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more closely and lighter coloured on scutelliim and breast. 

 Thorax oblong, conical ; elytra with deep punctured striae. 

 Common. 0. stigma, Germ. 



II. Antennae and legs partly red-yellow ; length f 

 line. 



Oblong. Black ; base of antennae and tibiae red- 

 yellow ; pubescence scanty, gray, on breast closer, whitish. 

 Elytra convex, with deep punctured striae. Eather com- 

 mon. 0. saliceti, Fab. 



b. Elytra with lighter markings. 



Oval. Black ; base of antennae red ; elytra with two 

 curved bands of white hairs, the anterior one dilated at 

 suture into a yellowish spot. Elytra with punctured striae. 

 L. 1^ 1. Common. 0. sal ids, Lin. 



Acalyptiis. 



Ovate, rather flat. Black; antennae and legs reddish- 

 yellow ; elytra reddish-yellow-brown, with base, suture and 

 side margin blackish ; pubescence close, gray, shiny. Sides 

 of thorax scarcely rounded ; elytra with punctured striae. 

 L. 1 1. Not conunon. A. rufipennis, Gyll. 



Anthonomus. 



A, Elytra with a transverse or oblique band of wliitish 

 hairs ; third stria joined behind with sixth. 



a. Wliite band on elytra transverse. 



I. White band on elytra distinct. 



1. Thorax and elytra not very convex, sides of 

 former only slightly rounded. 



A A, Tooth on anterior femora strong. 



Brownish-red, with scanty whitish pubescence ; head, 

 rostrum and breast pitch-black ; scutellum and a broad 

 transverse band behind middle of elytra closely covered 

 with whitish hairs. Eostrum elongate, somewhat curved, 

 dull ; scutellum elongate-oval ; elytra diffusely covered 

 with pale hairs, wath a bare band in middle ; anterior 

 femora strongly, posterior pair feebly toothed. L. 1^ 1. 

 Common. A. ulvii, De G. 



H 13. Tooth on anterior femora only moderately 

 strong. 



