284 CLAVICORXIA. \_Enicmus.- 



E. trans versus, 01. Ferruginous or brownish-testaceous, with tl.e 

 head sometimes darker, rather elongate, glabrous, somewhat shining 

 head rugosely punctured with distinct longitudinal furrow, eyes pro- 

 minent ; antennae testaceous, moderate ; thorax rather depressed, sub- 

 quadrate, or slightly transverse, narrower than elytra, with the anterior 

 angles rounded and not dilated in lobes, rugosely punctured, with a 

 more or less distinct longitudinal dorsal furrow, which is sometimes 

 divided into two, and a rather strong transverse impression before base ; 

 elytra with rather strongly punctured striae, interstices smooth and even ; 

 legs testaceous. L. lf-2 mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae curved. 



In moss, haystack refuse, dung-heaps, &c. ; common and generally distributed 

 throughout the kingdom. 



E. rugrosus, Herbst. Comparatively short and broad, slightly 

 convex, glabrous, dull black, elytra a little more shining than the front 

 parts ; head broader than long, narrowed in front, rugosely punctured ; 

 eyes very large and prominent ; antennae and mouth parts reddish-testa- 

 ceous, the former not stout ; thorax evidently transverse, rugosely punc- 

 tured, with sides rounded in front and slightly contracted behind, finely 

 channelled on centre of disc, and with a transverse impression behind ; 

 elytra obsoletely striated and punctured, appearing almost smooth except 

 under a high power j interstices broad and even ; legs ferruginous. 

 L. 1^-1 1 mm. 



In rotten wood, fungi, &c. ; very rare; Lough ton, Essex; Sherwood, in rotten 

 wood and frass shaken from old bark (where it has been taken by the Rev. A. Mat- 

 thews and myself in company with Euplecti, Trichopterygidfe, &c. ) ; Salford Priors 

 (fungus on ash, Blatch) ; Cannock Chase (fungus on oak, Blatch) ; Aviemore, Dee 

 district, Scotland, in fungus on alder (Sharp). 



The name of this species is very misleading, as it is about the 

 smoothest species of the genus. 



E. testaceus, Steph. (cordaticollis, Aube). Of a reddish or brownish- 

 testaceous colour, rather broad and convex, glabrous and somewhat dull; 

 head broader than long, narrowed in front, coarsely and rugosely punc- 

 tured, with an obsolete central channel ; antennae testaceous, slender, 

 with gradual club, eyes very large and prominent ; thorax very trans- 

 verse, cordiform, with sides strongly rounded in front and narrowed 

 behind, anterior angles produced but very broad and blunt, upper surface 

 rugosely and coarsely punctured, with a more or less distinct central 

 impression on disc and a transverse impression at base ; elytra rather 

 broad oval, with margins somewhat explanate, punctured striae distinct 

 but not strong at base, obsolete towards apex; legs testaceous. L. 

 li-2 mm. 



In powdery fungus on decaying beech, birch, fir, and hornbeam ; as a rule rare, hut 

 occasionally locally plentiful ; Esher, Darenth, The Holt, Fnrnham (Power) ; E.-lii-r, 

 Peckham, and Asutcud (Champion); Chatham (Walker); Forest llill; Cubhaut 



