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with punctured striz, the punctures being furnished with scales on each, 
which causes them to appear ocellate ; legs red or pitchy-red, teeth of 
femora often very indistinct. L. 65-8 mm. 
By beating young trees, hedges, &c.; especially hurtful to raspberries ; only too 
common throughout the kingdom; Dr. Sharp records it as ‘‘ very abundant ”’ 
in Scotland. 
O. sulcatus, F. Black, rather shining ; rostrum with a deep broad 
furrow, head finely punctured, antenne ferruginous ; thorax at least as 
long as broad, with the sides slightly rounded, strongly granulate, with 
a more or less obsolete central channel, which, together with the head, is 
furnished with scanty greyish-yellow hairs ; elytra with deep furrows, in- 
terstices as well as furrows with coarse granulations or tubercles ; 
upper surface with scanty, but very distinct, patches and fasciw of 
yellowish subsquamose hairs ; legs pitchy ; teeth of anterior femora dis- 
tinct. L. 9-10 mm. 
At roots of plants,in moss, &c.; often injurious to vines, strawberries, &c. ; some- 
what local, but only too common where it occurs; apparently generally distributed 
in the London, southern, and midland districts, and, in fact, as far north as the 
Northumberland and Durham district, but recorded by Dr. Sharp as rare in Scotland, 
Forth and Tay districts; Ireland, Dublin, Waterford, Armagh, Newcastle, and 
apparently generally distributed ; the species is spread all over Europe, and Leconte 
and Horn record it from Massachusetts, Canada, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. 
O. ligustici, L. Black, clothed with grey scales and scattered ashy 
hairs, so that the whole insect presents a dirty dull grey appearance, 
which together with its large size will at once distinguish it from all 
our other species ; head rugosely punctured, rostrum distinctly carinate, 
antenne black or pitchy black; thorax slightly transverse, rather 
strongly narrowed and slightly constricted at apex, with the sides 
strongly rounded, strongly granulate, the granulations on dise not being 
very close together ; scutellum invisible ; elytra large and ample, much 
broader than thorax, finely scabrous and granulate, with fine and not 
distinct punctured striz towards sides and at apex; legs robust, black, 
pubescent, teeth of anterior tibie distinct. L. 11-13 mm. 
Heathy places, very rare; at roots of Anthyllis vulneraria at the sides of chalky 
cliffs; very rare in England, but according to Bedel it often occurs in France in 
great abundance, and does injury to vines, clovers and garden herbs on light lands : 
Godstone (Surrey), Hartfield, Barham (Suffolk) and Southend (Stephens) ; Isle of 
Wight, Ventnor (S. Stevens), Sandown (Biatch and myself); Hawley Flat. near 
Blackwater, Hampshire (Smith); Kimpton, near Andover (Rudd) ; Matlock (Chap- 
pell) ; Isle of Man (Blatch) ; Scotland, Edinburgh (Stephens; not, however, alluded 
to by Sharp). 
O. rugifrons, Gyll. (ambiguus, Brit. Cat.). Black, dull, with 
slight ashy pubescence; rostrum punctured and longitudinally rugose, 
with a more or less distinct central carina, eyes depressed ; antenn 
rather long, stout, pitchy black; thorax a little broader than long, or 
about as broad as long, closely and rather strongly granulate without 
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