66 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



small, subconic; the base subtruncate: elytra subovate, with the shoulders 

 obtusely angulated : legs stout, -with the hinder femora more or less incras- 

 sated, unarmed, and formed for leaping ; tibice externally obliquely truncate 

 and grooved. 



Exclusively of the difference between Tacliyerges and Orcliestes 

 in the structure of the funiculus of the antennae, the former genus 

 is s.cnerally less pubescent, more depressed, with the femora less 

 incrassated, and always simple. 



Sp. 1. Salicis. Ovaiusf niger, scutello fasciisque duabus elytrorum nndato- 

 fexuosis albido-pilosis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 1^ lin.) 



Cu. Salicis. Linne. — Ta. Salicis. Sieph. Catal. 162. No. 1651. — Cu. Capraeae. 

 Donovan, iv. pi. 121. J". 5 — 7. 



Deep-black, ovate : head deeply and thickly punctate ; eyes brown : thorax 

 opaque, thickly rugose-punctate, with a slender pilose- griseous dorsal line : 

 scutellum small, densely clothed with niveous pile: elytra slightly convex, 

 deeply striated, the stria subcrenate, the interstices somewhat smooth, the 

 disc anteriorly with a common unequal bent, pilose, white fascia, not touching 

 the margins, broader within, and reaching on the suture to the scutellum ; 

 in each elytron is a small anterior twig, and another pointing backwards near 

 the suture; in the middle of this fascia, near the suture, is a rufo-ferruginous 

 patch, and towards the apex is another abbreviated fascia of whitish spots, 

 bent outwards at the tips : legs black : antennae rufo-piceous, with the club 

 dusky : rostrum rugose-punctate. 



Abundant in woods on willows, throughout the metropolitan 

 district, in the summer. " Cummersdale." — T. C. Heijsliam, Esq. 

 " Sometimes on nettles (near Swansea), and in salices not un- 

 common, particularly about Crwmlyn-bog." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. Saliceti. Obion go-ovatus, niger, subpubescens, antennarum basi tibiisque 

 testaceis, elytris convexis profttnd; punctato-striatis, pectore albido-pubescenfe. 

 (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Rh. Saliceti. Fabricius.—Ta.. Saliceti. Steph. Catal. 162. A^o. 1652. 



Oblong-ovate, black, slightly pubescent : head opaque, finely punctate : rostrum 

 delicately punctured : thorax transversely convex in the middle, depressed at 

 the base and apex, thickly punctulate: scutellum whitish: elytra a little 

 convex, deeply punctate-striate; very sparingly clothed with a short ashy 

 pubescence: breast entirely covered with a dense ashy-white pubescence: 

 femora black; posterior slightly thickened: tibiw pale testaceous; tarsi a 

 little obscure: antennse testaceous, with the club fuscous. 



Not very uncommon on willows and poplars near London : also 

 found in Norfolk and Somersetshire, 



