Plate XIX. — Continued. 



antennse and legs reddish brown, clothed with a short yellowish-grey pubescence. Thorax longer 

 than broad, convex in front, depressed and constricted behind, with an acute tubercle on each side, 

 and two oblong obtuse elevations between them, coarsely punctate, with a few long coarse yellowish 

 grey hairs. Elytra with the sides nearly parallel, each with nine rows of oblong punctures; 

 interstices transver.sely rugulose, with a few scattered punctures and a row of depressed yellowish 

 grey hairs. Length, 2-2^ lines. 



In old oaks, and occasionally in houses : Edinburgh; Carlisle; London; Richmond Park; &c. 



Fig. 167. jMEZIUM APFINE, Boield. [F. Ptinidse. G. Mezium, Curtis.'\ (M. sul- 

 catum, Curtis, but probably not of Fabricius.) 



Globose, shining, chestnut brown, head, antennae, thorax, and legs clothed with a dense ashy 

 scale-like pubescence. Thorax a little broader than long, narrowed and margined behind ; sides 

 rounded in front, nearly straight posteriorly, with four longitudinal ridges, two entire and parallel 

 in the middle, and one, abbreviated in front, on each side. Length, l^-lj lines. 



Not uncommon in old houses in London. 



Fig. 168. ANOBIU:\I PERTINAX, L., Curtis. [F. Anobiidse. G. Anobiiim, Fab. 

 Deatu-watches.] 



Semi-cylindrical, pitchy brown or black, ruggedly punctate, with a dense short fine grey pubes- 

 cence, opaque. Thorax transverse, narrowed behind, rounded in front and at the sides anteriorly, 

 convex ; depressed behind, with a deep oblong fovea in the middle and a broad one on each side, 

 clothed with a dense pale yellow silky pubescence. Elytra elongate, sides parallel ; punctate- 

 striate, the punctures quadrate; interstices flat. Legs pitchy black, tibiw .ind tarsi brown. 

 Length, 2^2^ lines. 



Very rare. In old oaks, near Bridgenorth, Shropshire. 



Fig. 169. EUGLENES PYGM^EUS, De Geer. (Male.) \_F. Pedilidse. G. Euglenes, 

 JVestwood.'] (Xylopbilus oculatus, Curtis.) 



Oblong, black, with a yellowish-grey pubescence, elytra rcdiJish brown, antenna^ and logs 

 reddish yellow. Head wider than the thorax, transverse, punctate; c3-es very large, approximate; 

 antenna? as long as the body. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides faintly rounded ; thickly 

 and finely punctate, with several obscure impressions at the base. Elytra with the sides nearly 

 parallel, thickly and rather coarsely pimctatc. 



In the female the eyes are smaller and distant, and tlio antenna; do not exceed half the length 

 of the body. Length, 1-1 J lines. 



Not common. In old hedges, and beneath bark; Colney Hatch; Coombe Wood; Epping 

 Forest ; &c. 



Fig. 170. XYLETINUS ATER, Panzer. [F. Auobiidae. G. Xyletinus, Lair.'] (Seno- 

 cerus pectinatus, Curtis.) 



Oblong, rather convex, black or pitchy, minutely granulate, slightly shining, sparsely clad with 

 a short grey pubescence ; base of antennie and legs red. Head nutant. Thorax transverse, when 

 viewed from above appearing narrowed in front, anterior angles deflexed, sides and posterior angles 

 rounded and slightly rellexed, base bi-sinuate. Elytra finely punctate-striate, interstices rather 

 convex. Length, 1 J-2 lines. 



In old trees; rare; North Mimms, Hertfordshire; Bridgenorth, Shropshire; Eastbourne, 

 Sussex; Charlton, Kent; &<;. 

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