BOSTRTCHIDiE. — TOMICUS. 357 



dric, closely and delicately punctate-striate, the interstices having each a row 

 of minute punctures, as in To. villosus; the apex retuse, unarmed: antennae 

 and legs testaceous, or rufescent. 



Apparently rare : it has been taken in the neighbourhood of 

 London, and in Devonshire and Cornwall. " Common (near 

 Swansea)." — L. IV. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 6. pubescens. Niger, subpubescens , antennis pedibusque Jlavescentibus , f route 



villos/e. (Long. corp. \ — f lin.) 

 Ips pubescens. Marsham.—To. pubescens. Steph. Catal. 145. No. 1461. 



Black, slightly pubescent, nearly opaque: thorax ovate, delicately punctulated; 

 elytra fuscescent or somewhat testaceous, deeply crenate-punctate : antennae 

 and legs flavescent; head densely pubescent in front. 



The minute size, nearly pubescent black body, and densely pilose head, distin- 

 guish this from the foregoing insect. 



Not common: found in old trees within the metropolitan di- 

 strict, and in Norfolk. " Kew."— Rev. T. T. Haverfield. 



b. The elytra dentate posteriorly. 



Sp. 7. bidens. Nigro-piceus, subnitidus, griseo-pubescens, elytris crebre sub- 

 tiliter punctato-striatis, apice truncato-retusis, singulo dente supero elongato, 

 hamato. (Long. corp. l.f — l| lin.) 



Bo. bidens. Fabricius.— To. bidens. Steph. Catal. 145. No. 1462. 



Pitchy-black, slightly shining ; clothed with a griseous pubescence : forehead 

 convex, punctate : thorax scabrous and very pubescent in front, with an ob- 

 solete transverse impression in the middle, and somewhat glabrous and 

 smoother behind: the back with a subcarinated longitudinal line: elytra 

 closely and finely punctate-striate, the apex truncate-retuse, each with a single 

 large slightly bent tooth on the upper edge of the excavation ; antennae and 

 legs pale rufo-testaceous. Female with the elytra subretuse, and very obsoletely 

 dentate. 



The most abundant species of the genus : found in several places 

 within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 8. Laricis. Nigro-piceus, subnitidus, pallido-pilosus, elytris punctato-striatis, 

 apice retusis, ambit A irregulariter dentato, interstitiis striarum seriato-punc- 

 tatis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 



Bo. Laricis. Fabricius. — To. Laricis. Steph. Catal. 145. No. 1463. 



Pitchy-black, a little glossy ; clothed with pale hairs : forehead obsoletely ira- 



