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mucli elongate, and its pabulum congenerous: from the preceding 

 genera of the present family this may be known by having the club 

 of the antennae quadriarticulate, the third joint of the tarsi (which 

 are pentamerous) bifid, &c. 



Sp. 1. piniperda. Nigro-piceus, aut testaceus, brevius pubescens, elytris tenwz 

 punctato-striatis, interstitiis punctulato-subrugosis, antennis tarsisque rufo~ 

 testaceis. (Long. corp. \\ — If lin.) 



De. piniperda. Linne. — Hy. piniperda. Curtis, iii.pL 104,.— Steph. Catal. 147. 

 No. 1479. 



Pitchy-black or testaceous, slightly pubescent : head and thorax very delicately 

 punctured, the latter with the base a little waved, and having a transverse 

 impressed line within : elytra subcylindric, faintly punctate-striate, with the 

 interstices somewhat rugosely punctate : legs short, pitchy-black ; tarsi pale 

 testaceous: antennae ferruginous. 



Variable in colour ; occurring of all intermediate hues from pale testaceous to 

 nearly black, according to its state of maturity. 



Frequents the Scotch fir, to the leading shoots of which it is 

 exceedingly detrimental, the imago perforating them longitudi- 

 nally and transversely, and also injuring the wood and bark of the 

 trunk: it is abundant in fir woods near London. " Epping." — 

 Mr. Doubledcty. " Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. ater. Elongatus, cylindricus, niger, nitidus, fere glaber, antennis ferru- 

 gineis, rostro fronteque carinatis, thorace elongato, subcylindrico, vix carinato. 

 (Long. corp. 2—2^ lin.) 



Hyles. ater. Fabricius.— Hylur. ater. Steph. Catal. 147. No. 1480. 



Elongate, subcylindric, black, glossy, nearly glabrous: head much produced 

 anteriorly, with a longitudinal carina extending to the forehead : thorax elon- 

 gate, subcylindric, thickly punctured, without a dorsal carina : elytra cylin- 

 dric, coarsely crenate-striate, the interstices flat and transversely rugulose; 

 and towards the apex rather scabrous: legs pitchy-black; the apex of the 

 tibiae, the tarsi, and antennae rufo-piceous or castaneous. 



Also common in fir plantations near London ; in dry wood, 

 under bark, &c. 



Sp. 3. palliatus. Brevior, nigro-piceus, subpubescens, thorace supra, elytris, 

 tibiis, tarsis, antennar unique basi rufo-ferrugineis, thorace brevi, lateribus 

 dilatato, supra carinato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Hyles. palliatus. Fabricius. — Hylur. palliatus. Steph. Catal. 147. A r o. 1481. 



Short, pitchy-black, somewhat pubescent: with the thorax above, the elytra, 

 tibiae, tarsi, and base of the antennae, rufo-ferruginous : the thorax short, 



