Plate XXIY .— Continued. 



Thorax transverse, narrowed in front, sides rounded, thickly and finely punctate. Elytra a trifle 

 wider at the base than the thorax, oblong ovate, with deep, longitudinal, faintly punctate stria> ; inter- 

 stices minutely punctate. Posterior thighs with an angular projection beneath. Length, I4 lines. 

 Not common. Knaresborough, Yorkshire ; near Hertford ; and near London. 



Fig, 211. CCELIODES GERANII, Pfly/t. [F. Cryptorhynchida. G. CcBlioies, Schoenh.} 

 (Centorhynchus Geranii, Curtis.) 



Broad, ovate, convex, black, shining, sparsely clothed with a short, sub-erect black pubescence. 

 Head aud rostrum thickly and rather coarsely punctate, the latter deflexed, and slightly curved. 

 Thorax convex, transverse, narrowed in front ; sides rounded ; anterior margin reflexed ; thickly 

 and rather coarsely punctate, with a transverse furrow in front, and a minute glabrous tubercle on 

 each side. Elytra broad, wider at the base than the thorax; deeply striate, the striae profoundly 

 punctate ; interstices flat, each with a row of small tubercles. Beneath with ashy scales. All the 

 thighs with an exceedingly minute tooth on the underside. Length, 1^-1| lines. 



Not rare. On the meadow crane's-bill [Geranium pratense). 



Fig. 212. ACALLES ROBORIS, Curtis. [F. Cryptorhynchidje. G. Acalles, SchoenL] 



Ovate, convex, pitchy black, clothed with yellowish-grey, brown, and black scales ; antennae 

 and rostrum roddish-brown, the latter sub-cylindrical, slightly bent, shining, minutely punctate. 

 Thorax longer than broad, contracted in front, thence slightly narrowed to the base, with a central 

 longitudinal channel obliterated in front, and an oblong tubercle on each side of it. Elytra broad, 

 wider than the thorax at the base ; deeply striate ; interstices convex, with patches of black scales 

 forming irregular, transverse bands. Legs pitchy, clothed with ashy and brown scales. Length, 

 l|-2 lines. 



Rare. But widely distributed in the south ; on the oak. 



Fig. 213. PHYTOBIUS CO:\IARI, Herbsf. [F. Erirhinidaj. G. Phytobius, SchoenL] 

 (Pacbyrhiuus coraari, Curtis.) 



Broad, ovate, rather convex, black; sides of thorax and underside clothed with white scales; 

 elytra maculated with ashy scales. Head and rostrum thickly and rather coarsely punctate, with 

 a few dispersed ashy scales ; antenn;e ferruginous, club pitchy. Thorax transverse, contracted 

 in front; sides rounded; thickly and rather coarsely punctate, with a bro.ad, shallow, central, 

 longitudinal channel, and an obtuse tubercle on each side. Elytra at the base half as wide again 

 as the thorax; each with seven deep, broad, obscurely punctate, longitudinal stria;; interstices 

 convex, rugulose-punctate. Thighs pitchy ; tibia; and tarsi ferruginous ; claws fuscous. Length, 

 Ij-li lines. 



Not uncommon. In boggy places in the south, on the marsh ciuquefoil [Comarum palustre). 



Fig. 214. MONONYCHUS PSEUDACORI, Fab., Curtis. [F. Ciyptorhyncbidie. G. 

 Mononychus, Germar.'\ 



Broad, ovate, rather depressed, black, sub-opaque, underside with ochre-yellow scales ; elytra 

 with a patch of yellowish-grey scales on the suture, at about one-fifth from the base. Head 

 thickly and coarsely rugulose-punctate, with a depression in front between the eyes ; rostrum 

 sparsely and rather finely [lunctate. Thorax transverse, very much narrowed in front ; sides 

 rounded, thickly aud coarsely rugulose-jmnctate ; with a central, longitudinal furrow, narrowed 

 behind, and reacliing the base, dilated and abbreriated in front. Elytra sub quadrate, suture 

 depressed at the base; punctate-striate ; interstices flat, coarsely rugulose-punctate. Length, 

 2 lines. 



Abundant near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, in the seed capsules of the stinking iris, or roast-beef 

 plant (Iris fcetidissima). 

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