190 CLAVICORNIA. [Endojplil'JCUS. 



E. spinulosus, Latr. Oblong, rather broad, reddish-brown, Avith 

 obscure dark markings, the margins being somewhat lighter, very dull, 

 with short stiff setae at sides and on the various scabrous prominences 

 with which the upper surface is thickly set ; head rather small, sunk in 

 thorax, antennae not stout, with 2-joiuted club, the eleventh joint being 

 also dilated ; thorax granulate, with anterior angles projecting and par- 

 tially encircling head, sides strongly serrate, disc with irregular longi- 

 tudinal ridge in centre ; elytra with rough interrupted ridges and 

 prominences, two near suture being strongly defined at base, margins 

 serrate, but not so strongly as in thorax ; legs rather short, ferruginous. 

 L. 4-6 mm. 



Under biirk and in decaying wood, among the debris of the borings of Lepfiira 

 scutellata ; very rare ; New Forest ; this species was one of Charles Turner's great 

 •'finds;" I have the original specimen m my possession labelled " JNew Forest, 

 March 3, 1862." 



DITOBIA, Illiger {Synchitodes, Crotch). 



With the exception of the genera TarpMus and Bothrideres this genus 

 is one of the most numerous in point of species, and the most widely 

 distributed of the Colydiidaa ; species have been recorded from North 

 and South America, Ceylon, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Western 

 Africa. Cuba, &c. ; only one has hitherto been found in Europe ; it 

 is somewhat local, but not uncommon in Britain. 



The larva of D. crenata is described and figured by Ferris (Ann. Fr., 1853, p. 614, 

 PI. 18, fig. 110); it is 6 mm. in length, linear and depressed, of a whitish colour, 

 with a reddish tinge on some portions of the body ; the head is suborbicular, narrower 

 than the prothorax ; the rest of the segments are of about equal breadth, the body 

 being somewhat moniliform ; the last segment is darker at apex than the rest, and 

 terminates in two rather long produced points at sides, and two shorter ones within 

 these ; the legs and anteunaj are very short. The larva is found under bark of 

 oaks and pines devouring the larvse of species of Tomicus. 



D. crenata, F. Elongate, parallel-sided, depressed, dull black, 

 ■with exceedingly fine greyish pubescence, elytra with two larger or 

 smaller reddish patches on each, which sometimes cover all the elytra 

 except a narrow space at suture and in middle ; head narrower than 

 thorax, antennae ferruginous, with 2-jointed club ; thorax almost as 

 long as broad, a little narrower at base than elytra, with all the angles 

 obtuse, upper-side rugosely punctured, with two raised lines on each 

 side ; elytra parallel, rounded at apex, with rows of regular punctures, 

 alternate interstices slightly raised. L. 3 mm. 



Under bark of oak, beech, fir, &c. ; local, but not uncommon ; Mickleham ; Loughton ; 

 Hainault ; Windsor Forest ; Tlie Holt, Farnham ; St. Leonards Forest ; New Forest ; 

 very doubtful as Scottish, Forth district; " Duddingstone and South of Scotland, 

 Ent. Edin. ;" if we may judge by the fact that it occurs in no intervening district, 

 this record is almost certainly erroneous ; it has never been taken by Dr. Sharp or 

 any other collector in Scotland that I know of. 



