

Lamnpldceus.] CLAVICORNIA. 299 



In haystack refuse, rarely under bark, also in granaries ; perhaps introduced ; 

 common in ninny localities; London district; Hertford; Cambridge; Chat Moss ; 

 Norwich ; Birmingham district ; Northumberland and Durham district ; it has 

 occurred in London itself, and also in Tilgate Forest, &c. 



Xi. ater, 01. (Oacujus Spartii, Curtis). Very closely related to the 

 preceding, black or dark ferruginous, depressed, parallel-sided, finely 

 pubescent, antennae and legs pitchy-red or red ; thorax as long as broad, 

 narrowed behind, very finely punctured, with one impressed line on each 

 side ; elytra closely and obsoletely striated, with the alternate interstices 

 somewhat raised, sides carinate. L. 2| mm. 



Male with the head very large, the thorax more strongly narrowed 

 behind, and the outer side of the mandibles produced into a tooth at 

 base ; there appears only to be a slight difference in the length of the 

 antennae in the sexes. 



In dead stems of broom (Spartium scoparium), &c. ; rare ; Darenth Wood ; 

 Coombe Wood ; Wiltshire (under decayed elm-bark) ; Birmingham district, Small- 

 heath, &c. (Blatch). 



Zi. clematidis, Er. Elongate, narrow, parallel-sided, ferruginous, 

 with exceedingly fine and short pubescence ; head and thorax thickly 

 and rugosely punctured, antennse stout, rather short ; thorax as broad as 

 elytra, rather longer than broad, gradually narrowed behind, with a fine 

 impressed line on each side ; elytra very long, more than double as long 

 as broad, thickly, evenly, and rather deeply striated ; legs reddish-tes- 

 taceous. L. 2f-3 mm. 



Male with the head larger than in the female. 



In dead stems of Clematis vUalla (Travellers' Joy); rare; Gravesend (Janson) ; 

 Dartford (Champion) ; Henley (Power). 



HYLIOTINA. 



This tribe only contains two European genera, which are both very 

 widely distributed in other parts of the world ; in Europe they are each 

 represented by one species, which are both found in Britain, although 

 very rarely. 



I. Thorax longer than broad, not serrate at sides . . . DENDROPHAGUS, Schon. 

 II. Thorax broader than long, serrate at sides .... BRONTES, F. 



DENDROPHAGUS; Schonherr. 



This genus contains about a dozen species, which arc very widely dis- 

 tributed, representatives being found in Northern Asia and North 

 America (Alaska and the Lake Superior district), as well as in Tasmania, 

 New Zealand, and the Philippine Islands ; the genus in its larval 

 state seems to be much more closely related to Brontes than in the 

 perfect condition. 



