232 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



males, and the exserted ovipositor of the females, readily point out 

 its distinction from its allies, exclusively of the dissimilarity of the 

 palpi, &c. 



Sp. 1. ^dilis. Brunneus, dense griseo-pubescens, thorace punctis quatuor Jlavo- 

 pilosis, elytris fasciis duabus fuscis. (Long. corp. 8— 10 lin.— antennis $ 3 

 unc. 6—10 lin.) 



Ce. ^dilis. Linne.—Don. ii. pZ. T2.— Ac. iEdilis. Steph. Catal 197. No. 2022. 



Brownish-ash, with a dense griseous pubescence : eyes black : thorax with four 

 yellowish pilose tubercles placed transversely on the disc, and an obtuse 

 tubercle on each side : elytra rather thickly punctured at the base^ and with 

 a few short fascicles of black hairs ; before the middle is an obsolete fuscous 

 fascia^ and an oblique abbreviated irregular one behind: — antennae in the 

 males about five times the length of the body, in the females about twice, 

 each joint cinereous at the base, and black at the apex: legs brown, with ashy 

 down : tarsi fuscous : ovipositor of female black. 



Rare: specimens have, however, been captured in very many 

 and distant parts ; in Scotland, SujBFolk, Devonshire, &c., and in 

 and about the metropolis. " A fine specimen of this insect is in 

 the cabinet of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, which was 

 taken in Scotland." — Rev. L.Jenyns. " Near Newcastle." — W. C. 

 Hewitson, Esq. 



Genus CCCLXX. — Stenocorus, Fabricius. 



Palpi subfiliform, maxillary longest, with the terminal joint short, subconic, 

 obtuse. Antennce as long as the body, setaceous, pilose, the articulations, 

 except the two basal and the apical one, bispinose at the apex within : head 

 small, rounded : thorax tuberculated, sometimes spinous : elytra elongate, 

 convex, spinose at the apex : legs slender : intermediate and posterior Jemora 

 with a spine at the tip: tibios simple. 



Sp. 1. spinicornis. Cinerascens, punctis elevatis fuscis, elytris bidentatis, an- 



tennarum articulis bidentatis. (Long. corp. 10 — 11 lin.) 

 St. spinicornis. Fabricius.-^ Steph. Catal. 413. No. 2021.*** note. 



Cinerascent, densely pilose, with elevated glabrous ferrugineo-fuscous points: 

 thorax with a longitudinal carina and three tubercles on each side of the disc 

 glabrous and shining : elytra with irregular glabrous elevations : antennaj and 

 legs ferruginous, slightly pilose. 



This fine insect has been taken at least a dozen times in the vicinity of 

 London : I possess a pair that were found in Bermondsey about fifteen years 

 since: all probably imported in American timber. 



