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II. Rostrum shorter, subparallel, less distinctly dilated at 
apex; antenne inserted at middle of rostrum. 
i. Head, together with rostrum, and thorax entirely 
MElerenverneeanice go see we eta os wy fe) dts VERT DEPENNIE, OLED. 
ii. Upper surface entirely bronze, with the ro-tium 
reddish-yellow . . . oy Spitehirs. | seta oan ween lt. eB HANTROST EIS! 71. 
R. ruficollis, L., nec Panz. (roboris, Payk.). Shining and glabrous; 
rostrum and thorax clear reddish-testaceous, vertex of head and elytra 
greenish or greenish-black, sometimes bluish, under-side reddish, with 
the metasternum pitchy; rostrum rather long, strongly dilated at apex ; 
antennze inserted in front of middle of rostrum, fuscous with base 
reddish-testaceous; eyes prominent; thorax strongly cordiform, 
diffusely and rather deeply punctured, and with a deep fovea on each 
side at base ; elytra much broader at base than base of thorax, with 
shoulders well marked, widest behind middle, with distinct rows of 
punctures, alternate interstices with rows of punctures set widely apart ; 
legs reddish-testaceous. L. 23-4 mm. Occasionally the metasternum 
is testaceous. 
Under bark, in dead twigs, &c.; local; London district, rather common; Mickle- 
ham, Forest Hill, Putney, Darenth Wood, Lee, Enfield, Westerham, West Wickham, 
&e.; Dover; Hastings; New Forest; Portsmouth; Glanvilles Wootton; Edgbaston, 
Sutton, and Yardley, Birmingham; Hopwas Wood, Tamworth; Repton; Scar- 
borough ; Withington, Cheshire; Agecroft and Dunham Park, Manchester ; 
Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, rare, Solway, Clyde, and Dee 
districts ; Ireland, Armagh, Westport co. Mayo, &e. 
R. viridipennis, Steph. (rujicollis, Panz., nee L.; Salpingus 
rujicollis, H. R. W., &c.). This species at first sight very much 
resembles the preceding, but may at once be known by its entirely red- 
dish-testaceous head and rostrum, and especially by the very much 
shorter, broader, and differently shaped rostrum, which has caused 
several authors to place it with Salpingus,; in this case, however, 
R. planirostris might also be removed to the same genus, as it is inter- 
niediate as 1egards shape of rostrum between the two species ; antenne 
inserted about middle of rostrum, fuscous, with base testaceous; thorax 
less strongly narrowed behind than in £&. rujicollis, L., ditlusely and 
coarsely punctured ; elytra bluish-green with distinct rows of punctures ; 
meso- and metasternum greenish-brown; abdomen red-brown ; legs 
reddish-yellow. L. 2-35 mm, 
Under bark, in dead hedges, &e.; local; London district, not common, but 
widely distributed; Mickleham, Sanderstead, Forest Hill, Caterham, Shirley, 
Darenth Wood, St. Mary Cray, Shooter’s Hill, Loughton, &c.; Aylsham, Norfolk; 
Littlington and Quy Fen, Cambridge ; Kingsgate; Dover; Hastings; New Forest ; 
Portsmouth ; Devon; Llangollen; Midland districts, generally distributed ; Sear- 
borough; Withivgton, Cheshire; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, 
rare, Dee district ; not recorded from Ireland, but it almost certainly occurs. 
R. planirostris, F. (Spinole, Costa), neous, with the rostrum 
reddish-testaceous ; head rather closely punctured, rostrum broad, some 
