when he published his Coleoptera, although it has since been 

 occasionally met with in some abundance. 



The following are said to be British species of Hypophlseus. 



1. H. castaneus Fab. — Panz. 12. 13. — taxicornis Oliv. 2. 



No. i8.pl. \.j: 2. 



Length 3 lines. Shining castaneous brown, firmly punc- 

 tured, thorax oblong, elytra very long, punctate-striate, with 

 a row of punctures between them. 



Specimens of this rare insect are preserved in the cabinets 

 of the British Museum, Mr. Kirby and Mr. Vigors, said to 

 have been taken under the bark of an Elm-tree near Ply- 

 mouth by Dr. Leach, and in the New Forest, I believe, by 

 Mr. Bydder. Gyllenhal says it is found under the bark of dead 

 trees, especially the Beech. 



2. H. bicolor Oliv.— Panz. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 430. 

 Shining rufous, thickly and minutely punctured ; eyes black; 



thorax suborbicular, the posterior angles slightly acuminated; 

 elytra (excepting the base) and apex of abdomen black, the 

 former with the punctures disposed longitudinally, but irre- 

 gularly. 



Lives under the bark of Elms ; also of the Oak and Birch. 

 For specimens of this pretty little insect I was first indebted to 

 my friend E. T. Bennett, Esq. who took them in abundance 

 in a Boletus in Kensington Gardens ; it has been taken also 

 in February, April, and May, at South Creak in Norfolk, 

 and Sydenham in Kent ; and in October I found a specimen 

 under the bark of an Elm-tree in Camberwell Grove. 



3. H. depressus Fab. — Panz. 1. 23. — unicolor Oliv. 2. No. 18. 



pl.2.f.S. 



Length \\ line. Shining ferruginous red, immaculate, de- 

 pressed, thorax short, subquadrate, elytra punctate-striate. — 

 Gyll. 



Lives under the bark of dead trees, especially the Oak, and 

 is occasionally met with in flowers in Sweden. Specimens are 

 said to have been taken in June in Copenhagen Fields, and 

 near an Elm in Gray's Inn, by Mr. Ingpen; and an insect 

 detected under the bark of an Oak near Swansea, is supposed 

 by Mr. Dillwyn to have been this species. 



The Plant is Convallaria majalis (The Lily of the Valley). 



