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* 0. quercus, Linn. (Plate XIV., Fig. 5). Yellowish-brown, 

 with grey pubescence. Eyes and sternum black. Elytra 

 with a large spot. The larva makes brown spots in very 

 young oak-leaves, as it feeds on the chlorophyll of the leaf. 



* 0. fagi, Linn., lives on beech-trees, which it treats in the 



same way. 



Genus CiONUS, Clairv. 



Body roundish. Pronotum short. Wing-cases broad and 



quadrangular. Proboscis slender and filiform. Eyes not 



prominent, situated on the sides in front. The species live 

 on various low plants. 



* C. scrophularice, Linn. (Plate XIV., Fig. 6). This species 

 is covered with grey pubescence, and has the raised interspaces 

 chequered wdth black and white. It feeds on figwort. 



* C. verhasci, Fabr., is very similar, but has yellowish hair on 

 the sides. It lives on mullein. 



Genus Gymnetron, Schonh. 



Elytra short, generally slightly longer than the breadth 

 at the shoulders. Shoulders obtusely angled. Proboscis 

 slender and rounded, filiform. They live on low plants. 



G. teter, Fabr. (Plate XIV., Fig. 7). Oval; black, with 

 yellowish-grey pubescence. Femora with a club-like expansion 

 towards the extremity. It lives on snap-dragon, and is a 

 native of Southern Europe. 



Genus Cryptorhynchus, Illig. 



Elytra almost oval, greatly narrowed at the extremity, and 

 covering the whole of the abdomen. The proboscis is nearly 

 as long as the head and pronotum, and is slender, rounded, 

 and moderately curved. The only British species is : 



*C. lapathi, Linn. (Plate XIV., Fig. 8). This is a black or 



