166 BHYNCHOPHOKA — CURCULIONIDAE. 



A a. Upper-side distinctly covered with 

 hairs. 



A 1, Elytra with short row of punctures 

 near scutellum, interstices not or scarcely 

 punctured. 



a 1. Head and thorax dark bronze or 

 blackish. 



Oblong-ovate. Dark bronze, sometimes bluish-black ; 

 pubescence scanty, brown. Thorax as broad as long, sides 

 scarcely dilated, finely and very closely punctured ; elytra 

 with deep punctured striae, interstices narrow, convex. 

 Rather common. E. aeneovirens, Marsh. 



h 1. Head and thorax blue. 



A 2, Thorax roughly punctured, 

 with central furrow. 



Blue, with brown hairs. Thorax roughly punctured, 

 with central furrow ; elytra shiny, with strong punctured 

 furrows, interstices narrow, convex, eyes prominent. L. 

 1^ 1. Not uncommon. B. pauxillus, Germ. 



S 2, Thorax finely punctured, with- 

 out central furrow. 



Ovate. Greenish-blue, pubescent. Thorax slightly rounded 

 at sides, closely and finely punctured ; interstices on elytra 

 impunctate. L. 1^ 1. Common. B. germanicus, Herbst. 



S 1. Elytra without short row of punc- 

 tures near scutellum, interstices with a 

 more or less regular row of punctures. 



a 1, Thorax longer than broad, widest 

 near base, sides tolerably straight. 



Oblong-ovate. Blue or blue-green ; antennae, tibiae 

 and tarsi black. Thorax with sides almost straight, nar- 

 rowed in front, disc not very closely, rather coarsely punc- 

 tured ; elytra with deep punctured striae, interstices flat. 

 L. \\ 1. Rather common. B. conicus, HI. 



h 1. Thorax broader than long, widest 

 in middle, sides distinctly rounded. 



Ovate. Blue or greenish ; slightly pubescent ; antennae 

 and legs black. Thorax granulate ; closely and finely 

 punctured, with impunctate central line ; elytra with deep 



