MEG ATOM A. ATTAGENUS. 143 



thorax, and the scutellum tawny ; hreast and abdomen beneath snow 



white; thighs with a snowy ring. (L. 3-4 1.) In dead moles, birds, &c. 



Also generally distributed : 4-8. 

 1152 laniarius 'ill. K. i. 85. —Ste. M. iii. 122 Short, convex; black; 



smooth ; punctate : breast and abdomen with a whitish silken pile ; 



antennae short, rusty-red. (L. 3l.) Furs; London district ? : 4-8. 

 (1153 vulpinus Fab. E. i. 314. — Ste. M. iii. 123. — De. murinus Pz. F. 



xl. f. 10. — Oblong; black, above with a short ashy pubescence, beneath 



snow white ; thorax with a distinct narrow border of cream-coloured 



and tawny down on each side ; thighs with a white pilose ring. 



(L. 3-4^1.) In hides, furs, &c, in kitchens; London and outports : 



4-8. 



1154 tessellatus Fab. E. i. 315. — Ste. M. iii. 123. — De. murinus OUv. ii. 

 pi. 1. f. 2.? — Oblong-ovate; black; pubescent: head and thorax varied 

 with ferruginous ; scutellum tawny ; breast and abdomen beneath snow- 

 white, spotted with black ; thighs with a whitish fascia ; antenna? rusty- 

 brown. (L. 2^-3 1.) Dead oysters; Shoreham, Sussex, 8 ; Dover, 7. 



204 Megatoma Herbst. 



1155 undata L. ii. 562. — Pz. F. lxxv. f. 15. — Ste. M. iii. 125. — Black ; 

 pubescent ; minutely punctured, shining : thorax with its hinder angles, 

 and a small dot before the scutellum, clothed with white down ; elytra 

 with 2 remote varied bands of white scales, the basal one interrupted ; 

 tarsi pitchy. (L. l|-3 1.) Under bark ; London district ; York; Swan- 

 sea : 5-6. 



205 Tiresias Stephens. 



1156 Serra Fab. E. i. 319. — Cur. vii. pi. 244. — Ste. M. iii. 124.— 

 Black, or pitchy (rarely chestnut), shining, thickly punctured, with a 

 short, dusky pile ; sides of thorax, tibia?, and tarsi reddish ; thighs pitchy ; 

 antenna? testaceous-yellow. (L. l|-2 1.) Under bark of willows, &c. ; 

 London district ; Norfolk : 5-6. 



1157 t plantaris Cur. fo. 682. — De. nigripes Pz. F. xcvii. f. 5. ? — Piceous : 

 thickly and minutely punctured ; middle of antenna? and tarsi ochreous. 

 (L. ljl.) Near Windsor? 



206 Attagenus Latreille. 



1158 Pellio L. ii. 562. — Don. vii. pi. 231. — Ste. M. iii. 126. — Ovate; 

 black ; pubescent ; minutely punctured : thorax with a white pubescent 

 dot on each basal angle, and another before the scutellum ; elytra some- 

 what pitchy, with a conspicuous snow-white pubescent spot on the back ; 

 antenna? reddish at the base. (L. l|-2l.) In skins, furs, &c. Generally 

 distributed : 0. 



1.159 t 3-fasciatus Fab. E. i. 313. — Cur. vii. pi. 247. — Ste. M. iii. 127. 

 — Ovate ; fuscous-black ; glossy, clothed with decumbent hairs, and 

 minutely punctured : thorax with the hinder margin, except in the 

 middle, ashy white ; elytra with 3 flexuous bands, composed of an ashy- 

 white pile ; and a spot of the same near the apex and scutellum ; legs and 

 base of antenna? testaceous. (L. 1^-2 1.) In birds' skins, and houses; 

 Edinburgh : 3-4. ? 



§ 3. Stirps 1. HELOCERA Dumeril. 



Fam. 25 Byrrhidje. Ant. not geniculated, mostly placed during repose in a 

 groove beneath the sides of the thorax ; mand. not exposed. 



Fam. 26 Histerid^e. Ant. geniculated, i. e. with the basal joint long, the 

 remainder placed angularly at its tip ; mand. rather long, exserted. 



