334 CLAVICOENIA. [Atomaria. 



In moss, haystack refuse, &c. ; common and generally distributed in the London 

 district and the south, and occurring not uncommonly in the midland districts ; it 

 becomes, however, rarer further north, and 1 can find no record from any place 

 north of the Manchester district ; Haliday records it from Ireland, but it has not yet 

 been found in Scotland. It is occasionally very abundant, and has been recorded by 

 Mr. Fitch as doing damage to mangold-wurzel. 



A. elong-atula, Er Elongate, but not so parallel-sided as the 

 preceding species ; in some specimens the base of thorax is markedly 

 narrower than the base of elytra, so that it might almost be classed 

 with .4. longicomis and A. badia ; colour fuscous-reddish or brownish- 

 red with the thorax usually darker ; antennae red or ferruginous, long 

 and comparatively slender ; thorax nearly as long as broad, with the 

 sides moderately rounded, finely and rather closely punctured, base 

 evenly and finely margined ; elytra rather convex, evidently but rather 

 irregularly and not deeply punctured ; legs ferruginous. L. 1| mm. 



In refuse, &c. ; rare ; Highgate Wood, Dulwich, Mickleham ; Coombe Wood ; 

 Hastings; Wiltshire; Gloucestershire; Whittlesea Mere; Cornwall; Northampton- 

 shire; Lincoln; Bridlington and Scarborough, Yorkshire ; Scotland, very rare, Forth 

 and Clyde districts ; Ireland, co. Cork, near Kanturk. 



I have a somewhat doubtful Scotch example of this species with dark 

 thorax and testaceous elytra. 



A. longicomis, Thorns. A rather large dark species, black or 

 pitchy- black, with the extreme apex of elytra and shoulders occasionally 

 lighter ; oblong, convex, rather shining, somewhat cylindrical, clothed 

 with rather fine greyish pubescence ; antennae rather long, ferruginous 

 or red with club darker, or almost black ; thorax scarcely transverse, 

 evidently narrower at base than elytra, very thickly but distinctly punc- 

 tured, sides slightly rounded, base evenly margined ; elytra much less 

 closely punctured than thorax, punctuation distinct and somewhat irre- 

 gular, shoulders well marked ; legs ferruginous, femora and sometimes 

 part of tibiae pitchy. L. nearly 2 mm. 



Very rare ; a single specimen was taken in 1866 by Mr. Crotch near Beauly, In- 

 verness-shire, and another by Dr. Sharp near Eccles, Dumfries, on May 22nd, 1876 ; 

 it has also occurred at Paisley. 



This species rather resembles a Corticaria than an Atomaria ; it is about 

 the size of A.fimetarii, but has longer antennae and a less ample thorax ; 

 in the structure of its antennae it resembles A. elongatula, but its elytra 

 are more convex and rather more strongly punctured, and its colour is 

 different. 



A. badia, Er. (alpina, Heer.). Oblong, depressed, rufo-ferruginous 

 with thorax darker, sometimes entirely testaceous, clothed with fine 

 ashy pubescence ; antennae moderate, ferruginous or testaceous, rather 

 thick, club narrow ; thorax much narrower at base than base of elytra, 

 almost as long as broad, very finely and thickly but distinctly punc- 

 tured, base evenly margined with a plain longitudinal depression ; 



