432 RHYNCHOPHORA. [OryphjsdtM. 



front part confusedly granulate ; elytra rather more than double as 

 long as thorax, with distinct punctured striae, and extremely finely 

 punctured interstices, covered throughout with extremely short scale- 

 like hairs, and also very diffusely with short erect hairs, which are 

 wanting behind ; the colour of the antennae and legs is somewhat vari- 

 able ; the species may easily be recognized by the tubercles on the 

 anterior portion of the thorax being few in number and irregular in their 

 distribution, and by the regular and comparatively strong rows of punc- 

 tures and very short pubescence of the elytra. L. l-2 mm. 



Iu dead shoots of the Scotch fir ; rare ; West Wickham Wood (Champion) ; 

 Covvfold (Power) ; Shipley, near Horsham, Sussex (Gorhain) ; Monmouthshire 

 (Chapman); Gumley, Leicestershire (where it was first taken in Britain by the 

 Rev. A. Matthews) ; Bungay, Suffolk (W. Garneys) ; Bretby Wood, near Eepton, 

 Burton-on -Trent (W. Garneys). 



C. piceae, Ratz. (s.g. Ttvnioglyptes, Bedel). Very closely allied to 

 the preceding from which it may be known by having the club of the 

 antennae acuminate at apex, and the thorax furnished with five or six 

 crowded rows of granules forming a tolerably broad diamond-shaped 

 figure ; the elytra, moreover, are furnished with long raised hairs and 

 the striae are very finely punctured. L. 1J mm. 



Under bark of firs; very rare ; two specimens have been taken by the Rev. A. 

 Matthews, near Weston-on-the-Grecn, Oxon ; Claygate, Esher, one specimen 

 (Power). 



C. fag-i, Nord. (Thomsoni, Ferr., s.g., Ernoporus, Thorns.). Elon- 

 gate, cylindrical, rather thickly clothed with pale ashy subsquamose 

 pubescence, black or fuscous black, dull or very slightly shiny, 

 antennae and legs red or reddish-testaceous, club of former rather 

 darker ; thorax longer than broad, scabrous and more or less plainly 

 tuberculate in front, the tuberculate portion scarcely reaching middle ; 

 elytra three times as long as broad, very closely and finely punctured, 

 without striae, or with traces visible at the sides only; tibiae narrow; 

 the elongate form and the sculpture of the thorax and elytra will easily 

 distinguish the species. L. li-lf mm. 



In decaying beeches ; rare; Hampstead (Janson) ; Tonbridge (Homer); Wester- 

 ham, Kent (Gorham) ; New Forest. 



PXTYOPHTHORtTS, Eichhoff. 



About thirty species are contained in this genus, which are all very 

 small insects, and live exclusively on Coniferas ; the majority are found 

 in North and South America; live or six occur in Europe of which one 

 only, P. microyraphus, has hitherto been supposed to inhabit Britain ; it 

 seems, however, to be now proved that this species has not, as yet, 

 occurred at all in our country (although it most probably will be found 

 to be indigenous), and that our specimens must be referred to two 



