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no difiference in the examples collected here and those of saxesenii from 



France and Germany, Their galleries are also of the same character. 



X. pubescens, Zimm. ^ = description of ^ pubescens and X. perferans. 

 9 = description. Characters variable, and it is my belief that the 

 names of this and a number of other forms of the genus will prove 

 to be synonyms of X. perferans, WolL* 



X. fuscatus, Eichh. $ new. I do not see sufficient difference between 

 this and the male of X. pubescens to distinguish them as separate 

 species. 9 = description. I think this will prove to be merely a 

 form of X. perferans. 



DRYOCCETES. 



D. autographus, Ratz. No distinctive external sexual characters were 



observed in the examples dissected. 

 V. Eichhoffi, n, sp. ^ . Head more convex in front and with only a 



few long hairs. ? . Front slightly depressed and thickly covered 



with long yellow hairs. 

 This 'species resembles D. autographus in size and sculpture ; the 

 principal difference being found in the secondary sexual characters, which 

 are rather prominent in this species, and obscure in the other. It was 

 determined for me in 1891 by Mr, Eichhoff as a doubtful variety of D. 

 autographus, but when I visited him in 1892, and called his attention to 

 the different characters, he admitted that it was a new species, and told 

 me to describe it as such. Therefore, I take pleasure in applying the 

 name which must always be familar to specialists and students in Scoly- 

 tidee, 

 D. granicoUis, Lee. ^ , with only a few hairs in front. V with front 



thickly covered with long yellow hairs. 



TOMICUS. 



T. calligraphus, Germ. No distinctive external characters observed. 

 ., /The elytra armatures appear to be somewhat more prominent in the 



male than in the female, but this does not appear to be a reliable 



character. 

 T. cacographus, Lee. '^ with depression in front. Declivity with slightly 



stronger armatures and longer hairs. $ with frontal depression 



either absent or obscure. 



*Mr. Blandford, in a report on the destruction of beer casks in India, has recorded 

 the same as his impression, London, 1893, p. '2, 



