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FOREST ENTOMOLOGY. 



Crtphalus fagi, Fabr. 



This species is found generally on branches or small stems, but is 

 said to be very local. Mr Morse supplied me with the specimen 

 from which the photograph is taken (fig. 112). 



I only got one specimen from the branch, which Avas elongated, 

 slender, and of a shiny, dull black colour. 



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Fig. 110. Showing "exit- 

 holes" o/Cryphalus tilire 

 in lime. 



Fig. 111. Markings o/Cryphalus 

 tilise on lime. The white hori- 

 zontal lines are the mother- 

 galleries. 



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Fig. 112. Markings 

 of Cryphalus fagi 

 on branch of beech. 



Barbey says the chief character lies in the form of the antennae 

 club. 1 



Genus Pityophthorus. 



Fowler says " Genus as defined by Eichhoff presents the follow- 

 ing characters : Antennae with a five-jointed funiculus and an oval 

 non-compressed club, which is constricted by transverse sutures divid- 

 ing it into four distinct joints ; thorax as long as or longer than broad, 

 bordered at base and distinctly narrowed in front ; elytra cylindrical, 

 with simple rows of punctures, and with impunctate interstices ; the 

 apex is obliquely truncate, and presents a depression on either side of 



1 Die Bostrichideu Ceutral-Europas. 



