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pendage : head wide : tho. with sides dilated, entire : eyes wanting : elytra 



flattish, entire : tarsi 4-jointed. 

 cxcvii. Cerylon Ant. 10-jointed; club 1 -articulate, with an acute terminal 



appendage : max. palpi filiform, the apical joint rather narrowed and 



truncate at tip : head wide : eyes distinct : tho. with margins entire : body 



oblong- ovate, flat : elytra entire : tarsi 4-jointed. 

 cxcviii. Tribolium Ant. 11-jointed; club 3 -articulate : tho. transverse: body 



somewhat linear, flattish : tarsi 5-jointed, 4th joint minute. 

 cxcix. Rhyzophagus Ant. indistinctly 11-jointed; club 2-articulate, its 2d 



joint obscure : maxillce with outer lobe slender, jointed at tip : head large : 



tho. with sides entire : body narrow, rather flat : elytra not covering the 



abdomen : tarsi heteromerous. 



183 Engis Latreille. 



1036 rufifrons Fab. E. i. 46. — Pz. F. xxxvi. f. 19. — Ste. M. iii. 92. — 

 Pitchy-black, shining, glabrous ; thickly punctulate : head dull red, 

 mouth fuscous ; elytra punctate-striate, with an ovate rusty red spot at 

 the base, and a patch of the same hue at the tip ; apex of the abdomen, 

 legs, and antenna? dull red, club pale. Varies (according to maturity) 

 from pale testaceous to deep black. (L. 1-1 ^ 1.) 



Var. ? En. angustata Kirby. — Ste. M. iii. 92. — Narrow, elongate, and 

 slender ; above pale immaculate testaceous, the elytra sometimes slightly 

 clouded with dusky. Boleti, &c. London district ; Bottisham ; New 

 Forest ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon ; Nottinghamshire ; S. Wales, &c. % 

 5-6. 



1087 scanica L. ii. 564. — Pz. F. iv. f. 9. — Ste. M. iii. 92. — Glossy- 

 black : head and thorax red ; eyes black ; elytra finely punctate-striate, 

 with a small oval red spot on the shoulder ; tip of the abdomen, legs, 

 and antenna? red. Varies in colour, like its congener. (L. 1^-lf 1.) 

 Fungi, &c., London district ; also in Suffolk and Norfolk: 5-6. 



184 Ips Herbst. 



1088 4-guttata Fab. E. ii. 580. — Pz. F. iii. f. 18. — Ste. M. iii. 93 



Rather convex, wide, black, shining : thorax 4-drangular ; elytra with a 

 S-lobed yellowish, or ochreous, spot at the base, and 2 red transverse-ovate 

 ones (nearly divided in the centre) behind the middle ; legs and antenna? 

 pitchy-chestnut ; club dusky. (L. lf-2^ 1. ) Windsor and New Forest; 

 under bark of felled oaks ; 5-6. 



1089 4-pustulata L. ii. 570. — Oliv. ii. pi. 3. f. 22. — Ste. M. iiL 93. — 

 Linear-elongate, flattish ; black, finely punctured : thorax transverse 

 4-drate; elytra with 2 red spots, the basal one sinuated and 3-lobed, 

 the other transverse-ovate ; antenna? and legs black ; tarsi pitchy. (L. 1\ 1. ) 

 Bexley; Coombe ; Windsor; West Farley; Bottisham; Raehills, &c. ; 

 under bark of sallow; 5-6. 



1090 4-punctata Herbst. iv. 165. pL 42. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 94. — Cur. vii. 

 pi. 306. — Somewhat ovate, flattish; glossy black, finely punctured : elytra 

 with 2 ovate reddish spots, one of them at the base, the other, placed 

 transversely, near the apex ; legs pitchy-chestnut ; tarsi paler. (L. 2^-3 1.) 

 Windsor ; New Forest ; under bark of birch : 5-6. 



1091 6-pustulata Ste. M. v. 408 Broad; rather flat; shining black; 



punctured ; the punctures coarse on the elytra, the latter with 2 ovate 

 spots near the shoulder, placed obliquely ; and a large transverse one near 

 the apex on the disc; legs pitchy. {L. 3 1.) Near London: 6. 



1052 ferruginea L, ii. 564. — Ste. M. iii. 94. — Lv. dermestoides Pz. F. 



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