CURCULIONID.'E. — ANTHONOMUS. 75 



Sp. 5. pedicularius. Ruber, subpubescens ; elytris griseis, obsolete albido- 



fasciatis, antenuis pedibus rosfroque subrecto testaceis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Cu. pedicularius. Linne. — An. pedicularius. Steph. Catal. 164. No. 1672. 

 ^Rufous, slightly pubescent : head ferruginous : thorax with a slight dorsal line : 

 eJi/ira finely punctate-striated, rufo-testaceous or griseous, with a whitish 

 obsolete/a5c/a behind the middle, and variegated with whitish clouds towards 

 the apex : legs, antennse, and nearly straight rostrum, testaceous, the tip of 

 the latter sometimes fuscescent. 



Occasionally taken on flowers during the month of June, in 

 woods and hedges near London ; also in the New Forest, Devon- 

 shire, near Bristol, &c. — " Not uncommon among grass in M'^oods 

 (near Swansea.)" — L. W. Dillwfjii, Esq. 



Sp. 6. Druparum. Rufo-testaceus, griseo-pubescens, rostro tenui, subrecto, elytris 



fasciis duabus undato-dentatis, denvdatis. (Long. corp. if— 2^ lin.) 

 Cu. Druparum. Linne.~Ax\. Druparum. Steph. Catal. 164. No. 1673. 

 Testaceous-red, clothed with griseous pubescence : head slightly pubescent, 

 finely punctured, with a small frontal impression : thorax much narrowed 

 anteriorly, clothed with rather long, ashy-yellow pubescence : scutellum fer- 

 ru'^inous : elytra ample, very convex, punctate-striate, the interstices coria- 

 ceous, covered with a dense depressed ashy-yellow pubescence, with an 

 obscure fascia in the middle, and another posteriorly somewhat denuded, and 

 dentate on either side : legs pale rufescent ; femora bidentate, the interior 

 tooth large, the other small : antennas pale testaceous, with the club obscure : 

 rostrum somewhat straight, rufous. 



Not very abundant within the m.etropolitan district, but appa- 

 rently more so in some parts of Somersetshire. 



B. With the femora very obsoletely dentate. 

 Sp. 7. obscurus. Nigro-piceus, subpubescens, antennarum basi, tibiisque rufo- 



piceis, scutello nigro. (Long. corp. 1^—2 lin.) 

 An. obscurus. Steph. Catal. 164. No. 1674. 



Pitchy-UacV, sliglitly pubescent, and a little shining : beneath a little cinera- 

 scent : head and thorax scabrous, the latter somewhat opaque : scutellum 

 black: elytra deeply crenate-striated, the interstices somewhat rugose and 

 convex : /eraoro black, obsoletely dentate, tibiw ra/o-piceous; tarsi obscure: 

 antenna} with the basal joint rufo-piceous. 



Two of my specimens of this species were captured by myself 

 near London in June ; others I have received from the vicinity of 

 Bristol. 



Sp. 8. ater. Niger, subpubescens, scutello concolore, thorace opaco scabriuscuh, 

 antennis atris. (Long. corp. 2 Hn.) 



