CURCULIONID.E. — NEDYUS. 35 



Sp. 22. Borraginis. Piceo-niger, squamulis grisescentibus. tarsis riifis, elytris 

 ' subtilissinie punctato-striatis, Jitsco-griseis, thorace hituberculato. (Long. corp. 



Cu. Borraginis. Paykul. — Ne. Borraginis. Steph. Catal. 155. No. 1567. 

 Pitchy-black, with grisescent scales, abdomen densely cinereous: thorax with 

 ■ the anterior margin elevated, the lateral one with a minute tooth, the disc 

 with a deep dorsal Hne : elytra very obsoletely striated, the interstices rugose, 

 slightly clouded with griseous, the base of the suture a little asliy : legs ashy- 

 red, with the tarsi riifous. 



Not very common near London : found in thick herbage in 

 June. — " Not uncommon among herbage (near Swansea)." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. " Cummersdale." — T. C. Heysham^ E.sg. 



Sp. 23. Quercicola. Niger, subdepressus, suhtus cinereo-squamosus, tarsis rufis, 

 elytris cinereo-irroratis, suturae basi alba, thorace bituherculato. (Long. corp. 

 l^lin.) 



Cu. Quercicola. Paykul.— ^q. Quercicola. Steph. Catal. 155. No, 1566. 



Black, somewhat depressed : clothed with ashy scales beneath : thorax with a 

 pale dorsal Une, the sides unituberculate j elytra faintly striated, sprinkled 

 with ashy scales, the base of the suture white, towards the apex of each elytron 

 rough elevations composed of several tubercles : femora black, with a small 

 denticulation : tibiae also black : tarsi ritfo-Jerruginous. 



Also less common than some of the foregoing insects: found 

 principally on oaks, near London, in June. 



Sp. 24. pallidactylus. Niger, subdepressus, thoi^ace antice contracto, lateribus 

 ntrinque unitubercidato, elytris striatis, cinereo-Uneatis , suturae basi albidd ; 

 tarsis rufo-pallidis. (Long. corp. 1 1 — 2 lin.) 



Cu. pallidactylus. Marsham. — Ne. pallidactylus. Steph. Catal. 15 . No. 1568. 



Black, slightly depressed : thorax punctate, with a longitudinal dorsal line, and 

 a deep transverse impression towards the anterior margin, which last is con- 

 siderably elevated axiA subdentate^ the lateral margin unituberculate : elytra 

 faintly striated, the interstices lineated luith cinereous ; the base of the suture 

 whitish : legs black-brown ; tarsi pale rifous. 



Not very uncommon udthin the metropolitan district : I have ob- 

 tained specimens from Norfolk. " Isle of Ely." — Marsham MSS. 



Sp. 25. rugulosus. Subdepressus, -piceo-niger, elytris cinereo-Uneatis macidd 

 media suturali oblonga, atrd, thorace depresso, bituberculato, tibiis tarsisq ■ e 

 testaceis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Cu. rugulosus. Herbst. — Ne. rugulosus. Steph. Catal 155. A^o. 1569. 



Somewhat depressed : above pitchy-black, with ashy -pubescent scales, beneath 

 densely clothed with ashy scales: thorax depressed, black, with a dorsal line. 



