Orchestes. | RHYNCHOPHORA. 259 
terior femora very strongly thickened, with a tooth in the middle and a 
series of rigid cilia behind it. I. 21-3 mm. 
On elms, Ric. ; ; often by beating dead hedges and under loose bark ; very abundant 
from the Midland districts southwards, but much rarer further north, and [ know 
of no locality further north than Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire ; it was scarce at Repton, 
near Burton-on-Trent; Ireland, Dublin and Waterford. 
V. ferrugineus, Marsh. (melanocephalus, Ol.; saltator, Fourc.). In 
this variety the black spots on the elytra are entirely absent; the black 
head and more elongate form will easily separate it from O. guercu:, 
and the black head and strong setz at sides of thorax and shoulders of 
elytra will prevent it being confounded with O. seutellaris. L. 24- 
3 mm, 
Found in company with the type, but not quite so common. 
O. ilicis, I’. (pilosus, F.). Oblong-ovate, black; head pubescent ; 
antenne red-yellow, with the scape long, inserted a little behind middle 
of rostrum, which is black and rugosely punctured ; thorax rugosely 
sculptured, with strong sete at sides, more or less distinctly pubescent ; 
scutellum with dense white pubescence; elytra with punctured strie, 
interstices flat and somewhat rugose, variegated with grev, white and 
blackish, and semetimes ferruginous, hair-like scales, with an oblong 
white streak at base of suture, the markings, except the latter, being 
however indefinite; anterior and intermediate femora with a single 
tooth in the middle, posterior pair with a tooth in the middle and a 
series of small spines besides; legs black, tarsi testaceous. L. 24- 
3 mm. 
On ouk, birch, holly, &c.; somewhat local, but rather common and widely dis- 
tributed in the London and Southern districts; especially common in the New 
Forest; Devon (rare); much less common further north; Windsor; Norfolk ; 
Bristol; Swansea; Kuowle, near Birmingham; Dunham Park, Manchester; not 
recorded from the Northumberla.d and Durham district ; Scotland, rare, Solway 
and Forth districts; it probably occurs in Ireland. 
V. nigripes, Fowler. In this variety the antenne and legs are 
entirely black and the general colour of the pubescence is darker; the 
teeth of the posterior femcra appear also to be less strongly pronounced. 
L. 23-3 mm. 
Taken by Dr. Power at Claygate, Shirley, Purley Downs, Birch Wood, Plumstead 
and Folkestone. 
©. sparsus, Fahrs. Very closely allied to the preceding, but 
smaller and distinguished by having the scape of the antenne shorter in 
proportion and inserted nearer to the base of the rostrum ; it is covered 
with black hairs, which are rather long and erect on the thorax and 
depressed on the elytra, which are obsoletely variegated with grey, and 
have a whitish or fulvous spot behind the scutelluin ; the antenne and 
-tarsi are reddish-yellow ; posterior femora with a row of indistinct 
teeth beneath. LL 23 mm. 
On birch and oak ; very rare: one example in Dr. Power’s collection taken in July, 
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