1097.) 167 



II — Eljfra with longer, more erect outstanding liairs, in addition to the more 

 or less dccmnbent pubescence. 

 i — Anterior angles of thoi-ax with a looth, wliicli may however be blunt ; lateral 

 tooth in or behind middle of sides of thorax. 

 1 — Anterior tibiie produced externally into a distinct tOoth ; upper surface 



strongly punctured and setose li/coperdi, Herbst. 



2 — Anterior tibisE not so produced ; upper surface less strongly punctured. 

 A — Eyes with large facets ; elytra longer, finely and closely ininctured ; be- 

 tween the long antl somewhat elecunibent pubescence are a few out- 

 standing long and less decumbent hairs arranged in rows... 



lellaris. Scop. 



B — Eyes with facets normal (but not so small as in Section I.i.) ; elytra 

 shorter, more coarsely punctured, with less close decumbent pubes- 

 cence ; outstanding hairs not in rows, except in affinis, in which 

 species they are easily abraded. 

 a - Elytra and thorax strongly and evenly punctured, thorax almost square, 



colour wholly or in part dark ruficornis, Steph. 



b — Elytra and thorax not so punctured, thorax transverse, colour ferru- 

 ginous. 

 a* — The thickened part of the anterior angles of the thorax occu- 

 pying a sixth of the sides, and prolonged behind into a sharp 

 looth; thorax nearly one and a half times as broad as long, 

 af — Elytra with the punctures at base about three times as far apart 

 from one another as are those on the thorax, pubescence longer 



and more abundant punclipennis, Bris, 



fit — Elytra with the punctures at base hardly less coarse than those of 



thorax, pubescence less abundant and not so long... 



2)i(osiis, Gyll. 



b* — The thickened part of the anterior angles of the thorax occu- 

 pying a fourth or fifth of the sides, and blunt or feebly toothed 

 behind, outstanding hairs in rows, thorax about twice as broad 



as long affinis, Sturm. 



ii — Anterior angles of thorax not produced into a tooth ; lateral tooth before, or at 

 any rate not behind, middle of thorax (but the character is difficult to 

 appreciate) ; sides of thorax strongly margined. 



1 — Short and bi'oad, very coarsely punctured seiulosus, Sturm. 



2 — Somewhat elongate, much more finely punctured schmidti, Sturm. 



For a table of the geuus Micrambe see Fowler's " British Coleop- 

 te^'a^ vol. iii, ]). 827. 



I have nothing to add except to confirm the statement of Canon 

 Fowler that M. vini, Panz., is sometimes taken on low-growing firs. 



1 add a few notes on the genus Cryptopliagus. 



In working the first half of the table above, it is best to separate 

 C. acutangidus first. The large size of the facets of the eyes is 



