CURCULIONID.i:. — NEDYUS. 31 



Black; the body beneath and the suture of the elytra densely clothed with 

 whitish scales : the thorax slightly convex, with a dorsal channel^ bituber- 

 culate, the base hisinuated : elytra rather obsoletely crenate-striated^ the in- 

 terstices lineated with cinereous hairs, the shoulders prominent. 



The white suture of this pretty little species, combined with its subconvex thorax, 

 the base of which is waved, its prominent shoulders, &c., distinguish it from 

 its congeners. 



Found occasionally within the metropolitan district : also in De- 

 vonshire, the New Forest, &c. " Taken among lierbage (near 

 Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 11. monostigma. Supra cinereo-fascus, suhtus incanus,thorace hituberculaio, 

 lined intermedid postice exaratd, coleoptra striate/, puncto albo pone scutellum, 

 humeris prominulis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Cu. monostigma. Marsham MSS.—Ne. monostigma. Steph. Catal. 154. No. 

 1554. 



Above clothed Avith ashy-brown silken hairs, beneath hoary: thorax with an 

 acute tooth on each side, and a dorsal groove on the disc: elytra, together 

 with the apex, retuse, the disc striated, the striae rather obsolete and somewhat 

 crenated; near the scutellum, on the suture, a white spot, composed of two 

 streaks ; shoulders prominent ; rostrum black, shining. 



Somewhat resembling Ne. Cochleariae, but considerably smaller, of a different 

 colour, the shoulders prominent, &c. 



Taken near London by Mr. Marsliam, and subsequently by 

 myself. 



Sp. 12. pyrrorhynchus. Niger, subtus argenteo-aUms, thorace punctulato 

 obsolete bituberculato, rostro rufo basi nigro, elytris suhpunctato-striatis. 

 (Long. corp. ^ — | hn.) 



Cu. pyrrorhynchus. Marsham.—Ne. pyrrorhynchus. Steph. Catal. 154. No. 

 1555. 



Black, beneath of a silvery white : thorax punctured, obsoletely bituberculated, 

 with an abbreviated dorsal channel : the base straight : elytra somewhat faintly 

 punctate-striate, the interstices pilose : rostrum rufous, with the base black. 



The smallest species of the genus; from all the foregoing it differs in havino- 

 the rostrum rufous at the apex, and in other less evident characters, exclu- 

 sively of its minute size. 



From the Marsliamian cabinet : 1 have taken the insect near 

 London, at Ripley, in 1827. 



Sp. 13. melanarius. Niger, cinereo-puhesccn^, subtiis denss alhido-squamosus, 

 thorace subconvexo, bituberculato, obsolete canaliculato, elytris profunde cre- 

 nato-striatis, humeris subprominulis. (Long. corp. \\ lin.) 



Cr. melanarius. Ki7-hy MSS.—Ne. melanarius. Steph. Catal. 154. No. 1556. 

 Mandibulata. Vol. IV. 31sT March, 183 L d 



