ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET, 



PHLOIOTRYA RUFIPES. Stepfow. 

 Lymexylon laevigatum. Panzer. 



Pitchy-brown, slightly pubescent : head thickly 

 punctured : mouth and palpi rufo-testaceous : thorax 

 with the anterior margin rusty-testaceous, the mid- 

 dle rugose punctate, and an obsolete impressed line 

 on each side at the base : elytra finely punctured, 

 and generally of a deep chesnut brown : body be- 

 neath reddish brown : legs and antennae of the same 

 colour. 



Length 6f lines. 



Inhabits the wood of decayed oak trees. 



Our specimens were taken in the New Forest, in 

 the year 1817, when in company, on an entomolo- 

 gical excursion, with Mr. John Chant ; we were 

 fortunate enough to capture four specimens, two of 

 which were given to Dr. Leach. I also met with one 

 specimen of the larva, which is described by Mr. W. 

 Mac Leay, and of which we here give a figure be- 

 neath the perfect insect which is very rare. 



"Larva whitish, elongate, scaly, with few hairs ex- 

 cept about the last segment of the abdomen : body 

 thickest at the middle and tail, upper side rather 

 convex, under concave : head semiglobular, with 

 vestiges of eyes : antennae triarticulate, short, with 

 the first joints greatest : mandibles short, strong and 

 sharp : maxillary palpi acute at point, and labial 

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