Pissodes,| RHYNCHOPHORA. 253 
II. Size smaller ; thorax longer in proportion, with the sides less 
rounded, and the posterior angles more prominent ; elytra with 
the punctures of strize much less strong and more or less 
SHQISUINI CL eM eer I eens Meth Siete oe ie ae ecu es 5 gk, NOTATUS; Ls 
P. pini, L. Oblong, upper surface depressed, pitchy-black ur dark 
pitchy-brown, with very sparing pale scales ; rostrum longer than thorax, 
reddish-brown ; antennz inserted towards middle of rostrum, pitchy-red 
with club darker; thorax about as long as its breadth at base, narrowed 
towards front, constricted before apex, closely and somewhat rugosely 
punctured, with a fine but distinct smooth raised central line, and with 
very sparing small patches of yellowish scales, of which two spots, one 
on each side of middle, are often more or less distinct; elytra subparallel, 
narrowed from posterior third to apex, a little broader than thorax, with 
strongly and deeply punctured striz, the punctures being deeper in the 
middle, and with two more or less distinct and irregular transverse 
yellowish bands on each, one before and another behind middle ; legs 
moderately long, ferruginous, with the femora simple. L. 8-10 mm. 
On fir and pine trees; very local and confined to the North; Northumberland 
district (Bold) ; Scotland, local, on Scotch fir, Forth, Tay, Dee and Moray districts 
(Braemar, Aviemore, &c.); it is by no means uncommon in some places where 
found. 
P. notatus, F. Very like the preceding but smaller and usually of 
a somewhat lighter colour, with the faseize greyer, much less distinct, 
and often more or less obsolete ; the thorax is longer with the sides 
less rounded, the posterior angles more prominent, and the base more 
deeply sinuated ; the rostrum is shorter and the elytra are much less 
stronyly punctured ; the posterior fascia, moreover, is dilated in the 
middle and attenuated towards suture ; according to Thomson the male 
has the rostrum a little shorter than the female and the fasciz of the 
elytra formed of whitish scales, whereas in the latter sex the posterior 
fascia is yellowish in the centre. L. 6-8 mm. 
On firs and pines; very local and not comm.n; Chat Moss (Chappell) ; ‘‘ Sunder- 
Jind, probably introduced in Scotch timber-laden ships” (Bold); Scotland, rare, 
Highlands, on Scotch fir, Dee and Moray districts. I have a strong idea that it has 
been taken in some numbers near Bournemouth, but cannot find any record; it is 
tle only species found in France, where it inhabits the whole basin of the Seine, so 
that there would be nothing against its occurrence in such a pine-clad district as 
Bournemouth. 
A third species, P. piniphilus, has occurred at Sunderland, but was 
certainly imported with timber-laden ships from the north of Hurope ; 
it might, however, be found in this country, as it occurs in Sweden, 
Finland, Germany, and France; it resembles P. notatus, but is smaller 
(4-5 mmi.), and may be known from the latter species by having the 
first fascia of the elytra always obsolete, and the second nearer the 
middle than in that species ; the punctures of the thorax, moreover, are 
wider apart, and not confluent, 
