204 RHYNCHOPHORA. [ Phyllobius. 
or golden green, shorter and thicker ; last 
joints of funiculus of antenne ony slightly 
Jonger than broad. . . . Mes RECA Den 
(alneti, F.) 
B. All the tibiz compressed and carinate on 
their outer edge ; scales of elytra coppery . . P. pyri, L. 
2. Elytra with round scales and distinct additional 
raised pubescence. 
A. Elytra with long erect hairs ; antennz en- 
tirely yellowish- ered Ubyic . P. ARGENTATUS, L. 
B. Elytra with very short erect hairs ; : " antennee 
with apex of scape and at least base of club 
Ganka iss . » »- « BP. MAOULICORNIS, Germ. 
II, Femora not or very indistinctly toothed. 
i. Upper surface thickly covered with scales. 
1. Abdomen thickly covered with scales; average 
size larger . . . P. pomonz, Ol. 
2. Abdomen with fine "pubescence but without, or 
almost without, scales, shining black; average 
sizesmiller cn <<.1:.) cae) es ae ey Wires teh acer: 
(wniformis, Marsh.) 
i. Elytra without scales, shining black ; thorax with 
sie sides clothed with green stales. “noni: .- P. VIRIDICOLLIS, F. 
P. oblongus, L. Oblong, black, with the elytra castaneous brown, 
clothed with long greyish pubescence ; antennz and legs red, club of 
the former darker ; ; head distinctly punctured, rostrum with the apex 
rufous; thorax with the sides slightly rounded, coarsely punctured, 
with an obsolete smooth raised line in middle ; elytra with strong and 
regular punctured striz, lighter or darker castaneous brown, sometimes 
with the lateral margin black or dusky, legs rather long. L. 43-5 mm. 
Male with the anterior tibiz armed with rather a strong hook, and the 
first and second ventral segments of the abdomen slightly impressed. 
On elms and apple trees, &c.; also on low shrubs, in hedges, &c. ; generally 
distributed and common throughout the greacer part of England and Wales ; Scot- 
land, local, on bushes, Solway, Moray and probably other districts; Ireland, Dublin, 
Belfast, Armagh and probably common. 
P. calcaratus, F. (glaucus, Scop. ; cesius, Steph. ; pyrt, Steph. nec 
L.). <A large and conspicuous species, oblong, elongate, subparallel, 
black, clothed with long and narrow, filiform, yellowish-green or golden 
seales ; head rather long, with an obsolete impression between the 
antenne ; antennz red, fuscous towards apex ; thorax about as long as 
broad witb the sides rounded and widened in middle; elytra long, 
much broader at base than thorax, with fine punctured striz, interstices 
broad, apex with short outstanding hairs; legs red, with the tarsi, and 
sometimes femora, pitchy ; apical external angle of posterior tibiz cut off 
obliquely ; abdomen with long thin pubescence. LL, 7-10 mm. 
Male with the apex of the anal segment of the abdomen subtruncate, 
On alders ; also on various bushes, in hedges, &c.; locally common ; it appears to 
be generally distributed throughout England; Scotland, common, Solway, Tay, Dee, 
and probably other districts ; Ire elaud, near Dublin, and most likely widely distributed. 
