The genus Bolitophagus was established by Illiger, and being 

 adopted by Fabricius and other writers to the present time, I 

 have employed it, although I doubt whether Latreille's name 

 Eledona has not the right of priority. Illiger's is evidently not 

 correctly written, since it was intended to imply that these in- 

 sects feed on Boleti, and it must be admitted that the specific 

 name Agaricola is much more apposite than the Fabrician 

 one; no unnecessary innovations, however, must be allowed, I 

 have therefore copied the names literally, although they were 

 corrected in the Guide. 



Bolitophagus seems to be related to Sarrotrium (fol. 314.), 

 thereby forming a connexion with the Tenebrionidse, and it is 

 undoubtedly allied to Diaperis (fol. 358.); Latreille places it 

 between that genus and Tetratoma (fol. 123.) in his " Genera 

 Crustaceorum," &c., but it follows Hypophlaeus (fol. 430.) in 

 his " Families Naturelles." 



Mr. Wilkin had an idea that he had discovered a new spe- 

 cies of Bolitophagus, and the mistake arose from very few spe- 

 cimens being known at that time, and it was a pale-coloured 

 individual, with the surface appearing more perfect than usual, 

 from the sculpture being free from the particles of the Boleti 

 that they live upon, which often fill and obliterate the punc- 

 tures and other indentations. The only species therefore 

 known to inhabit this country is the 



B. Agricola Fab. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 586. 



This insect inhabits Boleti, especially amongst oaks, and is 

 sometimes found in abundance in May and June. Mr. Kirby 

 has taken it in Suffolk in the Agaric of the Willow ; I once 

 took 2 or 3 out of a Boletus on a Pollard Elm in Norfolk. 

 Mr. Ingpen has met with it in Kensington Gardens, and Mr. 

 Hope at Netley in Shropshire. 



For specimens of the pretty Autumnal Squill {Scilla autum- 

 nalis) I am indebted to Mr. C. Fox, who gathered them on 

 Blackheath. 



