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S h, Eostrum wrinkled or punctured. 



A 1. Head black. 



Brown-red ; head (with or without all or part of rostrum) 

 and under-side black ; pubescence unequal, gray ; elytra 

 with dark spots near suture. Eostrum as long as head and 

 thorax, rather thick, wrinkled, moderately curved ; thorax 

 narrowed in front, closely punctured, sides scarcely rounded. 

 L. 1| 1. Eare. E. majalis, Payk. 



JB 1. Head yellow-red. 



a 1, Body oblong. 



Oblong. Yellow-red; under-side pitch-black; pubes- 

 cence gray, on thorax close at sides, scanty on disc ; elytra 

 witli a large pitch-brown common spot at base, rather 

 closely covered throughout with short pubescence. Eostrum 

 curved, striate and punctured from base to middle ; apex 

 reddish ; thorax somewhat broader than long, narrowed in 

 front, closely punctured. Narrower than E. pedoralis, with 

 rostrum longer and more curved, sides of thorax more 

 rounded. L. 1|- 1. Eather common. E. agnathus, Boh. 



b 1, Body oblong-ovate. 



Oblong-ovate. Yellow-red ; breast brown or (blackish) ; 

 apex of rostrum brown ; pubescence gray, unequal on 

 elytra, which are variegated with brown and gray. Eostrum 

 longer than head and thorax, moderately curved, striate 

 and wrinkled at base ; thorax punctured, sides moderately 

 rounded. L. 1| 1. Common. E. pectoralis,¥Q.nz. 



II, Elytra not spotted. 



Eeddish-yellow, rather shiny ; breast brown ; pubescence 

 gray, scanty tln-oughout. Eostrum nearly as long as half 

 the body, slightly curved, shiny, punctured at base ; thorax 

 closely punctured, with feeble central furrow. L. 2|- 1. 

 Moderately common. E. tortrix, Lin. 



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Pitch-black ; breast, sides of thorax and elytra, and apex 

 of latter closely covered with white and brownish-gray 

 scales ; each elytron with a white spot in middle. Alter- 

 nate interstices on elytra raised, third, fifth and seventh 

 with callosity behind middle. L. 2| — 3 1. Common. 



G. equiscti, Fab. 



