This family seems to form a transition from the Curculionidae 

 to the Salpingiclae, fol. 662 ; but should these last have to be 

 removed in consequence of their heteromerous character, 

 then the Anthribidae will, it is presumed, come in immediate 

 contact with the Cerambycidac, which they certainly very 

 much resemble. 



The only species of Platyrhinus known to inhabit Europe 

 is 



1. latirostris. Tab.— Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 723. 



Velvety, gray, head and apex of elytra ochreous : antennae 

 black ; thorax variegated with brown, with a large cavity in 

 the centre, the margins elevated, the edges pale ; elytra with 

 strongly punctured striae, 2 first abbreviated, the 3d interstice 

 from the suture raised, and terminating abruptly before the 

 apex, as well as the sutural and the outer alternate inter- 

 stices ; an irregular reddish brown spot on each shoulder 

 margined with ochre, connected at the suture by a blackish 

 band, another very irregular band across the middle, and a 

 3d beyond it, all edged with ochre and margined with broad 

 black spots : abdomen beneath silky grayish white : legs black 

 with white somewhat circular transverse lines ; joints of the 

 tarsi white at the base. 



This handsome species probably undergoes its metamor- 

 phoses in Sphceria Fraxmea, and is found on the trunks of the 

 ash, beech, alder and birch. I have occasionally met with it 

 in Boleti in woods and on trunks of trees in Norfolk in June, 

 and Mr. Dale has found it under the bark of the beech in 

 the New Forest in April : at Clifton, near Bristol, it has oc- 

 curred in considerable abundance at the end of April, at the 

 base of trees, and Mr. Walcott transmitted a living specimen 

 to me from that neighbourhood. Mr. Dillwyn occasionally 

 finds it on ash-trees near Swansea, and various other localities 

 have been recorded. 



Tropideres of Schon. is a subgenus distinguished by 

 longer antennae, with the od and 5 following joints elongated 

 and slender, with the club elongated ; the eyes are large and 

 often somewhat approximating in front. 



1. niveirostris jPai. — brevirostris Panz. 57. 9. 



It inhabits the hazel in June, in Coomb-lane and the New 

 Forest. I found one upon a gate at Earsham in Norfolk. 



2. albirostris Fab. — Panz. 15. 13. 



" Captured on paling near Norwich." — Step. 



The plant is Acinos vulgaris, Basil Thyme. 



