184 eURCULIONID^. 



anterior tibife straight, the middle tibipe slender, and the posterior tibiae 

 curved at the base (straight in A. Jilirostre); body black, shining, 

 apparently glabrous ; antennae black, stout, glabrous, inserted almost 

 at the middle of the rostrum ; thorax with the disc moderately thickly 

 and strongly punctured ; elytra long-oval, rounded at the sides, strongly 

 arched, very sloping behind, striate-punctate, interstices almost level, 

 twice as broad as the strise, the suture itself raised (in A. Jilirostre it is 

 level). L. 2 mm. 



One specimen only is known, found by Commander Walker in the 

 Chatham district, Kent (in 1872 or 1874, probably at Chattenden). 



Mr. G. C. Champion gives the whole particulars with a much more 

 detailed description in the Ent. Mo. Mag. for August, 1910, p. 188-9. 



This species requires confirmation by additional examples ; it seems 

 distinct, but single abnormal specimens occur in several genera of 

 Curculionidse. 



A. gyilenhali, Kirby { = A. unicolor, Kirby). As pointed out by 

 Mr. Hei-eward DoUman (Ent. Rec. 1910, p. 96), who has carefully 

 studied the subject and the types in the Kirby collection, unicolor 

 must be sunk as a synonym of gyllenhali, these being sexes of the same 

 species. The species standing in our collections under the name of 

 unicolor, Kirby, must therefore be referred to the j^latalea of Germar. 



OTIORRHYNCHUS, Germar. 



O. auropunctatus, Gyll. (Gyll. Schon. Gen. Cure. ii. p. 564; 

 Dej. Cat. 3 ed. p. 291). Black, rather shiny; head finely punctured, 

 rostrum with a not strongly marked raised line behind ; antennte long 

 and slender, pitchy; pronotum about as long as broad, with the sides 

 evenly rounded, variably and not strongly granulate ; elytra com- 

 paratively long, bluntly acuminate at apex, coarsely punctate-striate, and 

 with the interstices rugose; in fresh specimens there are minute 

 patches of whitish pubescence ; legs long, ferruginous, with the femora 

 darker. L. 7-8 mm. 



Ireland : locally common on hedges from March to October. 

 Derry, Louth, Carlingford, Newtown, Meath, Dublin, Wicklow, &c. 

 Messrs. Johnson and Halbert (List of Beetles of Ireland, 791) say that 

 the headquarters of this insect would seem to be in the counties of 

 Dublin, Meath, and Louth, where it is locally abundant on mixed hedges 

 of hawthorn, ash, and privet, as a rule not far from the coast. It has 

 also occurred on beech and alder. It has occurred abroad in France 

 (Auvergne) and the Pyrenees {v. Ent. Mo. Mag. xxxi. (2 Ser. vi.) 1895, 

 ]33). 



The species is very distinct ; it comes nearest to 0. maurus, Gyll.» 

 from which it may be easily known by the longer legs and antennae, the 

 less distinct raised line on rostrum, the narrower and more evenly 

 rounded thorax which is less strongly granulose, and the more elongate 

 and less ovate elytra ; from 0. atroajiterus, De G., it may be separated at 

 once (apart from many other characters) by its much coarser sculpture. 



