TENEBRI0. — 0PATRUM. 323 



Var. ? Ul. laeviuscula Wilkin. — Ste. M. v. 10. — Paler, with the thorax 

 not exactly 4-drate, and minutely punctured. In flour : London ; Nor- 

 wich : 5-7. 



510 Tenebrio of Authors. 



2533 molitor L. ii. 674 Pz. F. xliii. f. 12. — Ste. M. v. 8. — Pitchy- 

 black, slightly shining, finely punctured; rusty-red beneath: mouth and 

 anterior edge of the head pitchy-red ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, with an 

 oblique fovea near the base on each side ; elytra obsoletely punctate- 

 striate : legs rusty-red, anterior thighs short, compressed ; their tibia? in- 

 curved, and slightly ciliated beneath. (L. 5-8 1.) In bakehouses, &c. 

 throughout the country : 4-8. 



2534 laticollis Ste. M. v. 8. — Black; slightly shining; thickly punctured; 

 thorax with the sides dilated and rounded ; the disc with 2 fovea?, and the 

 base with 2 short furrows ; elytra rather deeply punctate-striate ; body be- 

 neath pitchy-black ; legs pitchy, anterior thighs short, rather thickened, 

 the tibiae a little bent. (L. 6 1.) London: 4. 



2535 f laevis Ste. M. v. 426. — Pitchy-chestnut ; convex, shining ; minutely 

 punctured ; elytra broadest behind the middle, obsoletely striate, the striae 

 composed of minute punctures ; legs of equal size, and with the palpi and 

 tip of antenna? dull red. (L. 5f 1.) Stoke Newington : 6. 



2536 obscurus Fab. E. i. 146. — Cur. vii. pi. 351. — Ste. M. v. 8. —Black ; 

 opaque, very thickly punctured ; pitchy beneath : thorax with an obscure 

 dorsal furrow ; elytra very obsoletely striated, the striae obscurely punc- 

 tured ; anterior thighs rather elongate, and a little thickened, their tibiae 

 slender and bent, obscurely ciliated within. (L. 5-8^ 1.) In bakehouses, 

 &c. : London and Edinburgh ; Carlisle ; Whittlesea : 4-5. 



511 Alphitobius Stephens. 



2537 picipes Ste. M. v. 11. — Ul. Fagi. Cur. viii. pi. 363. — Somewhat ob- 

 long ; above pitchy-black, shining ; beneath, and with the mouth, legs, and 

 antennae rusty-chestnut ; thorax somewhat 4-drate, its sides dilated in the 

 middle: elytra finely punctate-striate. (L. 2\ 1.) In flour: London; 

 under turf; Copenhagen fields: 5-6. 



(2538 mauritanicus Fab. E. i. 149. — Ste. M. v. 11. note. — Oblong- 

 ovate, pitchy-black above ; beneath, the mouth, antennae, legs, clypeus in 

 front, and anterior angles of the thorax pitchy; thorax somewhat quadrate, 

 narrowed in front; elytra rather deeply punctate-striate. (L. 3 1.) In 

 flour: London: 5-6.) 



512 Opatrum Fabricius. 



2539 sabulosum L. ii. 572. — Samou. pi. 2. f. 8. — Ste. M. v. 17. — Dull 

 ashy-black, opaque : head and thorax roughly punctured ; elytra each with 

 3 obtuse raised lines, each furnished on both sides with small polished ap- 

 proximating tubercles, and with a row of smaller ones near the suture and 

 near the outer margin; antennae pitchy-black. (L. 3-4^1.) Sandy places: 

 London district ; Southend ; Frostenden ; Liverpool : 3-6. 



§ B. — Micro zoum Be Jean. 



2540 tibiale Fab. E. i. 119. — Cur. v. pi. 319. — Ste. M. v. 17 Ovate. 



obtuse, convex ; black, slightly shining ; thickly punctured ; the disc of 

 the thorax with 5 slightly glossy tubercles ; elytra with irregular transverse 

 wrinkles and fovea 1 , each with 2 short ridges ; legs pitchy, anterior tibiae 

 considerably dilated at the apex and triangular, 3-dentate without. (L. 

 1^-2 1.) Sandy places : London district ; Lowestoft; Liverpool; Swan- 

 sea : 6. 



