320 RHYNCHOPHORA. [AntJwnomus, 



Antennre rather long, slender, rufo-testaceous, clava elongate and 

 fuscous. Thorax transversely impressed and constricted anteriorly, a little 

 rounded at the sides, bisinuated at the base, moderately convex above, 

 testaceous, closely and deeply punctured and pubescent. Scutellum 

 small, elevated and densely pubescent. Elytra ovate, very convex above, 

 testaceous, deeply punctate-striate, interstices narrow, convex, indis- 

 tinctly punctulated and sparingly pubescent. Legs long, testaceous ; 

 anterior femora minutely dentate, posterior femora scarcely or very 

 obsoletely dentate. Length If line (3^ mm.). Theform of the rostrum, 

 with the place of insertion of the antennae, and the form of the tibiae, 

 are very similar to A. pedicularius ; but the absence of a fascia on the 

 elytra, and the minute tooth on each of the femora, at once distinguish 

 this insect from the pale varieties of A. ulmi and A. pedicularius, to 

 which it is allied." " Three specimens of this," Mr. Walton continues, 

 " with other British insects, taken in Herefordshire by Mr. Doubleday, 

 were given by him to Mr. Smith, one of which was kindly presented to 

 me by the latter gentleman : it occurs on pines in the north of Sweden " 

 One of these specimens, according to Mr. Rye, was communicated by Mr. 

 Crotch to M. Desbrochers des Loges, who described the species (under 

 the name A. liritannus) solely from England on its authority : Mr. 

 Walton's remarks as to Sweden being a locality for the insect must 

 therefore have referred to Gyllenhal's A. pubescens, with which he 

 identified his insect. Mr. Rye states that " its entirely reddish-ferru- 

 ginous colour, short dull rostrum, feeble femoral teeth and small size 

 will distinguish it from any other of its genus : " it is not, however, 

 clear that Mr. Rye ever examined one of the three specimens, and I am 

 strongly of opinion that the insect was at most a variety of a closely 

 allied species (probably immature A. pediculariug), and that it must, at 

 all events for the present, be omitted from our lists. 



Mr. Walton says of this genus : " There is the greatest imaginable 

 confusion among the species of this very pretty and interesting genus of 

 insects ; ten have been catalogued and described as specifically distinct, 

 but I must confess my inability to distinguish out of that number more 

 than four ; " the determination of the species has given me a great deal 

 of trouble and I am far from being sure that the table and descriptions 

 above given are altogether satisfactory ; it is quite possible that several 

 of the allied continental species, such as A. drupanim and A. pyri, may 

 be found in Britain ; the former species has, in fact, been recorded from 

 Somersetshire, but the insect turned out to be a variety of A. ulmi. 

 Mr. Walton long ago prophesied that it would probably be found in 

 Britain, if the wild cherry were searched for it, as it occurs plentifully 

 on the latter tree in Sweden. 



BRACHONYX, Schonherr. 

 One species only is contained in this genus, which is rather widely 



