436 RHTNCHOPHORA. 



Wootton ; Bath, in profusion by beating clematis ; Monmouthshire and Hereford, 

 shire ; Malvern ; Sutton, near Birmingham ; Robin's Wood, Rcpton, near Burton-on- 

 Trent. I know of no localities further north. 



DRYOC2ETES, Eichhoff. 



This genus contains about a dozen or thirteen species which are widely 

 distributed ; six or seven of these occur in Europe and the remainder 

 inhabit North and South America from Alaska to Brazil ; one or two 

 have been described from India ; Eichhoff has separated off D. bicolor, 

 Herbst., and D. villifrons, Duft., as a distinct genus Tapliroryclms ; the 

 species, with the exception of D. villosus, are extremely scarce ; the chief 

 character that has been used in distinguishing the species lies in the 

 sculpture of the hinder part of the thorax, but as a matter of fact it is 

 often very difficult to make out whether it is closely punctured or granu- 

 late, and this is proved by authors often using directly opposite terms 

 in speaking of the same species ; thus in two descriptions before me, one 

 author says of the common D. villosus, " thorax punctured throughout," 

 while the other partly distinguishes it from D. autocjraplms by the fact 

 that the thorax is shagreened towards the base, whereas in the last- 

 named species it is punctured. 



The genus may be distinguished by having the prosternum furnished 

 with a sharp and distinct angular process between the anterior coxa? and 

 tho elytra not excavate at apex which is applied to the abdomen ; the 

 scutellum is distinct and the base of the thorax is not bordered ; the 

 club of the antenna? has the sutures straight and the funiculus is five- 

 jointed ; tho tibiae are more or less dilated ; the thorax is usually 

 scabrous in front but not strongly so, and the elytra are furnished with 

 rows of punctures which are sometimes very regular and placed in 

 impressed strire and sometimes more or less irregular with the striae 

 scarcely marked. 



I. Upper surface with long villose pubescence ; form 

 broader ; length 2f- 4 mm. 



i. Sutural striae of elytrae not deeply impressed ~, 



suture not raised ; size larger D. AUTO<JRAPHUS, Ratx. 



ii. Sutural striae of elytra deeply impressed and sulci- 



form behind ; suture raised ; size smaller . . . D. VII/LOSUS, F. 

 IT. Upper surface with comparatively short and much 



less distinct pubescence ; form narrower ; length 

 l|-2 mm. 



i. Thorax granulate in front, granulately sculptured 

 and dull behind ; elytra with distinct striae, and the 

 interstices more finely punctured than the striae . D. ALNJ, Geor<j. 



(Marshami, Rye). 



ii. Thorax granulate in front, rather diffusely and 

 very distinctly punctured behind ; elytra uni- 

 formly punctured without distinct striae . . . . D. COEYLT, Ferris. 



The last mentioned species appears to be very probably synonymous 

 with the Lymantur sepicola of Lowendal ; the genus Lymantor has been 



