204 RHYiVCHOPHORA. [PllljllubiuS. 



or golden green, shorter and thicker ; last 

 joints of fuuiculus of antenna; only slightly 



longer than broad P. mmc^:, De G. 



(alnetl, F.) 

 B. All the tibiae compressed and carinate on 



their outer edge ; scales of elytra coppery . . P. PYBI, L. 

 2. Elytra with round scales and distinct additional 

 raised pubescence. 



A. Elytra with long erect hairs ; antennae en- 

 tirely yellowish-red P. .ABGENTATUS, L. 



B. Elytra with very short erect hairs ; antennae 

 with apex of scape and at least base of club 



dark P. MACULICORNIS, Germ. 



II. Femora not or very indistinctly toothed, 

 i. Upper surface thickly covered with scales. 



1 . Abdomen thickly covered with scales ; average 



size larger P. POMONJE, 01. 



2. Abdomen with fine pubescence but without, or 

 almost without, scales, shining black ; average 



size smaller P. VIRIDI;ERIS, Laich. 



(uniformis, Marsh.) 

 ii. Elytra without scales, shining black ; thorax with 



the sides clothed with green scales P. vifiioicolLiS, F. 



P. oblong-us, L. Oblong, black, with the elytra castaneous brown, 

 clothed with long greyish pubescence ; antennae and legs red, club of 

 the former darker ; head distinctly punctured, rostrum with the apex 

 rufous ; thorax with the sides slightly rounded, coarsely punctured, 

 with an obsolete smooth raised line in middle ; elytra with strong and 

 regular punctured strias, lighter or darker castaneous brown, sometimes 

 with the lateral margin black or dusky, legs rather long. L. 4|-5 mrn. 



Male with the anterior tibiee armed with rather a strong hook, and the 

 first and second ventral segments of the abdomen slightly impressed. 



On elms and apple trees, &c. ; also on low shrubs, in hedges, &c. ; generally 

 distributed and common throughout the greater part of England and Wales ; Scot- 

 land, local, on bushes, Sol way, Moray and probably other districts; Ireland, Dublin, 

 Belfast, Armagh and probably common. 



P. calcaratus, F. (glaucus, Scop. ; ccesius, Steph. ; pyri, Steph. nee 

 L.). A large and conspicuous species, oblong, elongate, subparallel, 

 black, clothed with long and narrow, filiform, yellowish-green or golden 

 scales ; head rather long, with an obsolete impression between the 

 antennae ; antennas red, fuscous towards apex ; thorax about as long as 

 broad with the sides rounded and widened in middle ; elytra long, 

 much broader at base than thorax, with fine punctured strife, interstices 

 broad, apex with short outstanding hairs ; legs red, with the tarsi, and 

 sometimes femora, pitchy ; apical external angle of posterior tibiae cut off 

 obliquely ; abdomen with long thin pubescence. L. 7-10 mm. 



Male with the apex of the anal segment of the abdomen subtiuncate. 



On alders ; also on various bushes, in hedges, &c. ; locally common ; it appears to 

 be generally distributed throughout England ; Scotland, common, Solway, Tay, Dee, 

 and probably other districts ; Ireland, near Dublin, and most likely widely distributed. 





