178 RHTNCHOPHORA. [Otiorrliyncltus. 



closely granulated, and with a more or less distinct central furrow ; 

 elytra rough and scabrous, with punctured striae ; antennae and legs 

 dull ferruginous. L. 6|-7^ mm. 



Chalky and sandy places ; under stones, in moss, at roots of low plants, &c. ; often 

 by beating hedges ; locally common ; London district, generally distributed ; Dover ; 

 Hastings ; Portsmouth district ; Isle of Wight, Hyde, Sandown, Ventnor, &c. ; 

 Exeter ; Swansea ; Hunstanton ; Walhisey, Cheshire, and Aigburth, Liverpool dis- 

 trict ; Lincoln ; not recorded from the Northumberland and Durham district ; re- 

 corded in Murray's Catalogue from " Dollar, Berwickshire, East Lothian, &c.," but 

 Dr. Sharp says he has never seen a specimen found in Scotland, -and concludes the 

 record must be erroneous ; Ireland, near Dundruui, Waterford, &c. 



O. lisneus, 01. (scabridus, Steph.). One of the smaller species 

 which is sometimes confused with 0. ovatus and 0. muscorum, from 

 which it may be known by the absence of teeth on the anterior femora ; 

 pitchy black or ferruginous, elytra ferruginous or pitchy-red, with light 

 outstanding pubescence ; antennae pitchy or reddish ; rostrum rugose ; 

 thorax rounded at sides, thickly and coarsely granulated ; elytra ovate, 

 rough, with punctured striae, interstices transversely rugose ; legs fer- 

 ruginous. L 4f-6f mm. 



In moss, at the roots of plants, under stones, &c. ; local and widely distributed, 

 but never very co. nmon ; London district, found in many localities ; Dover; Folke- 

 stone ; Hastings ; Sandown, Isle of Wight ; Portsmouth district ; Devon ; Bristol ; 

 Llangollen ; Bridgenorth ; Repton ; Sherwood Forest; Liverpool district; Lancaster; 

 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire; Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, not 

 common, in sandy places, Solway and Clyde districts; Ireland, Rathkurby, near 

 Waterford, Cramond, &c. 



O. septentrionis, Herbst. (scaber, L.). Ovate, brown red, closely 

 covered with round brownish grey or yellowish grey scales, which on 

 the elytra are variegated with irregular patches of reddish-brown scales, 

 which produce a tessellated appearance ; rostrum thickly scaled, not or 

 scarcely ridged, eyes flat ; antennas red ; thorax about as long as, or a 

 little longer than, broad, with the sides rounded, granulate ; elytra 

 with the alternate interstices strongly raised, and with rows of deep 

 punctures, each of which bears a round scale, each interstice with 

 strong erect or semi-erect scale-like somewhat clavate, setae; legs red. 

 L. 5-5^ mm. 



Only found in the highland districts of Scotland, where it is very local, but not 

 uncommon where it occurs; Tay, Dee and Moray districts (Braemar, Aviemore, 

 Kannoch, &c.). 



O. picipes, F. (singularis, L., squamiger, Steph.). Oblong, ovate, 

 pitchy, clothed with fuscous-ashy pubescence, which is not much 

 raised, and closely covered with brownish and lighter yellowish 

 brown scales, which cause the elytra to appear more or less tessellated ; 

 head with a very fine central ridge; thorax almost longer than broad, 

 granulated, the granulations being very coarse on the centre of disc ; 

 elytra not very convex, with the interstices very slightly raised, and 



