328 RHYNCHOPHORA. [ Orobitis. 
shoulders rounded, and with rather fine, almost impunctate, striz, of 
which the tenth is joined behind to the ninth ; interstices broad and 
flat, smooth or almost smooth ; legs long in proportion to the body, more 
or less pitchy, the femora being usually darker than the tibie and tarsi ; 
femora elongate, without teeth; tarsal claws small and connate. 
L. 23 mm. 
Sandy and chalky places; by sweeping Orobus, Viola, &c. ; often in moss during 
winter; somewhat local, but widely distributed, and not uncommon in many 
districts; it is however never abundant apparently in any one place; London 
district, not uncommon, Hsher, Caterham, Mickleham, Coombe Wood, Darenth 
Wood, Sevenoaks, Faversham, Maidstone, Chatham, Horsell, Farnham, &c.; Great 
Yarmouth ; Ashwicken, Cambridge; Hastings; St. Leonards Forest; Arundel ; 
Holm Bush, Brighton ; New Forest; Glanvilles Wootton ; Seaford and Exminster, 
Devon; Bristol; Swansea; Midland counties, widely distributed; Barmouth ; 
Cheshire; Liverpool district ; Ripon; Scarborough; Cumberland; Northumberland 
and Durham district, not common; Scotland, scarce, Solway, Tweed and Forth 
districts ; Ireland, near Belfast (Haliday), Armagh (Johnson), Galway, not rare 
(J. J. Walker), and probably general. 
CRYPTORRHYNCHINA. 
This tribe contains several European genera of which two, Acalles and 
Cryptorrhynchus, are found in Britain; the species are dull, rough, 
scabrous insects, and are characterized by having the tibie furnished 
with a curved hook at their apical external angle, and by the prosternum 
being strongly grooved for the reception of the rostrum ; the legs are 
stout and the anterior femora are longer than the others ; the pygidium 
is completely covered by the elytra. 
I. Scutellum large and distinct ; episterna of metaster- 
num not covered by elytra and well developed ; size 
larger ss 30 6 ee 8 ahs esc ie sa Soe eo mae s 
II. Scutellum wanting or almost invisible; episterna of 
metasternum indistinct or concealed by the elytra . . ACALLES, Steph. 
CRYPTORRHYNCHUS, Jl. 
CRYPTORRHYNCHUS, liliger. 
This is a very large and important genus containing between two and 
three hundred species, which are very widely distributed in the Southern 
Hemisphere ; very few, however, occur in the Northern Hemisphere, 
and one representative only is found in Europe ; it is arather large, dull, 
rough insect, of a variegated black and yellowish-white colour, and is 
found on osiers ; it also attacks poplars and alders ; the rostrum is moder- 
ately long and curved, and when the insect is at rest it is fitted tightly 
beneath the thorax ; the antenne are moderately long and terminate in 
au ovate club; the scutellum is conspicuous, and the posterior coxe 
are transverse and almost attain the margin of the elytra; the elytra 
have the shoulders square and well marked and are somewhat acu- 
minate at apex; the legs are stout, and, as in Acalles and other allied 
