Cryptopliayus.] CLAVICORNIA. 325 



SECTION VI. 



The single species belonging to this section is easily known by having 

 the first joint of the club of the antennae very narrow, so that the club 

 appears 2-jointed ; the second joint is very transverse, about as broad 

 as the last, which is, however, nearly three times as long as this the 

 penultimate joint ; it is a rare species in most localities. 



C. pubescens, Sturm (lapponicus, Gyll.). Oblong oval, slightly 

 convex, rather broad, ferruginous, very closely, but rather distinctly 

 punctured, clothed with short and thick depressed yellow pubescence ; 

 antennae as above described ; thorax almost double as broad as long, 

 almost as broad at base as base of elytra, anterior angles not very 

 distinctly callose but very narrowly reflexed, sides with a very small 

 and often obsolete tooth in middle of sides ; elytra subparallel, closely 

 punctured, the punctuation being stronger towards base and finer and 

 slightly rugose towards apex ; legs ferruginous or testaceous, tibiae 

 somewhat widened towards apex in both sexes, anterior tarsi very feebly 

 dilated in male. L. 2-2| mm. 



In moss, haystack refuse, and occasionally by sweeping herbage ; as a rule un- 

 common ; London district rather widely distributed, Mickleham, Caterham, Bsher, 

 Birch Wood, Forest Hill, Chatham, Sevenoaks, Birdbrook ; St. Leonards ; Bristol ; 

 Tewkesbury ; Bewdley Forest; Sherwood Forest; Knowle ; Smallheath, Birming- 

 ham ; Eepton ; Scarborough ; Liverpool ; Manchester ; Northumberland district, 

 very rare, on a withered fungus at Gosforth ; Scotland, Aviemore (Champion) ; 

 Balmuto, Fifeshire (Power). This species has occurred on the Continent in nests of 

 Vespa, vulgaris and Bombus terrestris. 



SECTION VII. 



This section contains one species, which is easily known by the even 

 sides of its subquadrate thorax, by the antennae being inserted further 

 in front of the eyes than in the other species, and by the second joint 

 of the antenna} being thicker and a little longer than third ; the colour 

 is variable, being sometimes entirely ferruginous or rufo-testaceous, 

 while sometimes the thorax is much darker than the elytra or almost 

 black. 



C. bicolor, Sturm (crenatus, Gyll. and Thorns. ; scutellatus, Newm ). 

 Oblong, slightly convex, clothed with fine and short pale pubescence, 

 colour as above described ; thorax subquadrate with anterior angles 

 scarcely callose, sides almost even ; elytra broader than thorax, finely 

 but distinctly punctured ; legs ferruginous or testaceous, anterior tibiae 

 and tarsi slightly widened in male ; the eyes are smaller and more 

 prominent in this than in the other species ; the size is variable. L. 

 1-1 i mm. 



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In haystack and vegetable refuse, not uncommon, but rather local; Sheerness; 



