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than behind, with a dark fascia behind middle; legs pubescent, apex 

 of tibia; and tarsi bare, ovipositor of female exserted, black. L. 12-18 

 mm. 



Male with the antennae four times as long as the body ; in the female 

 thi^y are only twice as long as the body. 



On pine and fir logs; local; rare in England, and probably imported; London 

 district; Suffolk; Devonshire ; Bath (in a confectioner's shop); Hull; Manchester 

 (in props for coal mines) ; Newcastle (on the Quayside, and probably imported with 

 shipping) ; Scotland, local, amongst Scotch lir logs, Toy, Dee, nnd Moray districts ; in 

 these* localities it is sometimes not uncommon where it occurs. 



LEIOPUS, Serville. 



This genus contains fifty species, which are chiefly confined to the 

 Northern Hemisphere ; several, however, have been described from 

 Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chili, &c. ; three species occur in Europe, of 

 which one is found not uncommonly in many parts of Britain ; they are 

 allied to Acauthocinus, but are very much smaller, and have the antennas 

 proportionately shorter ; the anterior coxae are only slightly distant, and 

 the thorax is armed with a sharp and somewhat retiexed tooth behind 

 middle ; the ovipositor in the female is not exserted ; the larva is found 

 under bark of oak, beech, wild pear, &c.; it resembles that of Acantho- 

 cinus, but is less parallel and rather strongly narrowed behind, the 

 prothorax being half as broad again as the eighth abdominal segment, 

 whereas in A. cedilis it is only a fifth part broader ; the pupa has the 

 antennae recurved upon the abdomen and breast as in the last-mentioned 

 species. 



Zi. nebulosus, L. Oblong, black or fuscous black, thickly clothed 

 with greyish pubescence, upper surface mottled with black spots and 

 spaces which are free from pubescence ; antennae long with the base of 

 the joints light ; thorax transverse with a small but distinct spine on 

 each side ; elytra rather broad, with a sprinkling of black dots and two 

 dark fasciae, one before and another behind middle, which are exceed- 

 ingly variable ; legs dark, with base of tibia and femora ferruginous. 

 L. 5-8 mm. 



Male with the antennae nearly twice as long as the body, and the 

 fifth ventral segment of abdomen shorter than in the female, in which 

 sex the antennae are only one and a half times as long as the body. 



In dead hedges, abo on alders and other trees; rather local, but not uncom- 

 mon in many districts; Oulwicb, Richmond, Dan-nth. Westerhnin, llliickhcMth, 

 Lee, Caterham, Mickleham, Coombe Wood, Cowfold, Tonhridge, Ac. ; Hustings; 

 Dover; Portsmouth district; New Forest; Luccombe Chine, Isle of Wight; 

 (ilanvilles Wootton ; Exeter; Swansea ; Llangollen ; Talyllyn ; Bewdlev ; Sutton Park, 

 Birmingham ; Cannock Chase ; Tamworth ; Hepton ; Lincoln ; Scarborough ; Eastham 

 Wood, Liverpool ; Northumberland nn.l Durham district ; Scotland, scarce, amongst 

 oak trees, Solway, Tweed, and Forth districts; Ireland, near Dublin and Belfast, 

 an 1 probably widely distributed. 



