318 REIYNCHOPHORA. [Anthonrmius. 



On white tliorn, the service tree, &c. ; scarce ; Shirley, near Croydon (Champion) ; 

 Forest Hill ; Coombe Wood (S. Stevens); Dareuth and Sydeiiham (Power) ; Clmt- 

 ham; Deal (C. G. Hall) ; New Forest (Champion). 



A. conspersus, Desb. Allied to A. pedicular ius, but smaller than 



the average specimens of that species ; it is also evidently narrower and 

 more parallel s ded and always of a pitchy black or pitchy brown colour, 

 with the antennae rostrum and legs reddish testaceous, the club of the 

 former being fuscous; the pubescence on the elytra is coarse and scat- 

 tered and does not form bauds ; in the only specimen I have seen this 

 whitish pubescence is thick on the thorax and forms a rather strong 

 central line, and the legs are entirely testaceous; other distinctive 

 characters appear to be found in the fact that the body is more abruptly 

 sloped off behind, and that the tibise appear to be more slender at base. 

 L. 3 mm. 



On the mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) rare; Trench Woods, Broinsgrov 

 (Blatch) ; Chat Moss (Reston) ; Scotland, rare, Solway and Dee districts (Aviemorr, 

 &c., Champion and Sharp) ; it has occurred in France, Germany, and Switzerland ; 

 it may prove to be a variety of one of the allied species. 



A. pomorum, L. Pitchy black or fuscous black, clothed with 

 ashy pubescence ; head thickly pubescent, with an impression on fore- 

 head ; rostrum long and rather slender, slightly curved, antenme long 

 and slender, reddish, fuscous at apex ; thorax pitchy, sometimes ruf'o- 

 piceous at sides, not much longer than broad, closely punctured, with 

 rather scanty coarse whitish pubescence ; scutellum thickly pubescent ; 

 elytra pitchy, sometimes pitchy ferruginous, with alternate denuded and 

 white fasciae, the one behind middle composed of whitish pubescence 

 being oblique and much the most conspicuous, punctured striae distinct 

 and rather strong, interstices very closely punctured ; legs more or less 

 pitchy, but variable in colour, femora always more or less dusky, 

 anterior pair with a very strong tooth, intermediate and posterior pairs 

 with much smaller teeth. L. 3-4 mm. 



On apple trees and also (hut less commonly) on pear trees; somewhat local, but 

 common where it occurs ; apparently rather uncommon in the London district, Kent, 

 and Surrey, and also in the south ; Peckham ; Glanvilles Wootton ; Devon ; Bristol ; 

 Staires Farm, near Newnham-on-Severn ; Midland district, widely distributed; 

 Manchester and Liverpool districts ; Scarborough ; Northumberland and Durham 

 district ; Stephens records it from Edinburgh, but Dr. Sharp does not mention it as 

 Scotch in his list ; Ireland, near Belfast and Dublin. 



A. varians, Payk. (pubescuns? W. C.nec Payk.). A little smaller, 

 on the average, than the preceding species, red, with the head and 

 rostrum black, and the apex of the antennae and the tarsi pitchy ; in 

 continental specimens the colour is very variable and is sometimes 

 entirely black, with the antennae testaceous at base ; upper surface 

 clothed with very scanty greyish pubescence which is evenly distributed 

 and shows no tendency to form fasciae; thorax transverse, with the 

 sides strongly narrowed in front and moderately rounded behind, closely 



