the Family Rhysodidte. 79 



whetlier tliey follow the insects which pierce the timber dia- 

 metrically or those that work in the layers of the bark T can- 

 not say ; but their habits are doubtless in no way analogous 

 to those of Prostomis or Rhysodes. The least artificial posi- 

 tion for the Rhysodidse seems to me to be next to the 

 Cucujid^, and tliis is the position in which they are placed 

 on page 867 of the ' Munich Catalogue.' 



1 have given the name of Rhysodes Browii to Rhysodes ater- 

 rimus, Broun, as the latter name has been used by Chevrolat ; 

 and in uniting eminens, Broun, with orUtosus, Broun, as the 

 sexes of one species, I have allowed the name of the female 

 precedence ; and this I have no doubt the gallant describer 

 will cordially endorse. 



The six following species have the eyes more or less cir- 

 cular at their edge and visibly reticulate ; wings ample. 



Epiglymmius, n. g., 1888. 



I restrict this genus to two species, sulcatus, Fabr., and 

 comes, Lewis ; both these insects have the terminal joint of 

 the antenna conical, the median elevation on the upper sur- 

 face of the head not abbreviated, and the humeral angles of 

 the elytra are round. 



Epiglymmius comes, sp. n. 



E. sulcato simillimus ; thorace trisulcato, sulcis lateralibus hand 



abbreviatis, 

 L. 7^ mill. 



This species is narrower than sulcatus, Fabr., and rather 

 smaller. The head is less transverse behind the eyes, the two 

 lateral thoracic sulci are complete, the thorax is narrower and 

 more parallel at the sides, and the legs are less robust. Erich- 

 son says oi sulcatus,Fahv. (Nat. Ins. iii. p. 300), " prothorace 

 trisulcato, sulcis lateribus antice abbreviatis," and there is an 

 excellent figure of it in Duval's Gen. Col. d'Europe, p. 47, 



fig. 234. ^^.^ ^ ^ 



I obtained two specimens of comes at JNikko and two at 



Sapporo. 



Rhysodes, Westwood, 1835. 



The name of this genus was suggested by Dalman in 1823, 

 but it was first characterized by Westwood m 1829, and pub- 



