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not reaching the eyes. They are found under stones, and the 

 larvte live in the stems and roots of low plants. 



* C. sulcirostris, Linn. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 20). This beetle is 

 rather thickly clothed with grey pubescence. The wing-cases 

 are slightly punctate-striate, with two oblique, dark, denuded 

 bands. The larvse live in the stalks and roots of thistles, and 

 are sometimes destructive to beet. It is found chiefly near the 

 coast. 



C. ophthalmicus, Eossi. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 21). This species is 

 clothed with whitish -grey or greyish -yellow hair. The elytra 

 have two lighter-haired spots on each side. Length, 12-14 mm. 



C. nutrmoratus, Fabr. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 22). This species is 

 covered with brown hair, and the head has a depressed 

 transverse stria behind the eyes. The elytra are chequered 

 with white. It is found in France and Germany. 



G. tmsidcahcs, Herbst (Plate XIIL, Fig. 23). This species 

 closely resembles C. sulcirostris, but has the middle furrow 

 of the proboscis narrow. The larva lives in the stalks and 

 roots of Chrysanthemum. It is a native of many parts of 

 Central Europe. 



C. oUiquus, Fabr. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 24). This is a grey 

 beetle, with a brownisli proboscis. The elytra have two 

 oblique, blackish bands. It is a native of some parts of 

 Central and Southern Europe, where it lives on the pine. 



G. cinereus, Schrank. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 25). This beetle is 

 thickly clothed with greyish pubescence. The pronotum has 

 four longitudinal, whitish stripes. The elytra are black, 

 punctured, and spotted. It is found in various parts of the 

 Continent. 



* C. alhidus, Fabr. (Plate XIIL, Fig. 26). The beetle derives 

 its name from the whitish pubescence with which it is clothed. 



