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Larva? white, curved; it feeds upon farinaceous substances, and is particularly 

 attached to old bread and wafers, the latter of which it fastens together in 

 masses of three or four, within which it undergoes its metamorphosis, the in- 

 sect appearing in plenty in June : — it will also attack neglected collections of 

 insects. 



Very common throughout the metropolitan district. 



B. Elytra with scattered punctures, not striated. 



Sp. 8. tessellatum. Fusco-ferrugineum,subtilissimiscabrosum,pitbeJlavescente 

 tessellatum, thorace convexo vix foveolato. (Long. corp. 2 — 3 lin.) 



An. tessellatum. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. 142. No. 1432.— Pt. fatedicus- 

 Shaw, N. M. iii. p. 104. 



Ferruginous-brown, scabrous : thorax and elytra punctulate, tessellated with a 

 flavescent down, the former convex, scarcely foveolated, its anterior margin 

 considerably elevated over the head: antenna; dusky-ferruginous, slightly 

 serrated : legs fusco-piceous. 



Found in old trees, especially willows, throughout the metro- 

 politan district, in June and July; but not very plentifully. " Net- 

 ley."— Rev. F. W. Hope. '< West-walls."— T. C. Heysham, Esq. 

 " Epping. "—Mr. Doubleday. " Glanville's Wootton.""— J. C. 

 Dale, Esq. " Not uncommon (near Swansea) : by the Welsh 

 it is called Mario oriawr." — L. W. Dillzvyn, Esq. "Old oak, 

 Copenhagen-fields." — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 9. molle. Oblongum, testaceum pubescens, thorace postice rotundato mar- 

 ginato, antennis mediocribus articulis ultimisjilijormibus. (Long. corp. if — 2 

 lin.) 



Pt. mollis. Linnc— An. molle. Steph. Catal. 142. No. 1434. 



Oblong, testaceous, pubescent : eyes brown-black : thorax short, rounded be- 

 hind and margined; the sides deflexed and rounded: the disc moderately 

 convex, thickly punctured ; elytra linear-elongate, finely and thickly punc- 

 tured, dull testaceous ; the apex rounded and somewhat glossy : legs and an- 

 tennae ferruginous: the latter rather elongate, with the three terminal joints, 

 especially in the males, filiform and slender. Slightly variable in colour. 



Rare: found in pine woods. " Netley." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 

 " Near Carlisle."— Dr. Leach. " Swansea, once."— L. W. Dill- 

 icy n, Esq. 



Sp. 10. Abietis. Obi'ongo-ovatitm, fusco-testaceum, pubescens, thorace postice 



t)-uncato, Iateribus\depresso, antennis mediocribus. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 An. Abietis. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. 142. No. 1433. 



Oblong-ovate, fusco-testaceous, pubescent: eyes dusky-black: thorax short, 



