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wood itself, upon the hazel. " New Forest, June, 1831." — Rev. 

 F. W. Hope. 



Genus CCCLV. — Phloeobius, SchonJierr. 



Antennoe rather long, slender, inserted beneath the sinus of the eyes, the basal 

 joint stout, short, the second minute, the six foUowing elongate, slender, sub- 

 cylindric, the eighth being shortest, the three terminal ones large, head com- 

 pressed, forming an elongate obtuse club. Bostrum short, broad, deflexed, 

 with the apex deeply notched : e^/es lateral, prominent, deeply emai-ginate : 

 thorax simple, narrow an teriorlj', truncate behind, the base within and the sides 

 posteriorly elevated : elytra elongate, subcylindric, convex, with the apex 

 rounded, and nearly covering the anus : legs moderate, slender : tarsi elon- 

 gate, slender. 



The elongate, slender antennae of Phloeobius, combined with 

 its deeply emarginate, prominent eyes, slender legs and elongate 

 slender tarsi, at once point out its distinction from Brachytarsus, 

 with which genus it has lately been united for the first time, but 

 evidently without regard to form or structure : — the only known 

 indigenous species appears to be parasitic upon insects. 



Sp. 1. griseus *. Plate xxi. f. 2. Fusco-griseus, antennarum basi, pedibusque 



ferrugineis, elytris striatis, striis subtilissivie pvnctatis. (Long. corp. 2 — 3 



lin.) 

 An. griseus. i^airiwW.— Ph. griseus. Sieph. Catal. \9S. No. IQQi. 

 Griseous-brown ; clothed with a griseous pile : elytra striate, the striae with 



minute punctures, the interstices with pale griseous spots: legs anteriorly and 



antennae, except the club, which is fuscous, ferruginous. 



Rare : I have taken a specimen in London ; and others have 

 occurred in Suffolk and in Devonshire. 



Genus CCCLVI. — Brachytarsus, Schdnherr. 



Antennae rather short and stout, inserted beneath the eyes j the two basal joints 

 sUghtly incrassated, the six following very short, obconic, the remaining three 

 large, forming an obtuse compressed club. Rostrum short, broad, deflexed, 

 with the apex subtruncate: eyes large, rounded, prominent: thorax short. 



* Whether this species be truly indigenous is doubtful ; it does not appear 

 to be known on the continent, and I have seen it in profusion alive in a box of 

 New Holland insects, received direct from that country. 



