204 MALACODERMA. BOSTRICHID^E. 



thorax obliquely truncate in front, and slightly margined ; elytra punctate; 

 mouth, antenna?, and legs testaceous-red. (L. 1 1.) Boleti: London 

 district : 6. 

 16] 5 nitidus Fab. E. i. 324. — Pz, F. x. f. 9.— Ste. M. iii. 347. — Pitchy, 

 or dull red, shining, glabrous : thorax equal, punctate ; a little waved in 

 front, sides and hinder edge slightly margined ; elytra very convex, rather 

 coarsely and irregularly punctate ; legs and antenna? pale dull red. (L. 

 11.) Boleti, common : London district ; New Forest ; Edinburgh : 6. 



1616 fronticornis Frolich? — Pz. F. xcviii. f. 7.? — Ste. M. iii. 347. — 

 Short, convex ; pitchy-red, with a whitish down ; thorax very convex, 

 truncated in front, minutely punctulated ; elytra coarsely and irregularly 

 punctured; tip testaceous ; legs testaceous-red ; antennae pale, club dusky, 

 $ with the head 2-tuberculate. (L. f 1. ) Boleti: Ripley, 6 ; Barham: 

 9. 



1617 bidentatus Marsh, i. 86. — Ste. M. iii. 347. — Pitchy-black, slightly 

 glossy, nearly glabrous, very convex : thorax deeply waved in front, the 

 middle lobe prominent and forming 2 horn-like processes in the <J, disc 

 finely punctured ; elytra delicately punctured ; antenna? and legs pale 

 testaceous red: $ with 2 short spines on the head. (L. 1-1^ 1.) Bo- 

 leti: London district; New Forest; Oakhampton, Somerset; Swansea; 

 Scotland: 6. 



326 Sinoxylon Duftschmidt. 



(1618 f bispinosum Oliv. E. iv. 77. pi. 4. f. 1. — Ste. M. iii. 349. —Black, 

 villose ; thorax gibbous, muricated : elytra red-brown, or chestnut, retuse 

 behind and dentate, the dentations irregular. (L. 3^ 1.) Improperly in- 

 troduced into the British list.) 



327 A pate Fabricius. 



(1619 muricata Fab. E. ii. 378 Ste. M. iii. 3.51. note. — Bo. terebrans 



Oliv. E. 77. pi. 1. f. 4. — Black: elytra reticulated, dentated and retuse 

 behind; thorax gibbous and muricated; club of antennae dull red. (L. 

 8 1.) A specimen taken in the Isle of Dogs, but evidently imported.) 



1620 sinuata Fab. E. ii. 381. — Ste. M iii. 351. pi. xix. f. 6. — Pitchy- 

 black : head very pilose ; thorax gibbous in front, with muricated tubercles ; 

 elytra irregularly and coarsely punctate, fuscous, behind retuse, with 1 small 

 and 2 large tubercles on the disc, and the inner hinder angle of the suture 

 tubercular; legs pitchy testaceous; antenna? rusty. (L. 3 1.) Under bark : 

 Epping Forest : 6 



328 Bostrichus Geoffroy. 



1621 capucinus L. ii. 562. — Cur. vi. pi. 271. — Ste. M. iii. 350. —Black, 

 opaque ; slightly pubescent : thorax somewhat notched in front, the sides 

 with muricated tubercles ; elytra irregularly reticulate-punctured, deep 

 red; abdomen and tarsi also red ; legs and antenna? pitchy. (L. 5 1.) In 

 decayed trees, &c. : London district ; Cromer, Norfolk ; Derbyshire ; 

 Notts ; Bewdley : 5-6. 



329 Dinoderus Stephens. 



1622 substriatus Pk. F. iii. 142. — Ste. M. iii. 352. — Pitchy-black ; opaque; 

 slightly pubescent : head roughly punctured ; thorax thickly tuberculated 

 in front ; elytra somewhat chestnut, irregularly and coarsely punctured ; 

 legs pitchy-red ; tibiae and tarsi paler ; club of antennae reddish. (L. Ii 1. ) 

 Decayed trees : New Forest : 6. 



(1623 ocellaris Ste. M. iii. 352. — Pitchy-black; slightly glossy; thorax 

 tuberculate in front, punctate behind; elytra rather deeply punctate, the 



