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with punctured striae, the punctures being furnished with scales on each, 

 which causes them to appear ocellate ; legs red or pitchy-red, teeth of 

 femora often very indistinct. L. 6^-8 mm. 



By beating young trees, hedges, &c. ; especially hurtful to raspberries ; only too 

 common throughout the kingdom j Dr. Sharp records it as "very abundant" 

 iu Scotland. 



O. sulcatus, F. Black, rather shining ; rostrum with a deep broad 

 furrow, head finely punctured, antennae ferruginous ; thorax at least as 

 long as broad, with the sides slightly rounded, strongly granulate, with 

 a more or less obsolete central channel, which, together with the head, is 

 furnished with scanty greyish-yellow hairs ; elytra with deep furrows, in- 

 terstices as well as furrows with coarse granulations or tubercles ; 

 tipper surface with scanty, but very distinct, patches and fascia? of 

 yellowish subsquamose hairs ; legs pitchy ; teeth of anterior femora dis- 

 tinct. L. 9-10 mm. 



At roots of plants, in moss, &c. ; often injurious to vines, strawberries, &c. ; some- 

 what local, but only too common where it occurs ; apparently generally distributed 

 in the London, southern, and midland districts, and, in fact, as far north as the 

 Northumberland and Durham district, but recorded by Dr. Sharp as rare iu Scotland, 

 Forth and Tay districts ; Ireland, Dublin, Waterford, Armagh, Newcastle, and 

 apparently generally distributed ; the species is spread all over Europe, and Leconte 

 and Horn record it from Massachusetts, Canada, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. 



O. lig-ustici, L. Black, clothed with grey scales and scattered ashy 

 haiis, so that the whole insect presents a dirty dull grey appearance, 

 which together with its large size will at once distinguish it from all 

 our other species ; head rugosely punctured, rostrum distinctly carinate, 

 antennre black or pitchy black ; thorax slightly transverse, rather 

 strongly narrowed and slightly constricted at apex, with the sides 

 strongly rounded, strongly granulate, the granulations on disc not being 

 very close together ; scuteiluui invisible ; elytra large and ample, much 

 broader than thorax, finely scabrous and granulate, with tine and not 

 distinct punctured striae towards sides and at apex; legs robust, black, 

 pubescent, teeth of anterior tibiae distinct. L. 11-13 mm. 



Heathy places, very rare; at roots of Anthyllis vulneraria at the sides of c\ialky 

 cliffs ; very rare in England, but according to Bedel it often occurs in France in 

 great abundance, and does injury to vines, clovers and garden herbs on light lands : 

 Godstone (Surrey), Hart field, Barbara (Suffolk) and Southend (Stephens); Isle of 

 Wight, Veutnor (S. Stevens), Sandown (Biatch and myself) ; Haw ley Flat, near 

 Blackwater, Hampshire ( Smith) ; Kimpton, near Audover (Rudd) ; Matlock (Chap- 

 pell) ; Isle of Man (Biatch) ; Scotland, Edinburgh (Stephens ; not, however, alluded 

 to by Sharp). - 



O. rug-ifrons, Gyll. (amliguus, Brit. Cat.). Black, dull, with 

 slight ashy pubescence ; rostrum punctured and longitudinally rugose, 

 with a more or less distinct central carina, eyes depressed ; antenna; 

 rather long, stout, pitchy black ; thorax a little broader than long, or 

 about as broad as long, closely and rather strongly granulate without 



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