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O. blandus, Gyll (monticula, "NValt. ; la-i'i'jatu*, Steph.). Some- 

 what resembling the preceding but smaller and narrower ; black, 

 shining, glabrous ; antennae pitchy ; rostrum rugose with a broad smooth 

 central raised line ; head broad, finely punctured ; thorax longer than 

 broad, diffusely anil not strongly punctured on disc, closely punctured 

 or shax'reened at sides ; elytra ovate with fine punctured striae, inter- 

 stices punctured and more or less distinctly shagreened, especially at 

 sides ; legs pitchy, tibiae not compressed and carinate. L. 6-7 mm. 



Male with the abdomen impressed at base and the tibiae armed with 

 a small hook. 



Snb-alpine; Scotland, common, Tweed, Forth, Tay, Dee, Moray, Sutherland and 

 Shetland districts, and probably general ; Ireland, Kilkeel (Champion) ; it has not 

 hitherto occurred in England. 



O. maurus, GylL Black, rather shining, sparingly clothed with 

 ashy pubescence, which is arranged in more or less distinct small patches 

 upon the el3"tra ; antennae pitchy or pitchy red ; rostrum rugose with a 

 distinct central raised line ; forehead broad, rather arched ; thorax 

 scarcely as long as broad, closely and coarsely granulated, the granu- 

 lations on disc being large and round ; elytra ovate, with plainly 

 punctured striae, interstices obaoletely rugose; legs pitchy red. L. 6|- 



A northern species, as a rule, which extends to Greenland and Iceland ; local and 

 not common ; Cheshire ; Manchester district ; Scarborough ; Skiddaw ; Cheviots ; 

 Scotland, scarce, Solway, Clyde, Tay, Dee, Moray and Shetland districts ; Ireland, 

 Newcastle (Champion) ; Stephens recorded it from South Wales, but this is most 

 probably an error. 



O. raucus, F. Black, with the antennae and legs pitchy ferrngi- 

 nous, head and thorax not thickly covered with thin hair like scales, 

 which are of a brownish grey or greyish yellow colour, elytra very 

 thickly covered with the same, which completely hide the integument 

 and are broader on the striae ; rostrum rugosely punctured ; thorax 

 about as long as broad with the sides rounded and dilated, not strongly, 

 but distinctly, granulated, the granulations being moderately large, 

 central line finely raised ; elytra with rather distinct punctured striae, 

 the punctures in the striae being less evident at apex. L. 6-7 mm. 



Chalky and sandy places; by sweeping herbage, also at the foot of trees, under 

 jilants, &c. ; according to Rouzet it does damage to pear trees; rare; Darenth, 

 Hammersmith, Hainpstead, Chatham, Greenhithe, Southend, Claygate, Reigate, 

 Bearsted, near Maidstone; Glanvilles Wootton ; Swansea; Bottisham, near Cam- 

 bridge; Crouier; Northumberland and Durham district " Twizill," P. T. Selbv, 

 Esq. (Bold). 



O. scabrosus, Marsh. Oblong ovate, rough, black or pitchy, with 

 the elytra ferruginous brown or pitchy brown ; upper surface with 

 greyish pubescence, which is setose and distinctly raised if viewed side- 

 way* ; rostrum rugose with a deep central channel ; head short ; thorax 

 at least as long as broad with the sides slightly rounded, coarsely and 



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