418 RHYNCHOPHORA, [ Hylesinus. 
greyish-black hairs, which are also present on thorax, and with-a band of 
whitish grey hairs along the suture, which is rarely obsolete or absent, 
and as arule is very distinct and at once distinguishes the species ; 
antenne ferruginous with the club somewhat darker than the funiculus ; 
thorax transverse, with the sides gradually and not strongly narrowed 
towards the front, very thickly granulated, the granulations being very 
fine behind, base strongly and angularly produced before scutellum ; 
elytra with rather deep and distinct regular striz, interstices more or 
less broad, very closely rugose; legs black, with the tarsi ferruginous, 
ibe 25-3 mm, 
In decaying ash ; occasionally found by sweeping herbage beneath old trees ; local, 
but not uncommon in some districts; it appears, however, to be rarely abundant in 
any locality ; Putney, Forest Hill, Caterham, Cobham, Croydon, Shirley, Cowfold, 
Richmond Park, Mickleham, Wimbledon, Hsher, Ripley, West Wickham, Sheerness; 
Cromer; Littlington and Ashwicken near Cambridge ; Compton Wynniat, Somerset 
(Power) ; Herefordshire (one specimen sent me in 1888 by Dr. Chapman, who had not 
before found the species) ; Repton, Burton-on-Trent (one specimen found by myself, 
beaten, I believe, off a furze bush under an ash tree; also taken in the district by 
Mr. Garneys); Ripon; Scotland, Solway district, ‘“ Raehills, Rev. W. Little, 
Murray’s Cat.’’ ; the late Mr. W. Garneys once told me that he took the species in large 
numbers off the window of a cottage to which he had gone to visit a patient; a log of 
wood (presumably ash) had been put on the fire, and the beetles had been driven out 
by the heat ; the species has been found abundantly in beech near Frankfort. 
H. fraxini, Panz. (varius, F.; melanocephalus, ¥.). Rather short, 
convex, dull, upper side pitchy or reddish, variegated with ashy and 
fuscous scales, underside with ashy pubescence, which is thicker at the 
sides of the breast ; antenne ferruginous, with the club darker, large 
and acuminate; thorax transverse, with the sides somewhat narrowed in 
front, very finely and granulately sculptured; elytra with fine but 
distinct punctured stric, interstices broad, rugosely sculptured, granulate 
towards base ; legs black, tarsi red or ferruginous ; reddish varieties 
often occur, with the legs entirely reddish testaceous ; they are, however, 
more or less immature. L. 23-3} mm. 
In decaying ash-trees; often found by sweeping herbage; generally distributed 
and common throughout the greater part of the kingdom. 
H. vittatus, F. The smallest of our species of Hylesinus ; black 
or fuscous with the elytra pitchy, brownish or reddish-brown, variegated 
with yellowish-grey scales, and a more or less distinet lighter curved 
patch of scales extending from the shoulder to middle of suture of each 
elytron, and enclosing between them a common, more or less marked, 
oval dark patch ; the markings, however, are often more or less confused ; 
thorax transverse, with the sides slightly rounded behind and somewhat 
narrowed in front, closely and granulately sculptured, variegated with 
yellowish grey and greyish scales which in fresh specimens are often 
arranged in irregular longitudinal lines ; elytra with fine but distinct 
punctured strixw, interstices broad, very closely rugose; besides the 
markings above mentioned there is usually a more or less distinct 
