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Genus [389]. Dorcatoma. Herbst. Three species. 



D. Dresdense, Herbst. Black ; legs and antennae reddish ; 

 eyes entire; about one line; decayed trees; Surrey and 

 Suffolk. PL 53, fig. 8. 



Family [55]. Ptilinid^e. Shuck. 



Genus [390]. Lasioderma. Steph. One species. 



L. testaceum, Steph. Opaque testaceous ; pubescent ; legs 

 and antennae pale ; about a line ; old houses. PL 54, 



fiff- I- 

 Genus [391]. Ochina. Ziegler. One species. 



O. Ptinoides, Marsh. Chesnut brown ; pubescent ; elytra 

 with two ashy pale bands, legs and antennae reddish ; 

 about one line and a half ; old dry stumps of ivy; not 

 common. PL 54, fig. 2. 

 Genus [392]. Xiletinus. Latr. Two species? 



X. pectinatus, Fab. Opaque black, clothed with silken 

 pile; legs and antennae red; about a line and a half; 

 old trees. PL 54, fig. 3. 

 Genus [393]. Ptilinus. Fab. Two species. 



P. pectinicornis, Lin. Opaque fuscous black ; elytra 

 brown; antennae and legs testaceous; about two lines; 

 old wood. PL 54, fig. 4. 



Family [56]. Ptinid^:. Leach. 



Genus [394]. Hebobia. Latr. One species. 



H. imperialis, Lin. Fuscous ; pubescent ; the sides of the 

 thorax, the suture of the elytra (dilated at the base), two 

 lateral spots at about two-thirds of their length, and 

 their apex narrowly, all whitish; antennae and legs fus- 

 cescent; about two and a half lines; hedges; not un- 

 common. PL 54, fig. 5. 



Genus [395]. Ptinus. Lin. Seven species. 



P. Fur, Lin. Dirty reddish-brown ; slightly pubescent ; 

 legs and antennae fulvescent ; the female is more robust 

 and has a couple of interrupted whitish bands across the 

 elytra; about two lines; houses, &c; not uucommon. 

 PL 54>,fig. 6. 



Genus [396]. Mezium. Leach. One species. 



M. sulcatum, Fab. Head, antennae, thorax and legs co- 

 vered with ashy scales ; elytra bright shining chesuut ; 

 about a line and a half; lumber rooms in old houses ; 

 not common. PL 54, fig. 7. 



