CURCULIONID^. — TACHYERGES. 65 



Less abundant than Or. Avellanse, but far from rare within the 

 metropolitan district : in woods in June. " Taken in the woods at 

 Penllergare."— Z. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 17. decoratus. Ovalis, niger, an tennis tarsisque rufo-testaceis, scutello aJho, 

 elytris fasciis duahus obsoletis e lineoUs albidis compositis. (Long. corp. 1^— 

 l^lin.) 



Sa. decoratus. Germar, M. iv. 333.— Or. confusus. Kirhy MSS.—Ox. con- 

 finis. Steph. Catal 162. No. 1649. 



Oval, black: head finely punctate: eyes large: thorax very short, the base 

 truncate, disc depressed, obsoletely punctate, pubescent: scutellum e\e\&ie(\., 

 whitish: elytra broad, the shoulders high, the back depressed anteriorly, 

 moderately punctate-striate, insterstices flat, subcoriaceous ; pubescent ; luith 

 two dorsal, abbreviated, approximating fascia; of distinct whitish pubescent 

 spots, one a little before, the other behind, the middle : legs black, tarsi 

 rufo-testaceous ; posterior tihiw angulated, with a tooth-like fascicle of hairs 

 without : antennce rufo-testaceous ; ivith the club dusky. 



The name Or. confinis of Kirby, employed in my Catalogue, is a mere typo- 

 graphical error ; confusus being the term employed by him : the insect has 

 been, however, described by Germar, whose name of course I have adopted. 



Found, but not commonly, within the metropolitan district in 

 June. 



Sp. 18. affinis. Ovatus, niger, subpubescens, antennis tarsisque ferrugineis, scu- 

 tello albido, elytris immaculatis. (Long. corp. U lin.) 



Or. affinis. Steph. Catal. 162. No. 1652. 



Rather larger than the last: ovate; black; head a httle pubescent: eyes brown: 

 thorax with the base obscurely bisinuated, the disc slightly punctate, convex : 

 scutellum whitish : elytra punctate-striated, slightly depressed, immaculate : 

 femora and tibiw black; the latter all simple; tarsi ferruginous: antennae 

 entirely ferruginous. 



This may probably be a variety of the last, but it is larger, and of a deeper 

 colour, &c. 

 Taken within the metropolitan district. 



Genus CCXCVIIL— Tachyekges, Schmherr. 



Antennce geniculated, 12-jointed, rather short, and slender; funiculus 7-jointed, 

 its basal joint large, obconic; second and third oblong, obconic; the four 

 following short, truncate at the apex ; club thick, oblong-ovate. Rostrum 

 as long as, or longer than, the head, rather stout, a little bent, somewhat 

 rounded and inflexed : eyes larger, nearly united on the forehead: thorax 



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