196 RHYNCHOPHORA — CURCULIONIDAE. 



raised. L. 1| 1. Not uncommon. E. pilluvi7is, GjW. 



b. All tibiae curved, with a strong tooth at apex. 



X. Each elytron with a round white spot behind 

 middle ; length 2^ lines. 



Oblong. Pitch-brown ; rostrum, antennae and legs rust- 

 red ; closely covered with gray scales (on thorax more 

 scantily), elytra indistinctly variegated with brown. 

 Eostrum closely punctured ; thorax much rounded at 

 sides, closely and finely punctured. L. 2^ 1. Not un- 

 common. F. festucae, Herbst. 



IT, Elytra without round light spot behind middle; 

 length 1| — If lines. 



1, Eostrum nearly smooth. 



Elongate, parallel-sided. Pitch-brown ; rostrum, antennae 

 and legs rust-red ; covered with grayish scales, scantily on 

 disc of thorax and space at base of elytra round scutellum, 

 closely on rest of body. L. 1-| — If 1. Common. 



U. nereis, Payk. 



2. Eostrum punctured and striate (more strongly 

 in male than in female). 



Elongate. Pitch-black ; rostrum, antennae and legs rust- 

 red ; covered with yellowish-gray scales, scantily on disc of 

 thorax, in spots on elytra and closely on sides of thorax, 

 breast and abdomen. Eostrum thicker than in U. nereis, 

 elytra broader. L. If 1. Not common. 



U. scirrhosus, Gyll. 

 JB, Femora with a tooth before apex. 



a. Eostrum as long as half the body, thin, much curved, 

 strongly striate ; legs long and thin, anterior pair 

 (especially of male) much longer than the others. 



Pitch-black ; antennae and legs rust-red ; pubescence 

 unequal, gray ; elytra variegated with reddish and black, 

 with numerous markings of gray pubescence. Thorax 

 transverse, rapidly narrowed in front, sides strongly 

 rounded ; femora with a small tooth. L. 21 — 3 1. Com- 

 mon. JE. vorax, Fab. 



&. Eostrum not or scarcely longer than head and thorax 

 together ; legs somewhat thick, anterior pair only 

 slightly elongate. 



