188 SERRICORNIA. -  [Dryophilus. 
they are found in old wood, by sweeping under fir trees, &c.; the 
females differ considerably from the males by reason of their much 
shorter antennz, smaller head, and less prominent eyes; one of our 
species is not uncommon locally; the other is extremely rare. 
I. Size smaller; antennz with joints 2-8 longer than 
broad; elytra black or pitchy black; scu‘ellum without 
PUbESCENCex Et Awe hee) sees tn ee ee PP 
II. Size larger ; antennz with joints 2-8 much compressed, 
subquadrate or transverse; elytra, at least at shoulders 
and apex, brownish or reddish-brown ; scutellum strongly 
pubescent; S02 Ce aoe) Pe nels Mss, fs SOLCRNOBIOIDER, Upemre 
D. pusillus, Gyll. (striatel’us, Beck). Oblong, dull black, clothed 
with extremely fine greyish pubescence, very finely and rugosely punc- 
tured ; head and antenne varying in the sexes, the latter pitchy with 
the base ferruginous, sometimes entirely ferruginous ; thorax transverse, 
distinctly narrower than elytra, with the sides rather strongly rounded, 
and without distinct margins; scutellum small, semicircular; elytra 
with fine striae which are obsoletely punctured, interstices finely coria- 
ceous ; legs in part ferruginous, tarsi with the first joint longer than 
the rest. L. 13-2 mm. 
Male with the head together with eyes (which are very large 
and prominent) much broader than thorax; antenne considerably 
longer than half the body, with the three last joints very long and 
slender. 
Female with the head together with eyes narrower than thorax ; 
antenne about as long as half the body, with the three last joints much 
shorter. 
D. pusitius, Gyll. 
By beating fir trees, also by sweeping the grass and herbage beneath them ; very 
local; London district, not uncommon, Esher, Micklezam, Woking, Shirley, 
Chobham, Gomshall, Weybridge, Caterham, Reigate, Birch Wood, Faversham, 
Chatham, Tilgate, Tonbridge; Brandon, Suffolk; Betteshanger, Kent, and New 
Forest, in profusion (Gorham) ; Ringstead Downs, near Hunstanton, Norfolk, where 
I obtained one female specimen by beating fir trees in August 1883. 
D. anobioides, Chevr. (compressicornis, Muls.). Very like the 
preceding in shape and general appearance, but, on an average, larger, 
and distinguished by having the elytra, at least at shoulders and apex, 
of a brownish or obscure ferruginous colour ; the antennz and legs also 
are lighter ; the species may also be known by its strongly pubescent 
scutellum, and by the fact that the first ventral segment is rounded in 
the middle at apex and evidently produced, whereas in the preceding 
species it is not or only feebly produced; the third to the eighth joints 
of the antenne are considerably shorter, and the antenne themselves 
are more robust. L. 23-4 mm. 
In old stumps of broom, &c.; it has also been reared from dead bramble sticks ; 
very rare; Plumstead, bred from old broom stumps, June (S. Stevens) ; Coombe 
Wood; Chobham ; Plumstead, 
