Magdali*.'] RHTXCHOPHORA. 399 



Trench Woods ; Hnustanton ; Sherwood ; Northumberland and Durham district ; 

 Scotland, very rare, Clyde and Forth districts. 



M. cerasi, L. Black, dull ; rostrum distinctly punctured at base, 

 antennae black ; thorax broader than long, compressed at apex, simple 

 at sides, very closely punctured ; scutellum contracted on each side in 

 front, leaving a space between the elytra and its sides ; elytra with rather 

 strong and distinctly punctured stria?, interstices convex, granulosely 

 coriaceous ; all the femora furnished with a small indistinct tooth. L. " 

 3--H mm. 



Male with the rostrum shorter than thorax, slightly curved ; antennae 

 inserted at the anterior third prtrfc of rostrum, with a very large club, 

 which is covered with silky pubescence and is longer than the f uniculus. 



Female with the antennae inserted in the middle of the rostrum, which 

 is curved and a little longer than the thorax. 



In dead hedges, dead blackthorn twigs, <fcc. ; it appears to be attached to various 

 species of Rosacea ; the larva attacks the branches of the pear, apple, hawthorn, 

 &c. ; local ; London "district, not uncommon, Forest Hill, Caterham, Wimbledon, 

 Darenth, Lee, Cobhain, Birch Wood, Shirley, Chatham, Chingford, &c. ; Hastings ; 

 Portsmouth district ; Shirley Warren, Southampton ; New Forest ; Bewdley j Can- 

 nock Chase ; Bretby Wood, Repton. 



1*1. pruni, L. This species may easily be distinguished from its 

 allies by the distinct lateral tubercles of the thorax ; black, rather dull, 

 with the antennae red at base, or red with the club black ; rostrum short, 

 about as long as head, straight, very finely punctured ; thorax transverse, 

 truncate at base, rounded at sides, very closely punctured ; scutellum 

 not contracted at sides in front ; elytra subcylindrical, with broad and 

 rather deep punctured striae, interstices narrow and convex, transversely 

 strigose ; femora simple. L. 2-3 mm. 



Male with the antennae inserted at the anterior third part of rostrum ; 

 in the female they are inserted in the middle. 



In dead hedges, &c. ; the species is attached chiefly to species of Prunus ; rather 

 common and generally distributed from the Midland counties southwards ; rarer 

 further north and not recorded from the Northumberland and Durham district; Scot- 

 land, very rare, Forth district, " Dalmeny Park, Edinburgh, Mr. R. N. Grerille " 

 Murray's Cat. 



IKE. barbicornis, Latr. ( <$ clanger, Kiist.). Black, with the antennae 

 ferruginous, club dark ; rostrum a little longer and more curved than in 

 M. pruni ; thorax transverse, compressed at apex, with the disc obsoletely 

 foveolate on each side, very closely punctured ; elytra slightly shining, 

 with deep punctured striae, interstices slightly convex, transversely stri- 

 gose ; femora simple. L. 2-3 mm. 



Male with the club of the antennae very long, twice as long as the 

 funiculus and clothed with silky pubescence ; antennae inserted at the 

 anterior third part of the rostrum which is only slightly curved. 



Female with the club of the antennae shorter than the funiculus, and 



