124 RHY NCHOPHORA. [ Rhynchite., 
punctured, the latter subcylindrical with an obsolete dorsal fur.cw, 
eyes prominent ; elytra much broader than thorax, ample, almost sub- 
quadrate, with coarsely punctured strie, interstices distinctly punctured; 
legs rather long, mostly red, femora brassy, tarsi and sometimes part of 
tibie pitchy. L. 253-4 mm. 
Male smaller, with the rostrum about as long as head and thorax. 
Female larger, with the rostrum long and curved, twice as long as 
head and thorax. 
On the flowers of the whitethorn ; common and generally distributed in the London, 
southern and midland districts, but I know of no record further north than Repton, 
Burton-on-Trent (where I have taken it very sparingly), except ‘‘ Edinburgh 
(Stephens),”’ which may be in error, as it is not in Bold’s or Sharp’s lists. 
R. wneovirens, Marsh (obscurus, Gyll.). Upper surface brassy- 
green or eneous, clothed with fine ashy pubescence ; head short, dis- 
tinctly punctured, eyes scarcely prominent, rostrum long, black, slightly 
eneous at base, antenne black ; thorax rather dull, almost as long as 
broad, very closely punctured ; elytra shining, greenish-aneous, rarely 
coppery or bluish, with very deeply and coarsely punctured striz, inter- 
stices finely sculptured; underside and legs black, femora more or less 
eneous ; the head and thorax are sometimes entirely black. L. 38-4 
mm. 
On young oaks, hazel, &c.; in woods and hedges; local, but not uncommon ; 
Hampstead, Darenth Wood, Whitstable, Faversham, Chatham, Epping Forest, 
Cowfold, Loughton, the Holt, Farnham; Hertford; Windsor Forest; Guestling, 
near Hastings; New Forest; Glanvilles Wootton ; Llangollen; Suffolk ; Knowle ; 
Bewdley ; Repton ; Burnt Wood, Staffordshire ; Sherwood Forest ; York; Scarboro’ ; 
Heysham ; Scotland, scarce, on oak trees, Solway, Tweed and Moray districts, 
The variety with bluish elytra is the R. fragarie, Gyll.; I have not 
seen a British specimen, but it is included in Waterhouse’s catalogue. 
R. coeruleus, De G. (conicus, Ill.). Deep blue, shining, clothed 
with long upright fuscous pubescence, which is very evident ; antenne 
rostrum and legs black or blue black, femora deep blue; thorax longer 
than broad, with sides almost straight, coarsely punctured; elytra with 
deep punctured striz, interstices flat with fine punctures, scutellary 
stria wanting ; legs moderately long. L. 23-38 mm. 
On various Pomacee ; sometimes it does considerable damage to pear trees; also on 
the flowers of the whitethorn ; local, but not uncommon; Dzrenth Wood, Sheerness, 
Shooters Hill, Mickleham, Cowfold, Horsell, Boundstone ; Hastings ; New Forest ; 
Glanvilles Wootton; Swansea; Wood Ditton and Littlington, Cambridge; Red- 
grave Fen; Weston, Oxon; Knowle, Repton and other midjand localities; North- 
umberland and Durham district, rare ; not recorded from Scotland. 
The very strong raised pubescence, absence of a sceutellary stria, and 
deep cyaneous blue colour will separate this from our other allied species, 
R. minutus, Herbst. (germanicus, auct.). Very like the preceding, 
but of a more greenish blue colour, with the thorax more widened 
