202 MALACODERMA. BOSTRICHID^E. 



punctured, pale testaceous ; legs and antenna? dull red, the 3 terminal joints 

 of the latter (especially in the S ) elongate, filiform, slender. (L. ltj-2 1.) 

 In pine woods : Ripley ; Netley ; Carlisle ; Swansea ; Scotland : 6-7. 



1599 Ahietis Fab. E. i. 323. — Pz. F. lxvi. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 341. — 

 Oblong-ovate ; testaceous-brown ; pubescent : eyes blackish ; thorax 

 truncate behind, the sides flattened ; elytra faintly punctured, pale reddish; 

 breast dull brown ; legs and antenna? pale dull red ; the 3 terminal joints 

 rather thickened. (L. 2 1.) Fir woods: near Edinburgh and Swansea : 

 5-6. 



1600f erythropum Leach. — Ste. M. iii. 342. — Pitchy-black; slightly 

 shining, pubescent : antennae, legs, and eyes ferruginous ; elytra punctate. 

 (L. 2 1.) Pine woods : Ravelston Wood, near Edinburgh : 8. 



321 Dryophilus Chevrolat. 



1601 anobioides Guerin. M. ( Chev. ) i. pi. 8. — Ste. M. v. 418. — Brown- 

 black ; elytra chestnut-brown, punctate-striate ; legs and antenna? dusky 

 testaceous. (L. 1^-1^1.) On old stumps of broom : Coombe Wood : 4. 



322 Ochina Ziegler. 



1602 ptinoides Marsh, i. 228. — Ste. M. iii. 342. — Chestnut; pubescent: 

 elytra smooth, with 2 somewhat waved bands composed of pale ashy 

 down ; abdomen also with an ashy pile ; legs and antenna? reddish ; eyes 

 black. (L 1-I-1| 1.) Old trees, clothed with ivy: Coombe Wood; 

 Cobham ; Ripley ; Suffolk ; Norfolk : 5-6. 



Fam. 45. LYMEXYLONIDiE Stephens. 

 cccxxiii. Lvmexylon Ant. simple, pilose ; somewhat fusiform, the terminal 



joint suddenly narrowed in the middle : head vertical, somewhat orbicular : 



tho. oblong, rather cylindric : body long, linear, flat : elytra nearly covering 



the abdomen, subulate, 

 cccxxiv. Hyleccetus Ant. serrated, compressed, 4th and 5th joints equal : 



head vertical, somewhat globose: tho. short, transverse: body slightly 



convex : elytra covering the abdomen. 



323 Lymexylon Fabricius. 



1603f navale L. ii. 650. — Cur. viii. pi. 382. — Ste. M. v. 62 Pubes- 

 cent ; antennae brownish ; elytra with 2 obscure ridges : <J black, inner 

 base of elytra, abdomen and legs testaceous : 9 luteous ; thorax reddish ; 

 head, margin and tip of the elytra and the wings dusky black. (L. 2-5 1.) 

 Old oaks : Windsor Forest : 7. 



324 Hyleccetus Latreille. 



1604 f dermestoides L. ii. 650 Ste. M. v. 62. note. — Cur. xiv. pi. 654. 



— Pubescent ; black : elytra testaceous, with the apex black ; legs pale : 

 9 testaceous; eyes, wings and breast black. (L. 4 1.) Old birches; 

 Sherwood Forest ? 5. 



Fam. 46. BOSTRICHIDiE Leach. 



cccxxv. Cis Ant. with the 3 terminal joints forming an elongate club : max. 

 palpi with apical joint large, oval : mand. bidentate : tho. rounded on the 

 sides, dilated in front : body cylindric, ovate : tarsi 4-merous, 3 basal joints 

 very short : head in $ often tubercular or spinose. 



cccxxvi. Sinoxylon Ant. short, the 3 terminal joints transverse and forming 

 a somewhat laminated club : palpi filiform : tho. gibbous, produced in 

 front : body short, villose : elytra retuse behind and spinose : tibia 

 simple. 



