188 -SBRRiooRNiA. [Dryophilus. 



they are found in old wood, by sweeping under fir trees, &c. ; the 

 females differ considerably from the males by reason of their much 

 shorter antennae, smaller head, and less prominent eyes ; one of our 

 species is not uncommon locally ; the other is extremely rare. . 



I. Size smaller; antennae with joints 2-8 longer than 

 broad ; elytra black or pitchy black ; si-ir i-lluin without 



pubescence D. PCBILLUS, Gyll. 



II. Size larger ; antennae with joints 2-8 much compressed, 

 subquadrate or transverse ; elytra, at least at shoulders 

 aud apex, brownish or reddish-brown ; scutellum strongly 



pubescent D. AXOBIOIDES, Cheor. 



1>. pusillus, Gyll. (siriateVus, Beck). Oblong, dull black, clothed 

 with extremely fine greyish pubescence, very finely and rugosely punc- 

 tured ; head and antennae varying in the sexes, the latter pitchy with 

 the base ferruginous, sometimes entirely ferruginous ; thorax transverse, 

 distinctly narrower than elytra, with the sides rather strongly rounded, 

 and without distinct margins ; scutellum small, semicircular ; elytra 

 with fine striae which are obsoletely punctured, interstices finely coria- 

 ceous ; legs in part ferruginous, tarsi with the first joint longer than 

 the rest. L. l|-2 mm. 



Male with the head together with eyes (which are very large 

 and prominent) much broader than thorax; antenna considerably 

 longer than half the body, with the three last joints very long and 

 slender. 



Female with the head together with eyes narrower than thorax ; 

 antenna} about as long as half the body, with the three last joints much 

 shorter. 



By beating fir trees, also by sweeping the grass and herbage beneath them ; very 

 local ; London district, not uncommon, Esher, Mk-kleham, Woking, Shirley, 

 Chobham, Gomshall, VWybridge, Caterham, Reigate, Birch Wood, Faversham, 

 Chatham, Tilgate, Tonbridge ; Brandon, Suffolk ; Betteshanger, Kent, and New 

 Forest, in profusion (Gorham) ; Ringstead Downs, near Hunstxnton, Norfolk, where 

 I obtained one female specimen by beating fir trees in August 1883. 



D. anobioides, Chevr. (compressicornis, Muls.). Very like the 

 preceding in shape and general appearance, but, on an average, larger, 

 and distinguished by having the elytra, at least at shoulders and apex, 

 of a brownish or obscure ferruginous colour ; the antennae and legs also 

 are lighter ; the species may also be known by its strongly pubescent 

 scutellum, and by the fact that the first ventral segment is rounded in 

 the middle at apex and evidently produced, whereas in the preceding 

 species it is not or only feebly produced; the third to the eighth joints 

 of the antennae are considerably shorter, and the antennae themselves 

 are more robust. L. 2-J--4 mm. 



In old stumps of brotfm, Ac. ; it has also been reared from dead bramble sticks; 

 very rare ; Plnrastead, bred from old broom stumps, June (S. Stevens) ; Coombe 

 Wood ; Chobham ; Plumstead. 



