NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1871. 81 



sub-angustate at the apex, and with the medial farrow more 

 distinct in front; its antennas being black, with the scape 

 paler at the base ; its sub-transverse, shorter thorax, of which 

 the sides are slightly rounded ; its elytra being more convex 

 on the back behind, and wider, sparingly clothed with 

 smaller shining scales (the margins, suture, and two dorsal 

 vittas being more densely clothed with paler scales), with the 

 punctuation of the striee more evident, and the short setas 

 brown (not alternately light), and more dense, especially 

 behind. 



Dr. Sharp notes that it is not uncommon in the south. 

 Allard appears to have only observed it from Austria, in 

 Javet's collection. Thomson records it as rather rare, in 

 woody districts. I have only a single specimen, which 

 exhibits the most important of the characters above spe- 

 cified. 



76. PissoDES PiNiPHiLus, Hcrbst, Natursyst., Kaf., vii, 



24:(Curculw); Gyll.,Ins. Snec.juiylO (jRIi7/7ichcB?ms) ; 



Schon., Gen. et Spec. Cure, iii. 262 ; Thoms., Skand. 



Col., vii, 222; T. J. Bold, Ent. Mo. Mag., vii, 



275. 



Mr. Bold records the capture by the Rev. R. Kirwood, at 



Sunderland, of two specimens of the above-mentioned insect, 



probably imported in timber-laden ships from the north of 



Europe. 



The species might, however, be found in this country, as it 

 occurs in Sweden, France, Germany, and Finland. 



It resembles small examples of P, 7iotatus, from which it 

 may be known by the 1st fascia of its elytra being obsolete, 

 and the 2nd nearer the middle than in that species ; whilst 

 the punctures on its thorax are wider apart, and not con- 

 fluent. 



1872. G 



