CURCULIONIDiE. — CLEOPUS. 19 



Fuscous-brown ; clothed throughout with ashy-griseous down, with the middle 

 of the thorax behind brown: elytra striated, the alternate interstices tessellated 

 with brown and cinereous, with two large black spots on the sutiu-e, of which 

 the anterior one is edged with brown, and between it and the base clouded with 

 fuscous, with two black dots; the posterior sutural spot is orbicular and 

 simple : legs testaceous, with the femora dusky. 



Chiefly found upon the Verbaseum nigrum in June and July : not 

 uncommon in some places: I have received it from Bristol, Devon- 

 shire, and Norfolk. " Not uncommon on Scrophularia aquatica 

 near Swansea." — L. If. Dilhvyn, Esq. 



Genus CCLXXX. — Cleopus, Megerle. 



Antenna; geniculated, 10-jointed, moderate, rather slender ; funiculus 5-jointed, 

 its two basal joints short, obconic, the remainder also short, subnodose; the club 

 indistinctly quadriarticulate. Rostrum elongate, rounded, slightly bent: 

 thoi^ax very short, transverse, the base slightly waved : elytra ample, convex, 

 covering the abdomen : bodi/ somewhat elongate-ovate : legs elongate ; femora 

 clavate, dentate ; tibiw truncate at the apex, unarmed. 



Cleopus has the body more elongate than Cionus, with the 

 third joint of the antennae not longer than the second, and the re- 

 maining joints of the funiculus subnodose, and the rostrum is rather 

 more bent: the species frequent aquatic plants. 



Sp. 1. pulchellus. Subgriseus, elytrorum lineis tribus elevatis albo nigroque 



tessellatis. (Long. corp. 1^ — if lin.) 

 Cu.' pulchellus. Herbst.—C\. ^olam. Steph. Catal. 151. No. L^22. 



Fuscous-brown, clothed with griseous down : the elytra striated, the alternate 

 interstices slightly elevated, and tessellated with velvety black spots and erect 

 whitish fascicles of hair : thorax slightly clouded w^ith griseous : femora dentate, 

 black, or dusky in the middle, with the base and apex ferruginous ; the tibia? 

 and tarsi also ferruginous : club of the antennae fuscous. 



Var. /3. CI. rigidus. Stepk. Catal. 151. No. 1524. — Rufo-ferruginous, with the 

 elytra striated, the alternate interstices with a few pale fascicles of whitish hair 

 and indistinct black spots : legs and antennae entirely rufo-ferruginous. 



Var. y. CI. flavus. Steph. Catal 151. No. 1525.— With the entire body pale 

 griseo-testaceous, the elytra not tessellated :— probably immature. 



Taken at the end of July on the Scrophularia aquatica. " Near 

 Swansea, not uncommon." — L. W. DiUicyn., E.sc/. 



