Magdalis. | RHYNCHOPHORA. 399 
Trench Woods; Hunstanton ; Sherwood; Northumberland and Durham district ; 
Scotland, very rare, Clyde and Forth districts. 
M.cerasi, L. Black, dull; rostrum distinctly punctured at base, 
antenne black ; thorax broader than long, compressed at apex, simple 
at sides, very closely punctured ; scutellum contracted on each side in 
front, leaving a space between the elytra and its sides ; elytra with rather 
strong and distinctly punctured striz, interstices convex, granulosely 
coriaceous ; all the femora furnished with a small indistinct tooth. L. 
3-45 mm. 
Male with the rostrum shorter than thorax, slightly curved; antennze 
inserted at the anterior third part of rostrum, with a very large club, 
which is covered with silky pubescence and is longer than the funiculus. 
Female with the antenne inserted in the middle of the rostrum, which 
is curved and a little longer than the thorax. ; 
In dead hedges, dead blackthorn twigs, &e.; it appears to be attached to various 
species of Rosacee@ ; the larva attacks the branches of the pear, apple, hawthorn, 
&e.; local ; London district, not uncommon, Forest Hill, Caterham, Wimbledon, 
Darenth, Lee, Cobham, Birch Wood, Shirley, Chatham, Chingford, &c.; Hastings ; 
Portsmouth district ; Shirley Warren, Southampton; New Forest ; Bewdley; Can- 
nock Chase; Bretby Wood, Repton. 
M.pruni, L. This species may easily be distinguished from its 
allies by the distinet lateral tubercles of the thorax; black, rather dull, 
with the antenne red at base, or red with the club black ; rostrum short, 
about as long as head, straight, very finely punctured ; thorax transverse, 
truncate at base, rounded at sides, very closely punctured ; scutellum 
not contracted at sides in front; elytra subcylindrical, with broad and 
rather deep punctured stria, interstices narrow and convex, transversely 
strigose ; femora simple. L. 2-3 mm. 
Male with the antenne inserted at the anterior third part of rostrum ; 
in the female they are inserted in the middle. 
In dead hedges, &ec. ; the species is attached chiefly to species of Prunus ; rather 
common and generally distributed from the Midland counties southwards; rarer 
further north and not recorded from the Northumberland and Durham district ; Scot- 
land, very rare, Forth district, “ Dalmeny Park, Edinburgh, Mr. R. N. Greville ” 
Murray’s Cat. 
NM. barbicornis, Latr. ( J claviger, Kiist.), Black, with the antennze 
ferruginous, elub dark ; rostrum a little longer and more eurved than in 
M. pruni ; thorax transverse, compressed at apex, with the dise obsoletely 
foveolate on each side, very closely punctured ; elytra slightly shining, 
with deep punctured striz, interstices slightly convex, transversely stri- 
gose; femora simple. L. 2-3 mm. 
Male with the club of the antenne very long, twice as long as the 
funiculus and clothed with silky pubescence; autenne inserted at the 
anterior third part of the rostrum which is only slightly curved. 
Female with the club of the antenne shorter than the funiculus, and 
