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nished with a series of acute spines at their apices, the second 

 joint of the antennae more elongate, and the third shorter ; it 

 constitutes the connecting Hnk between Xylographus and 

 CiSf and in habit very closely resembles the members of the 

 first of these genera. 



Its exceedingly coarsely-punctured elytra and long pube- 

 scence, and the distinctions above pointed out, will at once 

 lead to its recognition ; on the characters which separate it 

 from Xylographus, I need not here enter, as the sole Euro- 

 pean representative of that genus {X. hostricJioides, Dufour), 

 being a native of southern Europe and northern Africa, is 

 not likely to occur in Britain. 



The discovery in Britain of this interesting little insect is 

 due to the late James Foxcroft, who reared it from boleti 

 gathered by him from old birch trees in the Black Forest, 

 near Rannoch, Pertshire. 



21. Cis MiCANS, Herbst; Waterhouse, Trans. Ent. Soc. Ser. 

 2, V. 204, 3 (1860). 

 Anohium inicam, Hbst. Naturg. Kaef. v. 10, 64, T. 47, 

 f. 11, K. (1789) J Paiiz. Faun. Ins. Germ. Fas. 10, 

 f. 8 (1793). 

 Cis micans, Gyll. Ins. Suec. iii. 379, 2 (1813) ; Mellie, 

 Annales d. 1. Soc. Ent. de France, Ser. 2, vi. 255, 

 12, T. 2, f. 14 (1848). 

 Distinguished from C. Boleti, Scop., and C. setiger, 

 Mellie (C. villosulus, Waterh.), by its smaller size, smooth 

 and posteriorly margined thorax, and the fine rugulose punc- 

 tuation of its elytra, and from C. hispidus, Payk., by its 

 superior size, and relatively broader form, the fuscous club 

 of its antennae, and the absence of striae of punctures on its 

 elytra. 



'' Hawkhurst, Kent." 



Not uncommon in many places near London. 



