; the insect described by 

 Mr. Olliff as H. singularis, Beck, is said by him to differ from H. depresses in 

 having the thorax only slightly narrowed and not constricted behind, in the shape of 

 the basal impressions, and in the absence of the discal fovea, aud especially in the 

 minuteness of the eyes ; the last character is the only important one, but like 

 the other characters, it appears to be somewhat variable, and to be partly sexual ; 

 the single specimen known as British was taken by Mr. Olliff at Hohnwoocl, 

 Surrey, under a piece of wood placed upon the remains of a hot-bed. 



It is possible that the Newcastle and Sunderland specimens may 

 belong, like those from the Manchester and Liverpool districts, to 

 11. caularum, and not to H. depressus ; I have not, however, had an 

 opportunity of examining any of them. 



ANOZMBXATUS, Wesmael. 



This genus has usually been classed with the Lathridiidas by reason 

 of its 3-jointed tarsi and other minor points, but it corresponds 

 almost entirely as regards its external skeleton Avith the Colydiidae, and 

 at all events must be considered as a very strong connecting link between 

 the two families ; the members of the genus are usually subterranean in 

 their habits, and are remarkable for the absence of eyes ; there are seven 

 or eight European species. 



A. 12-striatus, "Wesm. (obsoletus, Steph. ; terricola, Wesrn.). 

 Oblong, linear and parallel-sided, somewhat convex, ferruginous or 

 leddish-testaceous ; head narrower than thorax, sparingly but distinctly 

 punctured ; antenna) rather stout, apparently 10- jointed, with the tenth 

 joint forming a solid club which is almost as long as the four preceding 

 joints together ; thorax large, quadrate, longer than broad, with the 

 angles blunt, strongly and coarsely punctured ; elytra scarcely twice as 

 long as thorax, rounded at apex and entirely covering abdomen, each 

 with six rows of rather strong punctures, which become feebler towards 

 sides ; abdomen with five segments, the first being as long as the 

 two following ; femora robust, tarsi 3-jointed with the third joint con- 

 siderably longer than the first two together. L. 1^-1 1 mm. 



In decaying wood and rotting seed potatoes underground ; also under stones 

 half buried in damp places; occasionally in vegetable and haystack refuse, dung- 

 heaps, &c. ; rare ; British Museum, several under stones at back of building 

 (Waterhouse) ; Merton, Surrey (Janson) ; Sheerness (Walker); Kingsgate and St. 

 Peter's, Kent (T. Wood); Esher (Power); Shirley Warren, Southampton, in puff- 

 ball and under board (Gorhain) ; Gumley, Market Harborough (Matthews) ; Hertford ; 

 Hull; Northumberland district, near Morpeth ; Ireland, Rochestown near Dublin ; 

 it has not, apparently, been found in Scotland. 



LATHRIDIINA. 



This tribe, according to the catalogue of Heyden, Eeitter, and Weise, 



