CURCULIONIDiE. — NEDYUS. 39 



rufous, four posterior femora dentate : rostrum fuscous : antennce testaceous, 

 -with the club fuscous. 



More abundant in Norfolk than within the metropolitan district, 

 where it occurs in June in thick hedges. 



Sp. 36. Troglodytes. Rufo-brunneus, subtus albido-squamosus, antennis pedi- 

 husque riifo-testaceis, thorace cinereo-trilineato, elytris profunde punctato- 

 striatis, muricatis. (Long. corp. Ig — if lin.) 



Cu. Troglodytes. Fabricius.—Ne. Troglodytes. Steph. Catal. 156. No. 158Q. 



Red-brown, with whitish scales beneath : thorax unarmed, punctate, its elevated 

 . anterior margin slightly notched, the disc with an obsolete channel clothed 

 mith ashy-scaly spines, and a row of similar ones on each side : elytra rather 

 deeply punctate-striate , with rows of erect, muricated, whitish scales ; red- 

 brown or ferruginous, the base and suture sometimes a little fuscescent: 

 antenna and legs rufo-testaceous : rostrum pitchy-black, with a deep-punctured 

 stria at the base. 



Not uncommon in hedges throughout the metropolitan district 

 in June. "Among herbage, common (near Swansea)." — L. W. 

 Dilhoyn, Esq. 



Sp. 37. pusio. Ferrugineus, elytris punctato-striatis suturd fused, apice mu- 



ricata, corpore supra glabra subnitido ; rostro rufo. (Long. corp. 1^ Hn.) 

 Cu. pusio. Pan%er.—Ne. pusio. Steph. Catal. 156. No. 1581. 



Ferruginous ; with the body above glabrous and slightly glossy : thorax un-* 

 armed, punctate, immaculate : elytra punctate-striate, with the suture fuscous 

 or black, the apex with muricated scales : legs, antennse, and rostrum rufous. 



It is not improbable that this insect may prove to be a mere variety of the fore- 

 going, as indicated in my Catalogue. 



Found within the metropolitan district : at Dover, &c. "■ Common 

 near Swansea." — X. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 38. spiniger. Pallide testaceus, elytrorum sutura fusca, rostro rufo-brunneo, 

 antennis pedibusque pallidis, elytris spinosis. (Long. corp. l\ lin.) 



Cu. spiniger. Herbst. — Ne. spiniger. Steph. Catal. 156. No. 1582. 



Pale testaceous : thorax unarmed ; elytra punctate-striate, with a few scattered 

 muricated scales ; pale testaceous, the suture fuscous : legs and antennse pale : 

 rostrum red-brown : eyes fuscous. 



Probably an immature state of Ne. pusio. 



Taken near London, and in Norfolk. 



b. The elytra not setose. 

 Sp. 39. marginatus. Subdepressus, niger, suturm basi corporeque subtus albido- 

 squamosis, femor/bus obsolete dentatis. (Long. corp. 1^—1^ lin.) 



