Plate XX. 



Fig. 171. ATTAGENUS verb ASCI, L. \_F. Dermestidfe. G. Attagenus, if//?-.] 

 (A. trifasciatus, Curtis.) 



Oblong ovate, black, pubescent. Head small, deflexed, finely punctate, with long depressed 

 silvery grey hairs. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, rounded at the sides, base bi-sinuate, 

 finely punctate, the sides and posterior margin covered with a long depressed yellowish-grey 

 pubescence. Elytra brownish black, minutely punctate, with a small patch near the scutellum, 

 one at the apex, and three transverse flexuous bands of yellowish-grey pubescence. Legs pitchy 

 black ; tibia? and tarsi brown. Length, 1.^-2 lines. 



" In birds' skins, and houses, Edinburgh." 



Fig. 172. NOSODENDRON FASCICULARE, Oliv., Curtis. [F. Byrrhida;. G. Noso- 

 dendron, Latr-I 



Ovate, convex, shining black. Head triangular, minutely and sparsely punctate ; autennie 

 with the club reddish yellow, pilose. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides slightly rounded 

 and refiexed ; base bi-sinuate ; with a central longitudinal furrow, abbreviated in front, and a fovea 

 midway between it and the posterior angles ; sparsely and rather coarsely punctate. Elytra deeply, 

 coarsely, and thickly punctate, each with five rows of minute fascicles of short erect yellow set«. 

 Legs pitchy black. Length, 2J lines. 



Said to have been taken in Speechwick Park, near Ashburton, Devon; and at Southend, Essex. 



Fig. 173. ASPIDIPHORUS ORBICULATUS, GylL, Curtis.) [F. Sphindida;. G. Aspi- 

 diphorus, Lair.'] 



Sub-orbiculate, pitchy black or black, finely pubescent, antenna; and legs reddish yellow, club 

 of the former fuscous. Head transverse, very finely and thickly punctate. Thorax transverse, 

 rather convex, narrowed in front, sides rounded anteriorly, base bi-sinuate; very finely and thickly 

 punctate. Elytra much wider than the thorax, transverse, rounded at the sides, rather coarsely 

 punctate-striate ; interstices flat, smooth. Length, g-f line. 



Not common. In moss and decaying wood. Colney Hatch ; near Reigate ; Hampstead ; 

 Epping Forest; &c. 



Fig. 174. SIMPLOCARIA SEMISTRIATA, Fab., Curtis. [F. Byrrhida. G. Simplo- 

 caria, Steph.] 



Ovate, convex, pitchy black or brown, with a brassy tint, clothed with a dense short erect grey 

 pubescence ; antennae and legs reddish yellow. Head small, transverse, rather coarsely and 

 sparsely punctate. Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides slightly rounded, base bi-sinuate, 

 finely and rather thickly punctate ; each with an entire sutural stria, and five strias at the base, 

 obliterated before the middle. Length, 1^ lines. 



Common. On shady mossy banks in sandy districts. 



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