12 CATALOGUE OF CUCUJID^, 



5. Dendrophagus umbeinus. 



Head and thorax of a dark bright brown ; the disk of the tho- 

 rax with large deep punctures; its sides and the head rugose; the 

 thorax oblong, slightly narrowed behind, and having an entire raised 

 margin : the elytra paler than the thorax, strongly punctate-striate : 

 the legs testaceous. Length 2 lines. 



a. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. J. Hooker. 



6. Dendbophagus seebatus. 



Head, thorax, and antennae chestnut; the elytra of a paler co- 

 lour: head and thorax deeply punctured; the basal joint of the an- 

 tennae slightly bent outwards towards the apex ; the second joint of 

 the funiculus bent, and thicker than the others : the eyes very pro- 

 minent; a shallow depression passing from the base of each an- 

 tenna to the vertex: the thorax with slii,'ht uneven depressions, the 

 lateral margins sharply serrate : the elytra flat, punctate-striate, the 

 interstices punctured : an elongate raised stria close to the lateral 

 margins : the body and legs beneath chestnut. 



Length 2f lines. 

 a. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Wood's collection. 



Genus 2. BRONTES. 



Cerambyx, p., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 625, 1766. 



Brontes, Fab. Si/st. El'eut. ii. 97, 1801. 



Uleiota, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 26, 1807—9. 



1. Brontes PLANATUs. 



Cerambyx planatus, Linn. Faun. Suec. 645. Syst. Nat. i. 695, 17. 

 Brontes flavipes. Fab. Si/st. Eleut. ii. 97, 2. Panz. Faun. Germ. 



95,4. Gifll. Ins. Suec. iv. 118, 1. Schonk. Syn. iii. 57, 2. 

 Cucujus flavipes, Fab. Ent. Syst. i. pt. 2, 95, 8. Payk. Faun. 



Suec. ii. 167, 3. Oliv. Ent. iv. 74, bis, 7, 6, t. 1, f. 6. Sturm, 



Verz. 43, 13, t. 2, f. 1. 

 Brontes pallens. Fab. Sifst. Eleut. ii. 98, 3. 

 Uleiota flavipes, Lat. Hist. Nat. ii. 257, 1. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. 



Mand. iv. 225, 1. Shuck. Col. Delin. 64, 537, t.37, f. 10. 



