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margin with 3 entire stria? ; shoulder with a callus ; antennae pale testa- 

 ceous ; eyes entire. (L. HI.) Old trees : Regent's Park : 6. 



320 Anobium Fab 



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1590 castaneum Fab. E. i. 322. — Oliv. E. ii. pi. 1. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 

 338. — Fuscous, inclining to chestnut; pubescent: eyes black ; thorax 

 roughly punctate, and with a transverse impression within the anterior 

 edge ; elytra very deeply crenate-striate, interstices slightly elevated ; 

 antennas and legs dull red. (L. 2-2f 1.) In whitethorn hedges: London 

 district ; Dorset ; Cambridge ; Scotland : 5-6. 



1591 rufipes Fab. E. i. 322. — Ste. M. iii. 339. — An. brunneum Oliv. E. 

 ii. pi. 2. f. 6. ? — Elongate ; nearly glabrous ; dull black : mouth reddish ; 

 thorax gibbous, rounded behind ; with a dorsal channel, and a somewhat 

 bilobed fovea behind; elytra punctate-striate, interstices convex; legs and 

 antennae red. Suture and sides of the elytra sometimes reddish. (L. 

 l£-2£l.) Hedges: London district ?; Swansea : 5-6. 



1592 pertinax L. ii. 565. — Ste. M. iii. 339. — Cur. ix. pi. 387. — 

 Dusky-black ; obscure ; thorax very pubescent, convex ; with a ridge 

 behind, giving off 2 branches in front and a 3d in the middle behind, 

 within the lateral margins an impression, and a deeper one at the hinder 

 angles, densely clothed with ochrcous pile; elytra punctate-striate, inter- 

 stices flat : tibia? and tarsi dull red. (L. 2\ 1. ) Old oak trees : near Lon- 

 don ; Windsor and Bridgenorth : 6. 



1593 denticolle Creutzcr. — Pz. F. xxxv. f. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 339 Dusky- 

 ferruginous ; slightly pubescent : thorax with the lateral margin de- 

 pressed, and terminating behind in an acute tooth, the disc with an obscure 

 channel, the base with a deep fovea on each side, and another near the 

 anterior angles ; elytra slightly punctate-striate ; tibiae and tarsi dull red. 

 (L. 2^1.) Hedges; near London : 6. 



1594 striatum Oliv. E. ii. pi. 2. f. 7. — Ste. M. iii. 340. — Pitchy-brown; 

 convex ; pubescent : thorax compressed behind, with a dorsal channel and 

 a triangular ridge : and 4 basal fovea?, the outer ones deepest ; elytra 

 striate, with distinct punctures, interstices flat and finely shagreened ; legs 

 and antenna? dull red. (L. 1^-2 1.) Abundant in old houses, through- 

 out the country : 4-8. 



1595 nitidum Herbst. v. 57. pi. 47. f. 4. — Ste. M. iii. 340. — Pitchy- 

 black ; slightly pubescent : thorax with a triangular ridge behind, in 

 which are 2 deep curved fovea? ; elytra punctate-striate ; antennae and 

 legs pale testaceous; thighs sometimes dusky. (L. I5-I5 1. ) Old 

 houses : London district : 6. 



1596 paniceum L. ii. 564. — Pz. F. lxvi. f. 6. — Ste. M. iii. 340 — 

 Ovate ; dull red ; slightly pubescent : eyes black ; thorax convex equal, 

 finely punctured, and with a narrow fovea on each side at the base ; elytra 

 rounded at the apex, faintly punctate-striate, interstices flat and roughish ; 

 legs and antenna? rusty-red. (L. l\-\§ 1-) In old flour, bread, skins, 

 &c. : London district : 4-7. 



1597 tessellatum Fab. E. i. 321. — Pz. F. xlvi. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 341. — 

 Rusty-brown ; rough : thorax and elytra punctulate, tessellated with 

 flavescent down, the former convex, its anterior edge considerably elevated, 

 the base with 2 shallow fovea?; legs pitchy-brown. (L. 2-3^ 1.) In old 

 trees, especially willows : widely, but sparingly, distributed throughout 

 England ; Swansea : 6-7. 



1598 molle L. ii. 565. — Herbst. v. pi. 47. f. 9 Ste. M. iii. 341.— 



Oblong ; testaceous ; pubescent : eyes brown-black ; thorax rounded 

 behind and margined, the sides deflexed and rounded ; elytra finely 



