XILETINtfS. — PTIKUS. 199 



3d — 8th minute, 3 following 3-angular, flattened, very large, sometimes 

 slightly pectinated : palpi unequal, all securiform : body short, transverse, 

 globose : elytra punctate on the back, striate on the sides : tarsi very 

 short. 



cccxx. Anobium Ant. remote, the 3 terminal joints rather thickened and 

 suddenly elongated, 9th and 10th being somewhat conical, apical ovate: 

 palpi slightly clavate : body oblong-ovate : tho. gibbous ; elytra embracing 

 the abdomen : tarsi short. 



cccxxi. Dryophilus Ant. remote, the 3 terminal joints very long and 

 slender, the 9th joint being as long as all the preceding joints united, and 

 longer in the S , the apical one rather slender : palpi filiform : eyes very 

 prominent : body somewhat cylindric : tarsi long, slender. 



cccxxii. Ochina Ant. long, slightly serrated, terminal joint elongate-ovate, 

 acuminate : palpi short, simple : tho. transverse, narrowed, and slightly 

 lobed in front : elytra convex, subovate, short : tarsi slender. 



313 Xiletinus Latreille. 



1573 pectinatus Fab. E. i. 329. — Xi. striatus Ste. M. iii. 330. — Cur. 

 viii. pi. 375. — Black ; opaque, with a silken pile ; punctulate : elytra 

 punctate- striate, the stria? in pairs ; legs and antenna? red. (L. 1-^-14 1.) 

 Decayed wood : London ; Cobham ; Bridgewater ; Spitchweek : 6. 



1574 ater Pz. F. xxxv. f. 9. — Ste. M. iii. 331. — Dull-black, with a silken 

 pile ; punctured : elytra punctate-striate, the stria? regular ; tibia? and 

 tarsi testaceous; antenna? black. (L. 1^-2 1.) Old trees, &c. : Hert- 

 ford: 6. 



314 Ptilinus Fabricius. 



1575 pectinicornis L. ii. 565. — Don. x. pi, 326. — Ste. M. iii. 331. — Fus- 

 cous-black ; opaque : thorax very convex, anterior margin entire ; elytra 

 testaceous-brown, irregularly punctate, the punctures somewhat disposed 

 in stria? towards the margins, disc without ridges ; legs, antenna?, and mouth 

 pale testaceous. (L. 1^-2^1.) Old willows: London district ; Suffolk; 

 Norfolk ; Dorset ; Swansea ; Edinburgh : 4-7, 



1576 costatus Gyll. iv. 329. — Ste. M. iii. 332. — Deep satiny black: 

 thorax convex, with the anterior margin notched ; elytra dull chestnut, 

 with 2 or 3 faint ridges, and deeply punctured ; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? 

 rusty-ochreous. (L. lf-2^ 1.) Old willows and poplars, near Lon- 

 don: 6. 



315 Ptinus of Authors. 



1577 imperialis L. ii. 565. — Pz. F. v. f. 7 Ste. M. iii. 332.— Oblong; 



fuscous ; with a whitish down : thorax carinated behind ; elytra with a 

 waved lobated white patch, and a spot of the same within the apex ; legs 

 and antenna? dull red. (L. 2-2^1. ) Old hedges : Darenth ; Coombe ; 

 Hertford ; Bristol ; Suffolk ; Norfolk : Jedburgh, Scotland, &c. : 4-6. 



1578 germanus Oliv. E. ii. 7. pi. 1. f. 6. — Ste. M. iii. 333. — Oblong- 

 ovate ; rusty-brown ; villose : scutellum snowy ; elytra punctate-striate, 

 black-brown, with 2 waved whitish bands and a spot of the same at the 

 tip; antenna? and legs testaceous. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Old hedges: near 

 London ; Cobham ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devon ; Swansea : 4-6. 



1579 rufipes Fab. E. i. 325.— Oliv. E. ii. 8. pi. 2. f. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 

 333. — Oblong-dusky, with a griseus pile : thorax with 4 teeth, and an 

 impression behind ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, shoulders gibbous ; legs 

 and antenna? red. (L. 2-2f 1.) Old hedges, &c. : London district; 

 Norfolk ; Suffolk, &c. : 5-7. 



