448 Mr. J. Walton on the genus Otiorhynchus. 



I sent specimens to Germar, who remarked in a note to me, 

 " that it also occurs in Germany, and seems to be a good species/' 



I have found it plentifully among herbage, on a hedge-bank, 

 in a lane behind the Bull Inn, Birch-wood, in June ; but not in 

 company with Ot. ovatus. 



§ B. Femora edentate. 



7. OtiorhynchiLS caudatus, Rossi, 1792, Schonh. 



— Lima, Marsh. 1802. Steph. Illustr. 



— bisulcatus, Steph. Manual, non Fab. 



First introduced into our fauna by the late Mr. Marsham, 

 from whose collection Mr. Stephens obtained one specimen. Of 

 its history and locality nothing appears to be known : it is a na- 

 tive of Italy and Greece, and specifically identical with a speci- 

 men sent to me by Chevrolat as Ot. caudatus. 



8. 0. niger. Fab., Clairv., Germ., Steph. Manual, secund. ejus 



descr. 



— ater, Herbst. 



— villoso-punctatus, Schonh. (?) 



It is sufficiently proved, by the elaborate observations on this 

 and the following species by Professor Germar and M. Schmidt 

 of Stettin, that this is the true '' Cure, niger of Fab. and Clairv. 

 {ater of Herbst), and that it is entirely different from Ot. niger 

 of Schonh. {ater of GylL)^J^ I possess six insects sent by Ger- 

 mar as the true Ot. {Cure.) niger of Fab., and also a specimen of 

 Ot. villoso-punctatus { ? ) from Schonherr himself, which are be- 

 yond all doubt specifically identical. 



The only specimen I have seen which is reputed to be indige- 

 nous, and which agrees with my foreign specimens, is in the 

 British Museum unnamed; its locality is unknown; probably 

 found by Dr. Leach on Dartmoor, in Devonshire. According to 

 Germar and Schmidt, it is a native of the mountainous districts 

 of Germany, and found upon bilberries and willows, and does not 

 occur in Sweden. 



9. 0. fenebricosus, Herbst, Gyll. ( ^ ), Steph., Schonh. ■ 



— morio, Payk. ( $ ) 



— niger, Payk. ( (^ ), Marsh., Schonh., Kirb. MSS. 



— ater, Gyll. (S) 



— scrobiculatuSf Schonh. ((J) 



In June 1841 I distinctly identified the sexes of this and the 

 following species, by confining living specimens in boxes covered 

 with glass, and I then observed a remarkable sexual dissimilarity 

 in the form and sculpture of the elytra, and in the sculpture of 



• Germ. Stettin Ent. Zeit. 1842, p. 103. Schmidt, id. p. 110. 



