3GO CLAVICORNII. [Attagcnus. 



A single specimen was taken by Mr. Wollastou in July, 1868, iu Finsbury Circus, 

 Ixmdon ; it occurs in almost all parts of Europe, and in Syria, North America, the 

 \\ . il Indies, Madeira, the Canary Islands, &c. ; its habits are the same as those of 

 A. pellio ; as the species is almost certain to be again found in Britain, ii is perhaps 

 as well to retain it ; at the same time it is an. undoubted importation, although not 

 more so than many other received species. 



(A. trifasciatus, F (varbasci, auct.). Ovate, pitchy-fuscous, or 

 fuscous black, very finely punctured, pubescent ; thorax with the pos- 

 terior margin clothed with a dense greyish or yellowish-white pubes- 

 cence, which is interrupted at scutellum ; elytra with three waved striae 

 of pale greyish pubescence, interrupted at suture, and also a patch of the 

 same at apex, and two minute spots, one on each side of scutellum ; 

 under-side pitchy with yellowish pubescence ; legs testaceous with tarsi 

 brownish-red. L. 3-4 mm. 



Very rare ; in skins of bird?, &c., especially in houses; Edinburgh (Leach) ; near 

 Chelsea (Leach) ; the species is a very doubtful one. 



XKEGATOIKA, Hcrbst. 



This genus contains about half-a-dozen species from Europe, Siberia, 

 and Tasmania ; it is probably of much wider extent than is at present 

 known ; it is closely allied to Atfagenus, from which it may be known 

 by the structure of the tarsi, and by having the prosternum lobed in 

 front ; it is closely allied to the comparatively recently formed genus 

 Perimegatoma, Horn, which only differs in having the antennal fossae 

 absent ; the larvae of Megatoma are sometimes found upon old palings, 

 under bark, &c., and appear to be to a certain extent parasitic : accord- 

 ing to Curtis they eat holes in and apparently feed upon the chrysalides 

 of Noctuae (v. Westwood, Classific. i. 156). 



XIX. undata, Er. Oblong, black, elytra rather depressed, not very 

 shining, very closely, thickly, and distinctly punctured, sparingly 

 covered with greyish pubescence ; head rmich narrower than thorax, 

 antennae black ; thorax much narrowed in front, transverse, with a spot 

 of white pubescence at each posterior angle, and another before scutellum ; 

 scutellum black ; elytra not as closely punctured as thorax, with two wavy 

 bands of white pubescence on each, of which the front one is interrupted 

 at suture ; legs black with tarsi pitchy ; size very variable. L. 3|-6 

 mm. 



Male with the club very elongate, the last joint being conical and 

 much longer than the two preceding together ; female with the club 

 small and the last joint not elongate. 



In skins, furs, &c. ; often on old palings, under bark, and in flowers ; local, and, 

 as a rule, not common ; London ; London district, Forest Hill, Lee, Esher, Darenth, 

 Enfield, Addington, Dulwich, Lewisham, &c. ; Hainault Forest ; New Forest ; Swan- 

 ea ; Burton-on-Trent ; Cannock Chase; Buddon Wood, Leicester; Sherwood 



