CUCUJIDiE. — CUCUJUS. 223 



Sp. 3. piceus. Bufo-castaneus, nitidus, immaculatus, stibtilissime piinctulatus , 

 ihorace lateribus postice suhdenticulato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Cu. piceus. Olivier, E. iv. pi. 1. f. 5? — Westwood, Zool. Jour. iv. 227. pi. 

 sup. ylvii.f. 1. 



'Ra.io-castaneous, shining, immaculate, finely punctured : thorax with the base 

 of the lateral margins slightly denticulated : elytra faintly striated. 



Taken in Wiltshire, beneath the bark of a decayed elm. 



Sp. 4. ferrugineus. Jiiifo-testaceus nitidus, immaculatus, subtilissime punctulatus, 

 thorace subquailrato immarginato m,utico, obsolete bistriato, elytris substriatis. 

 (Long. Corp. 1 — 1| lin.) 



Cu. ferrugineus. Megerle. — Cu. testaceus. Steph. Catal. 195. JVo. 2013.— 

 Gyll. ii. xii. 



BxLfo-testaceous, shining, immaculate; finely punctured : head as broad as the 

 thorax, the latter suhquadrate, immarginate, with the hinder angles rather 

 prominent, the disc on each side with a very delicate stria : elytra pale rufo- 

 testaceous, each with three faint impunctate striae: legs and antennae pale rufo- 

 testaceous; the latter with the basal and three terminal joints largest. 



Found at Hertford ; several specimens taken flying in a garden 

 there in May, 1826. 



I Sp. 6. unifasciatus. Pallide fulvo testaceus, thorace subquadrato lateribus in- 

 tegris, elytris macuUi ohsoleta fused. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Cu. unifasciatus. Latreille. Hist. xi. 256? — ff'estwood, Zool. Jour, iv, pi. 

 supp. xlvii. JI 2. 



Pale inlYO-testaceous ; head as large as the thorax, emarginated anteriorly; 

 thorax suhquadrate, with a fine depressed line parallel with each lateral 

 margin, which is entire : elytra with several rows of minute punctures, more 

 distinct near the apex ; there is also a deeper stria near the lateral and sutural 

 margin of each, and in the centre an obscurely defined brown spot. 



Tar. /3. With a distinct broad brown fascia across the middle of the elytra. 



Taken in Hainault-forest, under the bark of hornbeam, by Mr. 

 Bydder. " Var. (3. New Forest, June last." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 6. monihcornis. Rufo-testaceus, nitidus, thorace obcordato, subtilissime 

 punctulato, elytris obsolete striatis, capiie lata, antennis fiUformibus, articuUs 

 uitimis tribus paulo crassioribus. (Long. corp. 1 — 15 lin.) 



Co. monihcornis. Marsham MS S.—Cn. mom\icorm&. Steph. Catal. 196, No. 

 2015. 



Rufo-testaceous, or pale castaneous, shining: head broad: eyes black: thorax 

 ohcordsite, \ery finely and rather sparingly punctured; the disc flat: elytra 



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