310 CLAVICORNIA. [Telmatophilus. 



T. caricls, 01. (obscurus, F.). Oblong, slightly convex, black or 

 fuscous black, clothed with very thick light pubescence which gives 

 the insect a greyish appearance ; antennae reddish-testaceous ; eyes 

 rather prominent ; thorax about as long as broad with sides finely crenu- 

 late, gradually rounded, sinuate just before base, posterior angles right 

 angles, punctuation close but distinct ; elytra long, subparallel, closely 

 but distinctly punctured at base, more finely towards apex ; legs and 

 last segment of abdomen reddish-testaceous ; in the male the knees and 

 tarsi are fuscous, the posterior femora are much thickened, the posterior 

 tarsi are dilated before middle, and the last ventral segment of abdomen 

 is furnished with an impressed fovea. L. 2-2 1 mm. 



In stems of Typka, &c. ; frequently taken by sweeping in marshy places ; common 

 and generally distributed in the London, Southern, and Midland districts j rarer 

 further north ; Manchester ; Liverpool ; Scarborough ; not recorded from Northum- 

 berland or any of the extreme northern counties ; Scotland, Lowlands, in marshes, 

 Solway and Forth districts. 



T. typhae, Fall. Very like the preceding, but much smaller, with the 

 thorax evidently (although not very strongly) transverse, and the sides 

 rounded distinctly to the posterior angles which are obtuse but plain 

 (Thomson in his description says " angulis posticis acutiusculis ") ; 

 the margins of thorax are distinctly crenulate and somewhat explanate, 

 with a distinct line before the widened portion ; the elytra are much 

 more finely punctured than thorax ; antennse and legs reddish-tes- 

 taceous, femora of latter at most slightly darker. L. If-lf mm. 



In stems of Typha ; occasionally in flood refuse and by sweeping ; local, but some- 

 times abundant where it occurs ; Mickleham, Woking, Sheerness, Chatham ; Hythe ; 

 Ashburnham ; Swansea (in flowers of Caltha palustris ) ; North Wales ; Cromer ; 

 Cambridgeshire ; Coleshill ; Sutton Park, Birmingham ; Droitwich ; Scarborough ; 

 Manchester ; Scotland, Lowlands, in marshes, Tweed district. 



T. Schbnherri, Gyll. On an average rather smaller than T. typlice, 

 which species it very closely resembles ; it is, however, easily distin- 

 guished by the shape of the thorax, which is about as long as 

 broad, strongly rounded in front and narrowed and sinuate behind, with 

 the posterior angles right angles ; the sides also are scarcely perceptibly 

 crenulate, and are not explanate at sides j the antennse (as a rule) and 

 the legs are more darkly coloured, the femora being almost always 

 black or pitchy-black. L. 1^ 1| mm, 



In stems of Typha, &c. ; often in company with the preceding species ; very local ; 

 Sheerness (not uncommon) ; Deal ; Horning Fen ; Droitwich ; Cheshire (on Spar- 

 ganiuiri) ; not recorded from the northern counties of England or from Scotland. 



T. brevicollis, Aube. Oblong, convex, clothed with thick and 

 rather long pale pubescence, of the same colour as T. caricis, or occasion- 

 ally entirely pitchy-brown ; the legs are sometimes entirely reddish- 

 testaceous, but sometimes the femora are infuscate ; the species is at 

 once distinguished by the shape .of its thorax, which is twice as broad 



