136 Mr. G. R. Waterhouse's Revision of the 



striae are remote and usually so minute that it becomes doubtful 

 whether by noticing them one does not give them a prominence 

 which is scarcely desirable. Gyllenhal, in describing some of 

 these (C denliculala, for instance), states that the interstices are 

 impunctate, although, strictly speaking, such is not the case. 



Under the name C. cremilaia, stand in the Stephensian cabinet 

 three insects ; the first is C denliculala ; the second, C. pubescens, 

 and the third, C. crenulata. 



3. Curtlcarla denticulata. C. oblonga, convexa, brevius pu- 

 bescens, nigro-picea, antennis pedibusque flavescentibus ; 

 thorace sub-rotundato, coleopteris angustiore, supra con- 

 vexo, punctato, fovea postice impresso, lateribus sub- 

 denticulato ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, plerumque fuscis, 

 punctato-striatis, interstitiis convexiusculis, punctis minu- 

 tissimis seriatim dispositis. 



Long. 1 lin. 



Mas. femoribus incrassatis ; tibiis anticis, intermediisque ad 

 apicem intus angulatim productis, extus oblique truncatis ; 

 tarsi antici articulo prirao dilatato, 



Latridius denticulatus (Schxippel), Gyll. Ins. Suec. iv. 126, 3. 



Corticaria denticulata, Steph. lilustr. iii. 107, 3; Manual, 129, 

 1049 (not of Collection). 



, Mannerh. Germ. Zeitschr. v. 23, 7. 



This species has many characters in common with the pre- 

 ceding. In size and form there is scarcely any difference ; in 

 both, the thorax is about one-third narrower than the elytra at the 

 broadest part; has the sides boldly rounded, and with the broadest 

 part rather in front of the middle; but in C. denticulata the thorax 

 is rather more attenuated behind than in C.-trenulata, and the 

 crenulations are less distinct. In the form of the head, and in the 

 structure of the antennee, there is no palpable difference. In the 

 form of the elytra C. denticulata differs, in having the shoulders 

 more gently rounded and the apex more obtusely rounded, but it 

 is in the sculpture of these organs that a good distinction is per- 

 ceptible. Here the elytra have about eight regular punctate 

 striae ; the interstices are rather convex, and nearly impunctate. 



In colouring, C. denticulata varies considerably, but in the most 

 usual condition the head and thorax are black, and the elytra 

 brown, with the region of the suture and the outer margin more 

 or less dusky. 



Stephens has transferred to the pages of the "Illustrations" 



