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antennas ferruginous. (L. 11.) Under bark, roots, &c, London district ; 

 Nottingham ; Edinburgh, &c. : . 



1042 nodifer Westtcood Int. i. 155. pi. 13. f. 23. — Pitchy-black: thorax 

 narrow, constricted behind the middle, the disc with 2 ridges ; elytra 

 punctate-striate, with 2 tubercles behind the middle. (L. 1 1.) Roots 

 of white thorn : Chiswick and Coombe Wood : 8-9. 



1043 rugosus Herbst. vi. pi. 44. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 113. — Oblong; black : 

 thorax broad, short, rather narrowed in front, the base with a deep trans- 

 verse impression, the disc with an obscure dorsal channel ; elytra rather 

 faintly punctate-striate ; interstices not elevated ; antennas, mouth, and 

 legs dull red. (L. 1 1.) Hedges; London district : 3-6. 



1044 testaceus Waterhouse. — Ste. M. iii. 114. pi. xviii. f. 3. — Short; 

 somewhat convex ; testaceous, slightly glossy : thorax very short, wide ; 

 bisinuated in front, disc slightly convex ; with an obscure channel, and a 

 deep somewhat 3-lobed transverse basal fovea ; elytra obsoletely punctate- 

 striate ; antennas and legs pale testaceous. (L. f 1.) Old Brompton : 5. 



1045 ruficollis Marsh, i. 111. — Ste. M. iii. 114. — Elongate; pale testa- 

 ceous, shining, glabrous : thorax oblong, constricted towards the middle, 

 with a faint dorsal channel in front, and a transverse impression behind ; 

 elytra fuscous, deeply punctate-striated, interstices alternately elevated, 

 apex rounded; antennas and legs pale testaceous. (L. f 1.) Under 

 bark, &c. ; Dulwich ; Kensington Gardens ; Ripley ; Bristol ; Swansea ; 

 Carlisle: 3-6. 



1046 elongatus Cur. vii. pi. 311. — Ste. M. iii. 115. — Elongate; narrow, 

 pale chestnut or testaceous : thorax oblong, constricted behind the middle, the 

 disc coarsely punctured, hinder angles slightly narrowed ; elytra rather 

 deeply punctate-striate, the 5th interstice elevated ; antennas and legs 

 paler than the rest of the body. (L. f-ji 1.) Under moss, bark, &c. ; 

 Southgate; Bristol; Humby ; New Forest, &c, . 



170 Corticaria Marsham. 



1047 pubescens Illiger. — Gijll. iv. 123. — Ste. M. iii. 106. — Rusty-brown, 

 dusky-piceous, or pale-testaceous ; rather densely pubescent : thorax elon- 

 gate, somewhat heart-shaped, the sides obscurely crenulate, the base with a 

 large fovea ; elytra closely punctate-striate, interstices also punctured, and 

 wrinkled; breast and base of abdomen dusky. (L. 1-1* 1.) Old walls, 

 &c, near London : cellars, Nottingham; Edinburgh : 3-6. 



1048 crenulata Schup. — Gijll. iv. 125.— Ste. M. iii. 107. — Pitchy- or 

 rusty-brown, black or testaceous, densely pubescent: thorax shortish, the 

 sides regularly rounded and obsoletely crenate ; base with a more or less 

 deep fovea ; elytra punctate-striate, and faintly wrinkled transversely. 

 (L. 1 1.) Battersea fields; Hertford; Walham Green (in dry fungus) ; 

 Edinburgh : 3-6. 



1049 denticulata Schup. — Gyll. iv. 126. — Ste. M. iii. 107. — Pitchy- 

 brown, or black, slightly pubescent : thorax short, rounded, its sides ob- 

 scurely crenate ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices impunctate, but ob- 

 scurely rugged; legs rusty-red. (L. 1 1.) Under bark, &c. ; London 

 district : 3-6. 



1050 longicornis Herbst. v. 4. pi. 44. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 107. — Black; 

 slightly shining and rather pubescent : thorax a little elongate, the sides 

 dilated and rounded before the middle, not crenate ; the base narrowed, 

 and with an obscure fovea ; elytra punctate-striate, the interstices im- 

 punctate, but finely wrinkled transversely : legs and antennas at the base 

 reddish, tip of the latter dusky. (L. 1 1.) Under bark, &c. ; London 

 district : 3-6. 



