gOO MALACODERMA. — PTINIDJE. 



1580 6-punctatUs Pz. F. i. f. 20, — Ste. M. iii. 333. — Cur. xiv. pi. 646. 

 — Oblong ; fuscous ; pubescent : forehead, scutellum, a short band to- 

 wards the base of the elytra, and 2 spots towards the apex, snow-white : 

 legs and antennae rusty-brown. (L. 2-211.) Old wood : Hyde Park ; 

 Norfolk ; Farley, Dorsetshire ; houses, Carlisle and Edinburgh : 5-6. 



1581 Fur L. ii. 566. — Wood. i. pi. 4 Ste. M. iii. 334. — Rusty-brown; 



pubescent : eyes black ; thorax with 4 transverse fascicles, and a dorsal 

 groove ; scutellum ashy ; elytra crenate-striate, with 2 interrupted whitish 

 bands ; legs rusty ; thighs clavate ; antennas rusty : $ elongate and more 

 slender. (L. 1^-2 1.) Old houses, museums, &c, throughout the country; 

 0,*. 



1582 crenatus Fab. E. i. 326, — Ste. M. iii. 334. — Pt. testaceus Oliv. 

 E. ii.pl. 2. f. 9.? — Dull testaceous; pubescent: thorax gihbous ; obso- 

 letely 2~tuberculated, the base narrowed ; elytra crenate-striate, spotless ; 

 legs and antennae dull red : $ small, pale and more elongate. (L. \\-\\ 1.) 

 Old houses, &c. : generally distributed : 4-8. 



1583 Lichenum Marsh, i. 89. — Ste. M. iii. 335. — Pt. bidens Olio. E. ii. 

 pi. 2. f. 10. ? — Black, or fuscous : thorax gibbous, obsoletely 2-dentate ; 

 scutellum white ; elytra striate, obsoletely clouded and waved with white ; 

 legs and antennae red: ^ with abdomen tumid. (L. l^-lf 1. ) Old 

 palings, &c. : Camberwell ; Wandsworth ; Cobham ; Windsor ; Raehills, 

 &c. : 5-6. 



316 Mezium Leach. 



1584 sulcatum Fab. E. i. 327. — Cur. v. pi. 232. — Ste. M. iii. 335. — 

 Head and thorax clothed with whitish scales ; the latter with 2 central 

 ridges, and the hinder margin thickened ; elytra chestnut, highly polished ; 

 legs and antennae whitish. (L. 1^-1^1.) Old houses : London; Swan- 

 sea : 4-8. 



317 Gibbium Kugellan. 



1585 scotias Fab. E. i. 327. — Ste. M. iii. 338. — Cur. viii. pi. 342.— 

 Shining chestnut ; impunctate ; head black ; antennae and legs densely 

 clothed with ochreous down. (L. 1-1^1.) Old houses: London (Burton- 

 street) ; Bristol ; Newcastle-on-Tyne : 4-8. 



318 Lasioderma Stephens. 



(1586 testaceum Ste. M. v. 417. — Convex-ovate; pale testaceous-red; 

 clothed with a pale down ; elytra impunctate, the down slightly disposed 

 in lines; legs and antennae very pale testaceous; eyes black. (L. 1-1 £ 1.) 

 Old houses, London : 5-6. ) 



319 Dorcatoma Herbst. 



1587 Dresdense Herbst. iv. 104. pi. 39. f. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 337 Oval, 



convex ; black ; elytra finely punctured, and with 2 deeply punctate striae 

 on the outer margin ; legs and antennae rusty-red ; eyes entire. 

 (L. 1-1| 1.) Decayed trees: Cobham; near London and Barham : 

 7-8. 



1588 Bovistae Ent. H. ii. 100. pi. 3. f. 11. — Ste. M. iii. 337. — Somewhat 

 globose ; black ; punctulate : thorax wide behind ; elytra broad at the 

 base, the outer margin with 2 entire striae and 1 shorter within ; legs and 

 antennae pitchy-brown; eyes divided by a deep groove. (L. 1^1.) Old 

 trees : near London ; Windsor and Spitchweek : 5-6. 



1589 rubens Ent. H. ii. 103. pi. 3. f. 12. — Ste. M. iii. 337. — Globose; 

 dull red ; thorax very short, rounded behind ; elytra punctured, lateral 



