434 RHYNCHOPHORA. [PityopktTiortu, 



lurn small, depressed, shining ; elytra as wide as thorax and less than 

 twice as long, with humeral angles rounded, sides straight to near apex 

 which is bluntly rounded, moderately shining, with rows of rather deep 

 punctures, interstices irnpunctatc, the inner ones subrugose transversely, 

 especially round scutellum ; sutural stria impressed throughout its 

 length ; apical impressions wide and deep, with their central portion 

 glabrous and shining, and their lateral margins abruptly raised and 

 bearing five or six setigcrous tubercles, as also do the sutural margins 

 which are slightly raised at the apical declivity ; underside thinly 

 pubescent ; femora and tibiae pitchy brown, tarsi and antennas testa- 

 ceous. L. 2-2-*- mm. 



Under bark of Scotch firs, &c. ; rare, Scotland, Dee and Moi'ay districts, 

 Braemar, &c. 



The points in which this species appears to differ from the continental 

 P. Lichtensteinii are its greater size, the more abundant and yellower 

 frontal pubescence, the greater narrowing of the thorax in front, and its 

 more sparse and less rugose punctuation behind ; these hardly seem, 

 however, to be sufficient to justify its separation as a distinct species. 



P. pubescens, Marsh, (ramitlornm, Ferris ; mtcrogr&pkvt, Brit. Cat. 

 nee Gyll.). Somewhat elongate, pitchy or pitchy-ferruginous, shining, 

 with thin grey pubescence, antenna) and legs testaceous or reddish, 

 femora and tibiae sometimes with a fuscous tinge ; head in female Avith 

 a conspicuous brush of greyish- yellow hair ; thorax as long as, or slightly 

 longer than, broad, narrowed towards apex, which is rounded, scabrous 

 and dull in front, finely and sparingly punctured and shining behind, 

 with a smooth central line, the punctures being large and deep, base 

 distinctly bordered ; scutellum distinct ; elytra cylindrical, with con- 

 spicuous rows of strong punctures, interstices with slight transverse 

 wrinkles, sutural stria not impressed, suture slightly raised at apex with 

 a narrow, somewhat rounded, depression on either side, the lateral Avails 

 of which are only slightly raised and are punctured by the continuation 

 of the striae of the elytra and are not furnished with conspicuous sctigerous 

 tubercles. L. l|j-l| mui< 



Several authors assign the villose forehead to the male, but it appears 

 to be characteristic of the female. 



In dead branches of Scotch fir; local, but common where 1 it occurs; London 

 district, Kent and Surrey, not uncommon ; Kew, Shirley, Esher, Forest Hill, 

 AVoking, West Wickhum, Faversham, Birch Wood, Wimbledon, Farnham, Kings- 

 gate, &c. ; Hertford ; Shipley, near Horsham ; Hastings district ; Bournemouth ; 

 New Forest; Glanvilles Wootton ; Monmouthshire, rare; Malvern, Old Hills, bred by 

 myself in early summer in great abundance from small twigs collected from the 

 ground under fir trees in January ; Leominstcr ; Repton ; Burton-on-Treut ; Ire- 

 land, Bray, Co. Wicklow ; the Scotch records appear to apply to the preceding 

 species. 



(P. micrograpkus, Gyll. Elongate, cylindrical, reddish or pitchy 



