292 RHYNCHOPHORA. [ Bagous. 
in front of middle of rostrum; thorax not transverse with three light 
longitudinal lines; elytra strongly contracted and iuflexed at apex, with 
fine punctured striz and flat even interstices, the fifth evidently callose 
behind ; suture raised behind; tibie slender, not thickened on their 
internal margin above middle, strongly curved at apex; tarsi longer 
than half the length of the tibiz, with the third joint evidently broader 
than the preceding, and plainly, although not strongly, bilobed. L, 3-33 
mim, 
In ditches on aquatic plants; very rare; Ripley, Surrey (Stephens) ; Notting 
Hill, Oct. 24th and 31st, 1863 (Power) ); Southsea, one specimen in canal (Moncreaft) ; 
Hertford, Norfolk and Lancashire (Stephens). 
B. glabrirostris, Herbst. (lutulentus, Gyll.; collignensis, W. C.). 
Oblong, black, with the antenne, except club, and the legs ferruginous, 
variegated with grey and whitish scales, each elytron witha very distinct 
white callosity behind the middle, on the third interstice ; rostrum 
moderately long; thorax scarcely as long as broad, hardly rounded at 
sides, and not strongly constricted in front; elytra with moderately 
strong strie and the alternate interstices evidently broader and more 
raised, suture not elevated behind ; legs long, tibie long and curved, 
tarsi moderately elongate with the third joint broader than second and 
slightly bilobed. L. 3-33 mm. 
Marshy places; by sweeping aquatic plants; rare, or rather extremely local ; 
Forest Hill and Merton Marsh (Power); London district (Stephens) ; Southsea, 
canal, common in moss, spring (Moncreaff); Sandown, Isle of Wight (Champion) ; 
Carlisle (Stephens) ; Scotland, Forth district, “near Edinburgh, Rev. W. Little, 
Murray’s Cat.” 
V. ‘nigritarsits, Thoms. Thomson considers this variety to be a 
separate species and describes it as very like the preceding but dis- 
tinguished by having the thorax a little shorter, slightly dilated at the 
sides which are narrowed at base, the posterior angles slightly obtuse, 
the disc more strongly punctured subrugosely, the alternate striz of the 
elytra less plainly elevated and the antenne and tarsi black, the second 
joint of the latter being also shorter. L. 25-4 mm. 
Two examples have been taken by Mr. Champion at Barnes, which are apparently 
referable to this variety. 
ANOPLINA. 
The genus Anoplus, which forms this tribe, is very distinct from all 
the other European Rhynchophora from the fact that the tarsi have no 
onychium and terminate at the third joint; in other respects the genus 
is, perhaps, most closely allied to the Elleschina with which it is classed 
by Thomson. 
. ANOPLUS, Schonherr. 
There are only three species known as belonging to this genus, of 
which two are found in Britain ; one of these, A. roboris, so exactly 
resembles the other, A. plantaris, that it has been by several authors 
