ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



COREUS DENTICULATUS. Scop. 

 Coreus hirticornis. Fabr. Panz. 



Yellowish brown : head longer than broad: eyes 

 small, globose and very prominent : antennae very 

 robust and covered with long and coarse hair. 

 Thorax a little broader than the head, and covered 

 with yellowish hair : scutellum large and of the 

 colour of the thorax, elytra pale brown at the base, 

 transparent towards the apex, the neivures slightly 

 but prettily spotted, under wings transparent ; legs 

 of the colour of the body. 



Length of the body 4§ lines. 



Expansion of the elytra 6§ lines. 



Inbabits sandy places. 



We have never met with but one specimen of this 

 pretty insect, indeed all the species are rare except 

 marginatus, which is very abundant in the lane 

 leading from the Robin Hood to Coombe Wood, in 

 June and July. Our specimen of denticulatus was 

 found in a large sand pit, near Bexley, many years 

 since. 



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