COLEOPTERA SCOLYTIDyE. 



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in a deeply cut pupal chamber. This beetle, unlike the preceding 

 species, is said not to confine itself to the borders of a pine wood, but 

 to be found deeper in its interior. 



"II. minor also bores into the pith of young pine shoots in the 

 same way as H. piniperda." l 



Genus Phi/eophthorus. 



Antennal whip five-jointed ; club of antennae three-jointed and very 

 distinctly divided ; abdomen not raised towards apex. 



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Fig. 105. Markings o/Phloeophthorus 

 rhododactylus on gorse (whin) stem. 



Fig. 106. Markings o/Phloeophthorus 

 rhododactylus on broom. 



Phlceophthorus rhododactylus (Marsh). 



This is one of our smallest British wood-feeding beetles, and is found 

 in gorse and broom stems. It is very common in ^Northumberland. 

 Fig. 105 represents the markings on whin and fig. 106 on broom. The 

 beetles may be looked for about the beginning of April, more especi- 

 ally on half-dead gorse stems, those stems, in fact, which were alive 

 the previous year, but have been broken down by the heavy snows of 



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