124 rhyNchophora — curculionidai^. 



shagreened, rough behind. L. 1 1. Eather common. 



P. quadrituherculatus, Fab. 



II, Thoracic tubercles indistinct. 



Short ovate. Black ; sides of thorax and the under-side 

 closely covered with whitish scales ; scape of antennae, 

 tibiae and tarsi reddish-yellow ; elytra with scattered spots 

 of whitish scales toward apex. Thorax with a feeble 

 central furrow and an indistinct tubercle on each side ; 

 elytra with deep, rather indistinctly punctured striae. 

 L. 1 1. Not uncommon. P. comari, Herbst. 



b. Club of antennae oblong oval, blunt, scrobes strongly 

 curved ; each tarsal claw split. 



I» Thorax with central furrow. 



Short oval, convex. Black ; antennae and legs red ; 

 base of suture and under-side closely covered with whitish 

 scales. Thorax deeply punctured, anterior margin excised; 

 elytra with interstices of striae roughened at sides. 

 Similar to P. qicadricornis, but not convex, with thorax 

 more coarsely and deeply punctured. L. f 1. Bare. 



P. quadrinodosus, Gyll. 



II. Thorax without central furrow. 



Black ; upper-side scantily, a spot at base of suture of 

 elytra and the under-side closely covered with whitish 

 scales ; antennae and legs red-brown. Thorax deeply and 

 strongly punctured, with apex deeply emarginate and with 

 a pointed tubercle on each side before base, apical tubercles 

 remote ; elytra with deep, rather indistinctly punctured 

 striae, interstices somewhat roughened at sides. L. f 1. 

 Scarce, P. quadricornis, Gyll. 



Tapinotus. 



Black or pitch-brown ; closely covered with whitish 

 scales ; antennae and legs usually lighter ; thorax with two 

 broad brown streaks, separated by a white central line; 

 elytra with a common black transverse spot on middle, 

 with striae and a callosity before apex. L. 2 1. Very 

 rare. T. sellatus, Fab. 



I*oophaf/us. 



A., Femora not toothed. 



