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evident characters ; from Cryptophagus it differs by the integrity 

 of the margin of the thorax, and from Phloiophilus by the form of 

 its antennae : — it feeds on fungi, 



Sp. 1. fumata. — Plate xvii. f. 1. — Ohlongo-ovatus, subconvexus, ochraceo-tes- 

 taceus, pilis brevioribus tectus. (Long. corp. ^ lin.) 



De. fumata. Marsham. — My. fumata. Steph. Catal. 87. No. 940. 



Oblong-ovate, slightly convex, pale ochraceous-testaceous, the head and thorax 

 somewhat ferruginous, impunctate: elytra finely punctate-striated, clothed 

 with minute pale hairs : legs and antennae pale testaceous. 



The synonyma given in my Systematic Catalogue, as above quoted, with the 

 exception of the above reference to Marsham, I suspect belong rather to 

 Typhaea tomentosa than to the present insect, which so far as I can ascertain 

 appears to be unknown to the continental writers. 



Four examples only of this singular insect have come under my 

 inspection : one in the cabinet of the Rev. W. Kirby, a pair in that 

 of J. Scales, Esq. of Beachanwell, and one in my own : of their 

 localities I am ignorant. 



Genus CXLVI. — Phloiophilus, Waterhouse MSS. 



Antenna rather longer than the thorax, the two basal joints incrassated, sub- 

 globose; the third to the eighth gradually shortened, the last being shortest, 

 and the fifth nearly as long as the third ; the three terminal ones nearly of 

 equal bulk, forming a distinct club. Palpi with the terminal joint conic- 

 acute : head subtriangular, rounded anteriorly : thorax very short, elliptic- 

 transverse, the lateral margins gradually rounded, the anterior and posterior 

 angles being obsolete, the hinder margin sinuated : body elongate-ovate : elytra 

 entire, slightly convex : legs rather slender, tibia and tarsi slender. 



This genus is distinguished by having the two basal joints of the 

 antennae, as well as the three terminal ones, considerably in- 

 crassated ; by the former of which characters it differs from all the 

 genera of this family, excepting the two first — Trichopteryx and 

 Anisarthria — in which the articulations in question are elongate, 

 while in Phloiophilus they are subglobose : and the insects are 

 giants compared with their pygmy brethren belonging to the two 

 genera above mentioned. 



f Sp. 1. Edwardsii. Plate xviii. f. 1. — Ater, tenne pubescens, elytris pallide- 

 testaceo variegatis, antennarum hasi tarsisque piceo-rufis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ph. Edwardsii. Waterhouse MSS. 



Deep black, clothed with a short pale griseous or golden pubescence: head 

 thickly and coarsely punctate ; mouth piceous : thorax also very coarsely and 



