124 RHVNCHOPHOBA. [Rhynchitgf. 



punctured, the latter subcyliiulrical with an obsolete dorsal furn w, 

 eyes prominent ; elytra much broader than thorax, ample, almost sub- 

 quadrate, with coarsely punctured striae, interstices distinctly punctim-d; 

 legs rather long, mostly red, femora brassy, tarsi and sometimes part of 

 tibiae pitchy. L. 2|-4 mm. 



Male smaller, with the rostrum about as long as head and thorax. 



Female larger, with the rostrum long and curved, twice as long as 

 head and thorax. 



On the flowers of the whitethorn; common and generally distributed in the London, 

 southern and midland districts, but I know of no record further north than Kepton, 

 Burton -on -Trent (where I have taken it very sparingly), except " Edinburgh 

 (Stephens)," which may be in error, as it is not in Hold's or Sharp's lists. 



R. aeneovirens, Marsh (obscurus, Gyll.). Upper surface brassy- 

 green or aeneous, clothed with fine ashy pubescence ; head short, dis- 

 tinctly punctured, eyes scarcely prominent, rostrum long, black, slight 1 y 

 seneous at base, antennae black ; thorax rather dull, almost as long as 

 broad, very closely punctured; elytra shining, greenish-aeneous, rarely 

 coppery or bluish, with very deeply and coarsely punctured strise, inter- 

 stices finely sculptured; underside and legs black, femora more or less 

 aeneous ; the head and thorax are sometimes entirely black. L. 3-4 

 mm. 



On young oaks, hazel, &c. ; in woods and hedges ; local, hut not uncommon ; 

 Hampstead, D.irenth Wood, Whitstable, Faversham, Chatham, Epping Forest, 

 Cowfold, Loughton, the Holt, Farnham ; Hertford ; Windsor Forest ; Guestling, 

 near Hastings; New Forest; Glanvilles Wootton; Llangollen ; Sun'olk ; Kuowle ; 

 Bewdley ; Eepton ; Burnt Wood, Staffordshire ; Sherwood Forest ; York ; Scarboro' ; 

 Heysham ; Scotland, scarce, on oak trees, Sol way, Tweed and Moray districts. 



The variety with bluish elytra is the R, fragarice, Gyll. ; I have not 

 seen a British specimen, but it is included in Waterhouse's catalogue. 



R. coeruleus, De G. (conicus, 111.). Deep blue, shiniug, clothed 

 with long upright fuscous pubescence, which is very evident ; antennae 

 rostrum and legs black or blue black, femora deep blue ; thorax longer 

 than broad, with sides almost straight, coarsely punctured ; elytra with 

 deep punctured striae, interstices flat with fine punctures, scutellary 

 stria wanting ; legs moderately long. L. 2|-3 mm. 



On various Pomacece ; sometimes it does considerable damage to pear trees ; also on 

 the flowers of the whitethorn ; local, but not uncommon; D::renth Wood, Sheerness, 

 Shooters Hill, Mickleham, Cowfold, Horsell, Boundstone ; Hastings ; New Forest ; 

 Glanvilles Wootton; Swansea; Wood Ditton and Littliugton, Cambridge: Hed- 

 grave Fen ; Weston, Oxou ; Knowle, Repton and other midland localities; North- 

 umberland and Durham district, rare ; not recorded from Scotland. 



The very strong raised pubescence, absence of a scutellary stria, and 

 deep cyaneous blue colour will separate this from our other allied species. 



R. minutus, Herbst. (germanicus, auct.). Very like the preceding, 

 but of a more greenish blue colour, with the thorax more widened 



