Otiorrhynchus. | RHYNCHOPHORA. ue & 
O. blandus, Gyll (monticola, Walt.; levigatus, Steph.). Some- 
what resembling the preceding but smaller and narrower ;_ black, 
shining, glabrous ; antenne pitchy ; rostrum rugose witha broad smooth 
central raised line; head broad, finely punctured ; thorax longer than 
broad, diffusely and not strongly punctured on disc, closely punctured 
or shagreened at sides; elytra ovate with fine punctured striae, inter- 
stices punctured and more or less distinctly shagreened, especially at 
sides ; legs pitchy, tibiz not compressed and carinate. L. 6-7 mm. 
Male with the abdomen impressed at base and the tibie armed with 
a small hook. 
Sub-alpine; Scotland, common, Tweed, Forth, Tay, Dee, Moray, Sutherland and 
Shetland districts, and probably general; Ireland, Kilkeel (Champion) ; it has not 
hitherto occurred in England. 
©. maurus, Gyll. Black, rather shining, sparingly clothed with 
ashy pubescence, which is arranged in more or less distinct small patches 
upon the elytra; antennz pitchy or pitchy red; rostrum rugose with a 
distinct central raised line; forehead broad, rather arched; thorax 
scarcely as long as broad, closely and coarsely granulated, the granu- 
lations on disc being large and round; elytra ovate, with plainly 
punctured striz, interstices obsoletely rugose; legs pitchy red. LL. 63— 
73 mm. 
A northern species, as a rule, which extends to Greenland and Iceland ; local and 
not common ; Cheshire; Manchester district; Scarborough; Skiddaw; Cheviots; 
Scotland, scarce, Solway, Clyde, Tay, Dee, Moray and Shetland districts; Ireland, 
Newcastle (Champion) ; Stephens recorded it from South Wales, but this is most 
probably an error. 
O. raucus, F. Black, with the antenne and legs pitchy ferrugi- 
nous, head and thorax not thickly covered with thin hair like scales, 
which are of a brownish grey or greyish yellow. colour, elytra very 
thickly covered with the same, which completely hide the integument 
and are broader on the strize; rostrum rugosely punctured; thorax 
about as long as broad with the sides rounded and dilated, not strongly, 
but distinctly, granulated, the granulations being moderately large, 
central line finely raised; elytra with rather distinct punctured striz, 
the punctures in the strie being less evident at apex. L. 6-7 mm. 
Chalky and sandy places; by sweeping herbage, also at the foot of trees, under 
plants, &e. ; according to Rouzet it does damage to pear trees; rare; Darenth, 
Hammersmith, Hampstead, Chatham, Greenhithe, Southend, Claygate, Reigate, 
Bearsted, near Maidstone; Glanvilles Wootton ; Swansea; Bottisham, near Cam- 
bridge; Cromer; Northumberland and Durham district “ Twizell,” P. IT. Selby, 
Esq. (Bold). 
©. scabrosus, Marsh. Oblong ovate, rough, black or pitchy, with 
the elytra ferruginous brown or pitchy brown ; upper surface with 
greyish pubescenee, which is setose and distinctly raised if viewed side- 
ways; rostrum rugose with a deep central channel ; head short; thorax 
at least as long as broad with the sides slightly rounded, coarsely and 
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