286 CLAVICORNIA. [Cartodere. 



strongly incised behind middle, with a transverse basal impression, 

 rugosely but finely sculptured ; elytra suboval, elongate, with seven or 

 eight strong punctured striae, the punctures being somewhat irregular and 

 the interstices crenulate ; legs testaceous. L. 1 mm. 



In haystack and other refuse, fungi, &c. ; common and often occurring in "profusion in 

 the Midland and Southern districts ; also recorded from Scarborough and Manchester, 

 but from no locality further north in England, nor from Scotland. Ireland, near 

 Belfast. 



The ferruginous-red variety of this insect with brownish edge to the 

 elytra is the L. exilis of Mannerheim. 



C. elong-ata, Curt. Ferruginous or testaceous with the elytra 

 rarely darker ; easily distinguished from the preceding species by the 

 more distinct rugose sculpture of the head and thorax, and the more 

 depressed and parallel-sided elytra, each of which is furnished with 

 six rows of very strong punctures, which leave hardly any visible inter- 

 stices ; legs testaceous ; the form of the thorax is variable, sometimes 

 being more sometimes less cordiform and narrowed before base, sometimes 

 plainly and sometimes scarcely visibly bordered ; it differs also con- 

 siderably in length. L. l^-lf nim. 



In vegetable refuse, fungi, manure-heaps, &c. ; not common ; Ashtead, Mickle- 

 ham, Horsell, Shirley, Darenth Wood, Greenwich, Gravesend, Bearstead, Bishops 

 Wood ; The Holt, Farnham ; Dulwich (under faggot bark) ; Birdbrook, Essex ; Hast- 

 ings ; New Forest ; Glanvilles Wootton ; Bewdley ; Knowle ; Sherwood Forest ; not 

 recorded from the northern counties of England, or from Scotland or Ireland. 



C. filiformisi Gyll. Elongate, linear, depressed, glabrous, entirely 

 testaceous ; head rather long, trapezoidal, coarsely and rugosely sculp- 

 tured; eyes small; antennae testaceous with rather gradual 3-jointed 

 club ; thorax transverse or about as long as broad, subcordiform, with 

 broad lateral margin, more or less rugosely punctured, without fovea on 

 anterior half, base with a rather strong transverse impression; elytra 

 long, about as broad as thorax, parallel-sided, with seven or eight rather 

 strong punctured striae on each ; the punctures, however, are much less 

 strong than in the preceding species; legs testaceous. L. l mm. 



In fungi, &c. ; very rare; Exeter; the first specimens found in England are 

 recorded in Parfitt's Devonshire Catalogue as " bred in a fungus shut up in a box in 

 Coaver garden, Jan. 20,1856." Scotland, very rare, Clyde district; this is the 

 L. elongatus of Murray's Catalogue which was found by Mr. M. Young " devouring 

 an old Greek author " in Paisley. 



C. filuzn, Aube. At first sight this species almost exactly resembles 

 the preceding, but it is at once distinguished by the round fovea on the 

 anterior half of the thorax and the more slender antennae which have 

 the club 2-jointed and not 3-jointed as in C. filiformis ; it is also a little 

 larger on the average than this species, and has the thorax more 

 strongly narrowed behind and the anterior angles a little more dilated. 

 L. 1-^mm. 



