ACALLES. 143 



Ovate. Pitch-brown ; rostrum, antennae and legs red- 

 brown, with gray scales and on upper-side erect black 

 bristles, thorax variegated with brown, elytra with white. 

 Eostrum nearly straight ; thorax somewhat longer than 

 broad, constricted in front, closely but not deeply punc- 

 tured, without central furrow ; elytra convex, with mode- 

 rately strong punctured striae, interstices slightly convex. 

 L. f — 1 1. Eather common. A. turhatus, Boh, 



Oral) it is. 



Head and thorax black ; elytra black-blue, often with 

 apex reddish ; antennae and legs pitch-brown ; upper-side 

 (except scutellum) bare, under-side and scutellum closely 

 covered with white scales. Elytra with fine, scarcely punc- 

 tured striae, interstices broad and flat ; femora long, nearly 

 cylindrical, not toothed. L. 1 1. Not uncommon. 



0. cyaneihs, Lin. 



GYMNETRIBJES. 



A. Anterior coxae placed apart ; tarsal claws free. 



Prosternum with a shallow channel for reception of ros- 

 trum ; other parts as in G-yimutron. Miarus, Steph. 



J5. Anterior coxae contiguous ; tarsal claws soldered at 

 base. 



Eostrum slightly curved, scrobes commencing near middle 

 and reaching eyes ; funiculus of antennae with first two 

 joints elongate, the other three very short ; femora clubbed, 

 tibiae more or less hooked at apex. Gymnetron, Schoenh. 



Miarus. 



A, Posterior femora toothed; thorax much broader than 

 long. 



Short ovate. Black ; covered with fine recumbent hairs, 

 on under-side whitish-gray, on upper-side yellowish-gray. 

 Head and thorax very closely, evenly punctured, latter 

 much broader than long ; elytra scarcely longer than 

 together broad, with punctured striae, interstices flat, each 

 with a double row of hairs; posterior femora toothed ; third 

 joint of antennae three times as long as fourth. L. 1| — If 1. 

 Eather common. M, graminis, Gyll. 



