168 On the British species o/Erirhinus^ Notaris_, and Procas. 



punctured. Antennse as long as the rostrum and head together,, 

 slender, rufo-piceous. Thorax rather broader than long, a little 

 narrowed in front, emarginated behind the eyes, rounded at the 

 sides, convex above, piceous, thickly and coarsely punctured, the 

 punctures confluent ; a smooth narrow line in the middle ; and 

 an oblique slightly curved line on each side composed of pale 

 scales. Scutellum ovate, densely covered with cinereous scales. 

 Elytra elongate-ovate, almost twice as broad as the base of the 

 thorax, and three times the length, rather convex above, deeply 

 punctate-striate towards the suture, indistinctly so towards the 

 sides, interstices convex, transversely rugulose on the back, and 

 thickly granulated towards the sides; decorated with scattered 

 small spots of pale ferruginous scales, and a round patch on each 

 elytron a little behind the middle towards the suture ; the pleurae 

 and the margin of the abdomen densely clothed with minute 

 tufts of whitish hairs or scales. Legs rather long, moderately 

 stout, rufo-piceous or testaceous, thinly clothed with short de- 

 pressed hair-like scales. Length 2^ — 4 lines. 



The striated rostrum and elytra, with the white pleurae, will at 

 first sight distinguish this new British insect fi'om N. himaculatus. 



First discovered by Mr. S. Stevens in a marshy place near 

 Hammersmith, where it hybernates with numerous other insects 

 in the dead stems of the great reed-mace [Typha latifolia). 



Genus Procas, Steph., Schonh. 

 Erirhinus, Schonh. olim. 



This genus was constructed by Mr. Stephens, and subsequently 

 adopted by Schcinherr ; it is founded upon Cure, picipes of Marsh, 

 and chiefly distinguished by having the rostrum subclavate, or 

 according to Schonherr slightly incrassated towards the apex ; its 

 other generic characters assimilate so closely to the insects in the 

 genus NotariSj that its claim to rank as a new genus appears to 

 me rather questionable ; but I have not ventiu*ed to differ from 

 the above-named eminent entomologists. 



1. Procas picipes, Marsh., Steph., Schonh., Kirb. MSS. 



I transmitted a specimen as Cure, picipes of Marsh, and Steph. 

 to Schonherr, who remarked, " Erirhinus Steveni, iii. p. 287, idem 

 genus .^^ 



Very rare : there are specimens in the collections of the Bri- 

 tish Museum, Entomological Society, and of Mr. Stephens. 



2. P. granulicollisj Walt. 



Oblong-ovate, black, opake, clothed with cinereous and fuscous 

 hairs. Head subglobose, closely punctured ; front with a deep 

 fovea j eyes subdcpressed ; rostrum as long as the head and tho- 



