ENGID/E. TRIPHYLLUS. $3 



rather slender, tarsi elongated, the first and fourth joints much longer than 

 the intermediate. 



Triphyllus is with facility known from Mycetophagus by the 

 three last joints alone of the antennse forming the club, which is 

 somewhat abrupt; from Phloiophilus it differs in having but one of 

 the basal joints incrassated, and the thorax angulated posteriorly. 



Sp. 1. punctatus. Plate xvii. f. 2. — Pilosus, ferrugineus, elytris crebre, va- 

 geque punctatis, fusco-castaneis, basi punctoque intra apiceni ferrugineis. 

 (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ips punctata. Fabricius. — Bo. punctata. Don. xv. pi. 538. f. 3. — Tr. punc- 

 tatus. Steph. Catal. 87. No. 941. 



Pilose, rather convex: head dull ferruginous, thickly and deeply punctate, with 

 a transverse impressed stria above the eyes, which are dusky : thorax with 

 the margin obscurely crenulated, the base somewhat sinuated, the disc convex, 

 deep ferruginous, thickly and deeply punctured : elytra as broad as the thorax 

 at the base, convex, subemarginated anteriorly, thickly, coarsely and irregu- 

 larly punctate, castaneous-black, or pale fuscous-brown, the base transversely 

 ferruginous, and a small, more or less distinct, ovate spot of the same colour 

 towards the apex: body beneath ferruginous, pubescent, the breast rather 

 dusky and scarcely punctate : legs and antennae ferruginous. 



Not very abundant; sometimes beaten out of the thick herbage 

 in the lane leading to Darenth-wood from the house, and occa- 

 sionally near Coombe : it also inhabits Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. " Net- 

 ley and North Wales." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 2. bifasciatus. Niger, pubescens, antennarum basi pedihusque ferrugineis, 

 elytris vagi punctatis, fasciis duabus apiceque pallidi testaceis. (Long. corp. 

 1-1| lin.) 



Ips bifasciata. Fabricius.— -Tr. bifasciata. Steph. Catal. 87. No. 942. 



Black, pubescent ; head opaque, thickly and finely punctate, mouth rufo-piceous : 

 thorax scarcely emarginated, the sides rounded, immarginated, the base a little 

 waved; the disc convex, thickly rugose-punctate; the posterior angles and 

 lateral margin from the middle pellucid ; elytra slightly convex and glossy, 

 thickly, finely and irregularly rugose-punctate, and clothed with a delicate 

 depressed pubescence ; the outer margin and apex generally testaceous, with 

 a rather large, quadrangular, testaceous spot near the shoulders, and a smaller 

 one of similar hue, frequently united to the former, and forming an irregular 

 arcuated fascia; a little behind the middle is another transverse bent fascia of 

 similar colour : body piceous and slightly glossy beneath, finely punctured, 

 pubescent: legs ferruginous : antennae the same, with the three terminal joints 

 black. 



Somewhat rare : I once took a specimen in Copenhagen -fields, 



