l!htzoperlha.~\ SERRICORNMA. -"1 



casks; London; Hirmiiighiim ; SonrUor m.'li, in Hour mill*; N'>rthumb< rlnnd di*- 

 1 1 ict ; it occurs in numbers where found, and has probably been imported into ui .st 

 of our largo towns. 



BOSTRZCKUS, Geoffroy. 



This genus contains upwards of twenty species, of which four occur 

 in Europe ; the remainder are widely distributed, species having been 

 '>ed from North, Central, and South America, South Africa and 

 Madagascar, and the Australian region; the genus Ls therefore probably 

 much more extensive than is at present known; it is closely related to 

 Apate, and some authors prefer to include our single species under the 

 latter genus. 



B. capucinus, L. A large and fine species, elongate, cylindrical, 

 dull, very slightly pubescent ; head and thorax black, antenna? pitchy, 

 elytra red ; breast and base of abdomen black, the rest of the latter red; 

 i .itchy black with tarsi red; head thickly, rugosely, and rather 

 strongly punctured, eyes small, antennae short, hardly as long as head, 

 with the club not strong; thorax roundish quadrangular, strongly con- 

 vcx, with the anterior margin impressed in middle, and with the upper 

 surface strongly and rugosely punctured or granulose, the granules on the 

 front half, especially at sides, forming strong tubercles; elytra scarcely 

 broader than thorax, rather coarsely punctured and with traces of raised 

 lines, rounded at apex; legs rather slender, tarsi apparently 4- jointed, the 

 first joint being very minute, second joint longer than the last. 

 L. 8-9 mm. 



In decayed trees; very rare, and does not appear to have been taken for many 

 vrars ; Stephens gives as localities', London district, Cromer, Derbyshire, Notts, and 

 Bfwdley ; in Dr. Power's collection there is a specimen from E. Brown's collection 

 taki-n at Burton in 1867, and another from Beutley's collection ; Mr. Dale records 

 the capture of a single Fpecimen by his father on the table-cloth in his dining -room at 

 (tlanvilles Wootton on July 2nd, 1864; Mr. Rye (British Beetles, p. 149, 18t5C) 

 records a specimen as " recently taken near Highgate on a felled oak." 



LYCTIDJE. 



This j-nuill family is usually included under the Bostrichidae or 

 Cissidae, but ap| ears to be distinct from either; its chief distinguishing 

 points are the large 2 jointed club of the antennae, and the elongate lii>t 

 ventral segment of the abdomen ; the anterior coxae are enclosed by the 

 prosternum ; the antenna? are 11 -jointed, and the tarsi have the first joint 

 obsolete, and the last longer than the rest taken together; the family 

 contains two genera, Lyctus and Troyojrylon, but Thomson ako includes 

 under it Dinodemx, which does not, however, agree with it in one or 

 two of the generally received distinguishing characters. 



XiYCTUS, Fubricius. 

 This genus contains about twenty speciep, of which three occur iu 



