Cryphalus.'] RHTNOHOPHORA. 431 



punctured striae, which arc effaced towards suture and moderately dis- 

 tinct towards sides. L. K If mm. 



In dead branches of aspen (Populus tremula) and willow; rare, or rather 

 extremely local ; first taken in Britain by Mr. E. W. Jnnson at Highgate ; Forest 

 Hill (Champiou) ; Monmouthshire, very local (Chapman); Wallasey, Cheshire, one 

 specimen (Ellis) ; Drinkwater Park, Manchester (Reston); Scarborough. 



C. granulatus, Ratz. Very closely allied to the preceding, but 

 considerably larger, with the funiculus of the antenna? and the legs 

 partially yellow, and the striae of the elytra distinctly punctured near 

 suture as well as at sides, the first two rows appearing impressed on 

 their apical declivity. L. 2 mm. 



A single specimen was taken by Dr. Power in Jnne, 1867, near Snrbiton, Surrey, 

 and was confirmed as this species by Herr EichhofF. 



C. tiliae, Panz. (Batzeburgi, Ferr.). A small species which, however, 

 is variable in size ; subcylindrical, fuscous, fuscous brown or yellow- 

 brown, dull, clothed with fine pale pubescence ; antenna? and legs 

 testaceous or pitchy testaceous ; thorax with the sides rounded, 

 with concentric rows of small prominences on their anterior por- 

 tion ; elytra with fine punctured striae, which are distinct both near 

 suture and at sides, often lighter than thorax, and usually lighter at 

 apex ; mature specimens are brownish-black, with rows of strong grey- 

 ish pubescence on the elytra ; the species is readily distinguished from 

 all others found in Britain by the structure of its thorax, the tufted 

 processes surmounting which are limited to the upper and anterior 

 part and do not extend to the lateral margins, and are moreover sym- 

 metrically arranged in four distinct rows placed in transverse curves, 

 with clear intervals between them ; on the median line the absence of 

 tufts produces the appearance of a smooth space connecting the outer 

 spaces. L. 1-H mm. 



On Tilia parvifolia; extremely local; Bridgenorth (Turner); Forest of Dean, 

 Christmas, 1860 (Turner) ; neighbourhood of Lincoln in the bark of a tree called 

 "bass "by the country people, in numbers (Turner); the locality is mentioned as 

 " Fisherwick," near Lincoln, but I know of no such place; it may perhaps be 

 "Fiskerton"; the "bass" is abundant in Langworth Wood, and 1 have found 

 Epuraa partvla, &c., in its faggots but have not come across this species. 



As remarked by Eye (Ent. Annual, 1866, p. 113), this species is 

 placed by Eedtenbacher in a section of the genus wherein the anterior 

 margin of the thorax is armed with teeth ; and, under a moderately 

 high power, these teeth can be distinctly seen, assuming the form of 

 four small, closely-packed, longitudinal ridges, exactly in the middle of 

 the anterior margin. 



C. abietis, Ratz. (s.g. T<nnioglyptes, Bedel). Oblong, snbcylindrical, 

 compressed and very convex; fuscous or fuscous-brown, dull, antennae 

 and legs reddish-brown, club of the former usually darker, rounded at 

 apex ; thorax subglobular, very finely punctured at sides and behind, 



