190 BERRicoRNLL [Anobium. 



ii. Anterior part of metasternum not excavated to re- 

 ceive antennas A. FULVICORKE, Sturm. 



II. Eyes hairy ; autennaa with the second joint twice as 

 long as third A. PANICEUM, L. 



JL. dentioolle, Panz. (Dendrobium denficolle, Muls.). Sub- 

 cylindrical, ratlier broad, of a dull fuscous brown colour, upper surface 

 clothed with very short fuscous grey pubescence; head sunk in thorax, 

 antennae red, rather slender; thorax convex, with the sides moderately 

 parallel, but bisinuate, posterior angles right angles, carinate; upper 

 surface closely punctured, somewhat uneven, with a large patch of 

 yellowish pubescence near the hind angles, which extends more or less 

 across the whole base; scutellum round, pubescent; elytra with punc- 

 tured striae, the punctures being rather fine, alternate interstices raised 

 at base; legs red, rather stout, tarsi broad with the last joint short. 

 L. 4^-5 mm. 



In the male the antennae are longer than in the female, and have the 

 last joints more elongate. 



Iu old oak trees; very rare; Richmond Park, Surrey (Power and Champion); 

 Erith, on old fence (S. Stevens). 



A. domesticum, Fourc. (striatum, 01.,wecF.; pertinax, F., nee L.; 

 Dendrobium domesticum, Muls.). Subcylindrical, rather narrow, of a 

 dull fuscous brown colour, thickly clothed with greyish pubescence, 

 antennae and legs reddish; head sunk in thorax, antennae rather long 

 and slender; thorax longer than broad, uneven, plainly margined, 

 narrowed in front and sinuate before posterior angles which are obtuse, 

 very finely and thickly punctured, with a fine dorsal channel; scutellum 

 rounded ; elytra parallel-sided, with rather fine crenate striae, alternate 

 interstices not raised; legs moderately long. L. 3-4 mm. 



Male with the antennae longer than in female, and with the last 

 ventral segment of the abdomen slightly impressed transversely before 

 apex. 



In old wood ; usually in houses and old buildings, but also in dead hedges, old 

 trees in woods, &c.; very common and generally distributed throughout the kingdom. 



A. fulvicorne, Sturm. (Hadrobregmus fulvicornis, Thorns.). In 

 general appearance this species very much resembles the preceding, and 

 light examples may easily be mistaken for it; as a rule, however, it is 

 of a much darker colour, being often almost black or fuscous black ; it 

 may, moreover, be known by having the sides of the thorax somewhat 

 obsoletely margined, and the fact that the hind coxae are sinuate on their 

 posterior margin; the anterior part of the metasternum is not excavated 

 to receive the antennae; the pubescence is somewhat different, but this 

 is not a very obvious character. L. 2-3^ mm. 



In dead hedges, &c.; local ; London district, common, Darenth, Chatham, Peck- 

 ham, Sevenoaks, Lee, Dulwich, West Wiokharo, Birch Wood, Mickleham (in which 

 latter locality Dr. Power has taken several very small specimens) ; Tonbridge ; 



