174 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



Sp. 2. Bary. mercurialis. " Curculio squamosm obscure au- 

 ratus coleoptris apices versus lineis tribus elevatis." 



Curculio merculialis. Fabricius ; Systema Eleutheratorum, 



Tom. II. p. 530. 



Curculio iEcidii Marsham ; Entomologia Britannica, 



p. 307. 



With the exception of Marsham no one mentioned the 

 species above noticed as Barynotus terricola, until Mr. Stephens, 

 in his " Systematic Catalogue of British Insects ;" we here find, 

 at Vol. I. p. 171, the following references, under the hediA. Bary- 

 notus mercurialis. 



" Curculio mercurialis. . . . Fabricius, E. ii. 530." 



" Curculio ^cidii Marsham ; 807." 



" ? Curculio tomentosus. Marsham ; 270." 



Thus implying that C. tomentosus being the female of a de- 

 scribed species, the name must fall. Subsequent captures have, 

 however, proved that there exist both sexes of both species ; 

 and a careful examination and comparison proves them to be 

 perfectly distinct, in which I believe Mr. Stephens now fully 

 agrees with me. As regards the name it unfortunately happens 

 that Fabricius had previously given it to a species vei'y similar 

 in size and habit which inhabits Guinea ; I therefore suppose 

 I am warranted in proposing a new one, indicative of its mode 

 of life, being always found crawling on the ground, or con- 

 cealed under stones, &c. in mountainous districts. 



Both species have the elytra punctate-striate, but while in 

 B. terricola the interstices are smooth, \nB. mercurialis the 3d, 

 5th, and 7th are very conspicuously elevated, and the 6th, 8th, 

 and 9th are also elevated, though in a minor degree. 



Class. — Hemiptera. 



Natural Order. — Cimicites, Newman. 



Genus. — Coreus. 



Coreus crudus. Sordide ochraceus; jmnctis minutis nume- 

 rosis impressus ; subtus pedibusque dilutior, temie rufo-tinctus ; 

 antennarum apicibus fuscis; proalarum apicibus striatis. 

 (Corp. long. .57 unc.) 



The colour of this insect is a dull ochreous yellow, rendered still 

 darker by the numerous black impressed dots which nearly cover 



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