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thorax longish, somewhat conic ; elytra rather convex, punctate-striate j 

 antennas slender. (L. 1 1.) London district : 6. 



427 Brachytarsus Schonherr. 



2098 scabrosus Fab. E. ii. 411 Pz. F. xv. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 212. — 



Ovate ; black ; elytra red, punctate-striate ; alternate interstices slightly 

 raised, and tessellated with silken black and white spots, suture and outer 

 margins brownish : — legs sometimes varied with red and black. (L. 1^- 

 2^1.) Amongst elms: Copenhagen fields; Camberwell ; Hertford; 

 Ripley ; Wood Ditton ; Weston, Oxon ; Swansea : 4-6. 



2099 varius Fab. E. ii. 411 Pz. F. xv. f. 16.— Ste. M. iv. 212.— 



Ovate ; brown-black, opaque ; thorax coarsely and thickly punctured, 

 with several lines and 2 spots dull white ; scutellum white ; elytra punc- 

 tate-striate, tessellated with alternate squarish spots of black dusky pile. 

 (L. 1-2 1.) On firs: Ripley; common in the north and in Scotland: 

 5-6. 



428 Phloeobius Schonherr. 



(2100 griseus Fab. E. ii. 410. ?— Ste. M. iv. 211. pi. xxi. f. 2. — Griseous- 

 brown, clothed with griseous pile ; elytra striate, striae with minute 

 punctures, interstices with pale griseous spots ; legs anteriorly and base of 

 antenna? dull red. (L. 2-3 1.) Rare: London; Suffolk; and Devon: 

 probably imported : 6. ) 



429 Tropideres Schonherr. 



2101 albirostris Fab. E. ii. 408. — Pz. F. xv. f. 13. — Ste. M. iv. 210. — 

 Brown-black ; rostrum longish, white ; eyes approximating : thorax with 

 a straightish ridge at the base, and 4 dorsal fovea? ; elytra with a lobate 

 whitish spot at the base, and a large snowy patch at the tip, varied with 

 black, and some velvety black tufts near the suture ; legs with whitish 

 rings. (L. 3 1.) Palings, near Norwich : 6. 



2102 niveirostris Oliv. E. iv. 80. pi. 1. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 210. — Brown- 

 black ; rostrum very short, snow-white : thorax black, a spot at base, and 

 the scutellum white : elytra punctate-striate, alternate interstices tessellated 

 with black and white ; apex spotless white; legs variegated with whitish ; 

 tibiae and tarsi reddish; antennae dull red. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Hedges ; Coombe 

 Wood, on hazel; New Forest; Darenth; Shirley Common; Norfolk : 6. 



430 Platyrhinus Clairville. 



2103 latirostris Pons. Cu. ii. f. 3. — Ste. M. iv. 209. — Cur. xvi. pi. 723. 

 — Oblong ; flattish ; black ; rostrum rough, ashy-white, with the tip 

 black ; thorax angulated, with a ridge across the base, Avrinkled ; elytra 

 with interrupted punctate striae, the tip clothed with ashy-pile, with 2 

 black dots and some brownish streaks; legs variegated with ashy. (L. 

 5-7 1.) In Sphaeria fraxinea : chiefly in the west of England and S. 

 Wales ; Norfolk ; rare in London district : 4-6. 



431 Anthribus Fabricius. 



2104 albinus L. ii. 616. — Ste. M. iv. 208 Cur. xvi. pi. 726. — Con- 

 vex ; brown-black ; forehead, rostrum, a lobed spot on the disc of the 

 elytra, and the apex, clothed with white pile; base of the 8th and 9th 

 joints of the antennae snowy ; thorax with 3 tubercles ; elytra with convex 

 black silken tufts on the disc ; legs varied with whitish. (L. 3^-6 1.) Old 

 trees and wood : Darenth Wood ; Gravesend ; Kensington Gardens ; 

 Eltham ; Dorsetshire ; Norfolk ; Newcastle : 6. 



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