22 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTEllA. 



elytris ohsnletiiis jnmctato-striatis, testaceis,fusciis undatis cinereo-squamosis. 

 (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Cu. Quercus. Herbd.—Ceu. Quercus. Steph. Catal. 152. No. 1527. 



B\ick-hrown, sparingly clothed above with cinereous scales, and densely covered 

 beneath with white ones; elytra obsoletely punctate-striated, testaceous, with 

 various undulated pale-crj/it/ trawsvexse fasciae ; legs dusky-ferruginous. 



Differs from the next in being rather larger, of a deeper hue, but with a paler 

 rostrum : the fasciae on the elytra are also dissimilar. 



Not uncommon in oaks throughout the metropolitan district. 

 " Not very uncommon among grass in woods near Swansea." — 

 L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. melanorhynchus. Rufo-testaceus, cinereo-squamosus, elytris nebulis fascice- 

 formibus cinereo-squamosis, pectore abdominisque basi fuscis, rostra nigro. 

 (Long. Corp. l| — if lin.) 



Cu. melanorhynchus. Marsham. — Ceu. melanorhynchus. Steph. Catal. 152. 

 No. 1528. 



Testaceous-red ; with a few ashy scales above, and densely clothed beneath with 

 a whitish down : elytra rather faintly punctate-striate, with ivhitish clouds at 

 the base, and indistinct fasciae of the same hue towards the apex : the suture 

 dusky, the breast and base of the abdomen fuscous; the head rufous, with the 

 rostrum and eyes black. 



Closely resembling the foregoing, from which it differs in having the elytra 

 clouded rather than fasciated with cinereous, and in having the breast and base 

 of the abdomen fuscous, the rostrum black. 



Not uncommon in various places within the metropolitan district, 

 as at Hertford, Ripley, Darenth, &c. : also found in Somersetshire 

 and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 3. ruber. Dilute nigro-fuscus, elytris nebulis undulatis cinereo-squamosis, 

 pectore abdomineque nigris, rostro apice rujh. (Long. corp. Ij — 2 lin.) 



Cu. ruber. Marsham. — Don. xi. pi. 389./. 1.— Ceu. ruber. Steph. Catal. 152. 

 No. 1529. 



Testaceous-red, with the head and thorax J'uscescent : the elytra faintly striated, 

 the striae indistinctly punctate ; the disc clouded with ashy-white, forming a 

 recurved fascia in the middle : the breast and abdomen black ; the apex of the 

 rostrum red. 



Considerably larger than the foregoing, from which it may be known by the tip 

 of the rostrum being red, the breast and abdomen black, the head and thorax 

 fuscescent, &c. 



Found, not unusually, near London. " Near Swansea." — L. W. 

 Dlllivijn, Esq. 



