320 RHYNCHOPHORA. [Anthonomus, 
Antenne rather long, slender, rufo-testaceous, clava elongate and 
fuscous. Thorax transversely impressed and constricted anteriorly, a little 
rounded at the sides, bisinuated at the base, mcderately convex above, 
testaceous, closely and deeply punctured and pubescent. Scutellum 
small, elevated anddensely pubescent. Elytra ovate, very convex above, 
testaceous, deeply punctate-striate, interstices narrow, convex, indis- 
tinctly punctulated and sparingly pubescent. Legs long, testaceous ; 
anterior femora minutely dentate, posterior femora scarcely or very 
obsoletely dentate. Length 15 line (81 mm.). The form of the rostrum, 
with the place of insertion of the antenne, and the form of the tibie, 
are very similar to A. pedicularius ; but the absence of a fascia on the 
elytra, and the minute tooth on each of the femora, at once distinguish 
this insect from the pale varieties of A. ulmi and A. pedicularius, to 
which itis allied.” ‘Three specimens of this,” Mr. Walton continues, 
‘‘ with other British insects, taken in Herefordshire by Mr. Doubleday, 
were given by him to Mr. Smith, one of which was kindly presented to 
me by the latter gentleman: it occurs on pines in the north of Sweden ”’ 
One of these specimens, according to Mr. Rye, was communicated by Mr. 
Crotch to M. Desbrochers des Loges, who described the species (under 
the name A. britannus) solely from England on its authority: Mr. 
Walton’s remarks as to Sweden being a locality for the insect must 
therefore have referred to Gyllenhal’s A. pubescens, with which he 
identified his insect. Mr. Rye states that ‘its entirely reddish-ferru- 
ginous colour, short dull rostrum, feeble femoral teeth and small size 
will distinguish it from any other of its genus:” it is not, however, 
clear that Mr. Rye ever examined one of the three specimens, and I am 
strongly of opinion that the insect was at most a variety of a closely 
allied species (probably immature A. pedicularius), and that it must, at 
all events for the present, be omitted from our lists. 
Mr. Walton says of this genus :—‘ There is the greatest imaginable 
confusion among the species of this very pretty and interesting genus of 
insects ; ten have been catalogued and described as specifically distinct, 
but I must confess my inability to distinguish out of that number more 
than four;” the determination of the species has given me a great deal 
of trouble and I am far from being sure that the table and descriptions 
above given are altogether satisfactory ; it is quite possible that several 
of the allied continental species, such as A. druparum and A. pyri, may 
be found in Britain ; the former species has, in fact, been recorded from 
Somersetshire, but the insect turned out to be a variety of A. ulmi. 
Mr. Walton long ago prophesied that it would probably be found in 
Britain, if the wild cherry were searched for it, as it occurs plentifully 
on the latter tree in Sweden. 
BRACHONYW3&, Schonherr. 
One species only is contained in this genus, which is rather widely 
