358 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



pressed transversely: thorax rugose anteriorly, finely punc tula ted posteriorly; 

 elytra cylindric, punctate-striate, the interstices flat, with a few remote and 

 minute punctures disposed in striae, the apex retuse, the retuse margin with 

 several irregular denticulations : femora pitchy-black; tibiae and tarsi pale 

 brunneous : antennas rufo-testaceous. 



Frequents the larch, and is apparently scarce. " Windsor." — 

 Mr. Waterhouse. 



Sp. 9. monographus. Cylindricus, brunneo-testaceus, nitidus, pallido pubescens, 

 elytris subtilissime obsolete punctato-striatis, apice subretusis, singulo denti- 

 culis 3 out 4, uno exteriori. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Bo. monographus. Fabricius. — To. monographus. Steph. Catal. 145. No. 1464. 



Cylindric, testaceous-brown, shining, clothed with pale hairs : head small, obso- 

 letely punctate : thorax finely granulated anteriorly, shining posteriorly, and 

 delicately punctate: elytra obsoletely and faintly punctate- striate, with the 

 apex somewhat retuse, bounded on each elytron with three or four denticula- 

 tions: legs and antennas testaceous. 



Also rare : found near London. 



Sp. 10. Typographus. Nigro-piceus, vel testaceus, subnitidus, longius Jlaves- 

 centi-pilosus, elytris profundi striato-punctatis, apice truncato-retusis , singule 

 ambitd sex dentato, dente quarto mqjore. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



ips Typographus. De Geer. — To. Typographus. Steph. Catal. 145. No. 1466. 



Pitchy-black or testaceous, slightly shining, clothed with long flavescent hairs : 

 thorax large, produced and scabrous anteriorly, somewhat smoother and finely 

 punctured behind and in the middle: elytra somewhat remote from the 

 thorax, deeply punctate-striate, with the interstices convex, smooth, the apex 

 deeply truncate-retuse, the retuse margin with six dentations, the fourth denti- 

 culation largest; the base of the excavation rugose : antenna? and legs pitchy- 

 ferruginous or testaceous. 



Very rare : found beneath the bark of firs, excavating various 

 labyrinthiform passages, fancifully resembling letters and other 

 typographical characters, whence its name. " Under bark (near 

 Swansea)."— L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Genus CCLXVIII. — Hylesinus, Fabricius. 



Antenna; with an obovate club, evidently acuminated to the apex, and composed 

 of three or four distinct articulations ; the basal joint elongate, slightly bent, 

 and clavate : the second subglobose, the intermediate to the club transverse- 



