246 RHYNCHOPHORA. [ Cureulionina. 
instances, very large and conspicuous insects ; the species belonging to 
the genus Liosoma are,-however, very small, but are worthy of notice as 
being almost exact reproductions in miniature of the large and con- 
spicuous species of Liparus. 
J. First joint of the club of the antenne shorter than the follow- 
ing joints united. 
i. Prosternum not emarginate at apex; surface of mandibles 
with scattered patches of hairs . . . 
ee LEpPYRws, Schon. 
ii. Prosternum emarginate at apex; surface of mandibles 
glabrous. 
1. Length 2-4 mm. ; tibize with moderately strong spurs at 
apex: Seri teis }: Jy eagueres 2t):- Beead) valine ON-> Ge Liosoma, Steph. 
2. Length 8-16 mm. ;* tibiz with strong curved spurs at 
apex, 
A. Scutellum small; metasternum very short . . . . Ltparus, Ol. 
B. Scutellum large; metasternum comparatively long . Cuxcutio, LZ. 
(Hylobius, Schén.). 
II. First joint of the club of the antenne as long as all the 
following united ; upper surface very dull with large round 
punctures PLINTHUS, Germ. 
LEPYRUS, Schonherr. 
This genus contains about half-a-dozen species which are found in 
Europe, Northern Asia, and North America; they are moderate-sized 
insects with the eyes round, the scutellum scarcely visible, and the 
prosternum not emarginate at apex ; the thorax is narrowed towards apex 
and broadly rounded at base; the elytra are broadly emarginate at base; 
the femora are armed with a small tooth; the single British species is 
extremely rare. 
L. binotatus, Payk. (capucinus, Schall.). Black, clothed with 
fusco-cinereous or ashy-brown scales and hairs, very minutely variegated 
with grey, and with a very small but distinct white point of scales be- 
hind the middle of each elytron; rostrum longer than thorax, carinate, 
somewhat dilated at apex ; antennz moderately thin, inserted near apex 
of rostrum, scape not reaching eyes, funiculus seven-jointed, with the 
two first joints rather long; eyes rather convex ; thorax narrowed to- 
wards apex, closely sculptured, with a small central line; elytra long 
oval, somewhat acuminate at apex, with regular punctured strie; legs 
moderately long. L. 75-10 mm. 
Woods and damp meadows; on Salix; often found in flood refuse in France ; very 
rare; Norbiton, Surrey (Lewis); Minley, Hampshire, under a stone in a dusty road, 
the plants near being birch and broom (Serle Hayward, Ent. Ann. 1870, 102); 
Eastrey, Portsmouth district, 1870 (Moncreaff) ; one specimen from Rev. W. Hope 
(S. Stevens). 
LIOSOMA, Stephens. 
The species belonging to this genus are about twenty in number; 
* Liparus dirus, Herbst. (glabratus, F.) attains a length of 17-20 mm.; it is 
widely spread over Central and Southern Europe, 
