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punctuation of the upper surface is noticeably sti^onger ; the pubescence 

 also is more scattered. 



Shane's Castle, Lough jSTeagh, Ireland (Buckle) ; the specimens are 

 I'ather large (2 mm.). This variety has been recorded from Hamburg, 

 Prague, Vienna and the Caucasus {v. Halbert, Ent, Mo. Mag. 1910, 

 06). 



C.SNOSCELIS, Thomson. 



C. (Atomaria) ferruginea. Sahib. (Ins. Fenn. i. 58). Mr. 

 Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxi. {2 Ser. vi.), 1895, 174) points out that 

 the insect doing duty under this name in our collections should be 

 referred to C, {Atomaria) jxdlida, Woll. (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 xviii. p. 452, t. 9, fig. 1, 1846). C, ferruginea Sahib. (= siibdei^lanata , 

 Bris.) is larger (2-3 mm. as against l^^-lf mm.), and has stouter 

 antennjB and a more closely-punctured thorax ; the thorax, moreover, 

 has a sharply-defined submarginal carina extending from the base to 

 the apex. In C. ^;a^^i(Za the submarginal carina is faint, obliterated in 

 front, and, viewed from above, it appears to join the margin before the 

 apex, 



ATOMARIA, Stephens. 



Atomaria divisa, Rye, is placed as a synonym of A. rubricoUis, Bris. 

 (Mat. Gren. 1863, 68) in the last European Catalogue. 



A. rhenana, Kr., appears to be now regarded as a vaiiety of A. gutta, 

 Steph., and not as a separate species. 



SCAPHIDIID^. 



SCAPHISOMA, Leach. 

 S. assimile, Er,, is very doubtful as British, and should be omitted 

 from our lists, 



MYCETOPHAGID^. 



LITARGUS, Erichson, 



L. coloratus, Rosenh. (Thiei-. Andal. 1856, 105) ; Kraatz (Berl. 

 Ent. Zeitsch. 185S, 144). This species resembles L. hifasdatus, F. 

 [connexus, Geoffr.), in general coloviring and appearance, but is smaller 

 and more narrowed in front and behind, and is more bright and shining ; 

 the punctuation is much finer, and the pubescence yellower and thicker ; 

 the club of the antennse is narrower, the last joint being plainly longer, 

 and the thorax is Avithout a distinct longitudinal impression at the 

 base; the pattern of the coloration is somewhat diflerent, the bands 

 being more or less resolved into spots or patches ; the general effect, 

 however, is much the same. L, '2-'!^ mm. 



Fourteen specimens are recorded by Dr. Jo}^ (Ent. Mo. Mag. xliv. 

 (2 Ser, xix.), 1908, p. 104) as having been taken by Mr. J. Bay 

 Hardy in June, 1907, in Sherwood Forest, from a fungus growing on 

 a dead holly log and from the leaves round it. 



