Plate XVI. — Continued. 



Fig. 139. SARROTRIUM CLAVICORNE, L. [F. Colydiids. G. Sarrotrium, Illiger.'] 



(S. muticum, Curtis.) 



Oblong, black, opaque, with a fine ashy pubescence. Head narrower than the thorax, sub- 

 quadrate, imi)ressed in front, rugulose-punctate ; antennae with long erect black hairs. Thorax 

 transverse, slightly narrowed in front, sides straight, disc with two elevated longitudinal ridges, 

 and a deep, broad, posteriorly sub-interrupted, central channel ; rugulose-punctate. Elytra 

 coarsely punctate-striate, the 2nd, 4th, and 6th interstices raised. Length, 1^-2 lines. 



Frequents sandy places. 



Fig. 140. ALPHITOBIUS PICEUS, Olivier. [F. Ulomidic. G. Alphitobius, Steph.'] 

 (Uloina fagi, Curtis.) 



Oblong, pitchy black, shining, anterior portion of the head, parts of the mouth, antennw, and 

 legs reddish brown. Head small, transverse, finely and thickly punctate, with a transverse arcuate 

 impression between the antennre. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, and slightly so behind, 

 sides rounded, narrowly margined, the margin reflexed, base bi-sinuate, very naiTowly margined 

 throughout ; posterior angles nearly rectangular ; rather finely and thickly punctate throughout. 

 Scutellum almost semicircular, finely and thickly punctate. Elytra with the sides nearly parallel, 

 punctate-striate ; interstices slightly convex, finely and thickly punctate. Legs reddish brown ; 

 anterior tibia? nearly straight, slightly and gradually dilated from the base to the apex, their 

 external margin with a few obsolete deriticulations. Length, 2^3 lines. 



Not uncommon in bake-houses. 



Fig. 111. ELEDONA AGRICOLA, Hbst. [F. Bolitopbagidae. G. Elcdona, Latr.'] 

 (Bolitophagus agricola, Curtis.) 



Oblong, convex, pitchy black, opaque. Head small, finely and very thickly punctate, nearly 

 smooth in front, with an obsolete transverse impression between the antenna; ; palpi and antennje 

 reddish brown. Thorax transverse, convex, slightly narrowed in front, sides nearly straight, 

 crenulate ; thickly and coarsely reticulate-punctate. Elytra with the sides parallel, convex, each 

 with nine broad coarsely punctate longitudinal furrows ; interstices narrow, smooth. Length, 

 \\-n lines. 



Not common. In boleti ; Epping Forest ; Richmond Park ; Kensington Gardens ; Netley, 

 Shropshire ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; &c. 



Fig. 142. HELOPS PALLIDUS, CaW/s. [F. Helopida;. G. Helops, Fa J ] 



Oblong ovate, convex, pale testaceous yellow. Head small, transverse, very finely and thickly 

 punctate, with an arcuate impression between the antenn.T. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, 

 very slighth' so behind, sides rounded anteriorly, a little less finely and thickly punctate than the 

 head. Scutellum broadly triangular, thickly punctate. Elytra ovate, convex, finely punctate- 

 striate ; interstices flat, exceedingly finely and sparsely punctate. Length, 3-5 lines. 



At roots of grass in sandy situations on the coast ; Barmouth, Jleriuneth ; Tenby, Pembroke ; 

 Swansea ; &c. 



Fig. 143. WICROZOUM TIBIALE, Fab. [F. Opatrid^. G. Microzoum, Redtb.'] 

 (Op-.itruin tibiale, Curtis.) 



Oblong, convex, black, sub-opaque. Head transverse, coarsely and thickly punctate, with a 

 sliallow arcuate impression between the eyes. Thorax transverse ; sides rounded in front, sinuate 

 behind ; base indistinctly bi-sinuate, posterior angles rectangular ; coarsely and thickly punctate, 

 the disc with three slightly raised smooth spaces. Elytra oblong, convex, rather coarsely and 

 thickly punctate, with seviral indistinct longitudiuiil furrows and fovcm. Legs pitchy black, 

 anterior tibia- triangularly enlarged. Length, 1.1-2 lines. 



Not uncommon in sandy situations, e.sjwcially nu the coast. 

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