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Genus CCCIV. — Notaris, Germar. 



AntenncB geniculated, 12-jointed, inserted towards the apex of the rostrum^ 

 rather stout j funiculus 7-jointed, its two basal joints slightly elongate, oh- 

 conic ; the remainder short, nodose, subequal ; club oblong-ovate, acuminate 

 at the apex. Rostruvi very long, bent, cylindric : head small, convex : eyes 

 depressed: thorax somewhat globose, slightly truncate anteriorly and poste- 

 riorly, lobate behind the eyes: scutellum small, triangular: elytra oblong, 

 rather convex, the apex simple : legs moderate, stout, anterior approximating ; 

 femora simple ; tihice straight ; anterior a little bent at the apex, and armed 

 within with a minute hook. 



From the preceding insects, Notaris may be known by its shorter 

 and stouter body, the thorax being somewhat globose, the antennae 

 placed nearer towards the apex of the rostrum, with the basal joints 

 of the funiculus longer, the terminal ones more truncate, the body 

 less squamous, and in other less evident distinctions; and from 

 Dorytomus the simple femora distinguish it : — the species frequent 

 damp and humid situations. 



Sp. 1. Acridulus. Niger, griseo-subpuhescens, antennis pedihusque rufo-pieeis, 

 elytris profundi jmnctato-striatis, interstitiis rugosis. (Long. corp. if — 2^ 

 Un.) 



Cu. Acridulus. Linne.— No. Acridulus. Sfeph. Catal. 165. Nc. 1684. 



Black, slightly clothed with griseous pubescence : head deeply punctate ; eyes 

 brown: rostrum shining black, punctulate; striated in the males: thorax 

 rather deeply punctured, with an obsolete dorsal carina : scutellum piceous : 

 elytra rather deeply crenate-striate, the interstices finely rugulose transversely: 

 body slightly glossy beneath, the apex piceous : legs pale rufo-testaceous, with 

 the femora sometimes dusky : antennae rufo-ferruginous, with the club more or 

 less dusky. 



Var. .? li Rh. punctum. Fabricius.— No. punctum. Steph. Catal. 165. No. 1685. 



—With a round patch of whitish or ashy hairs on the elytra, a little behind 



the middle, towards the suture. 

 Variable in colour ; being sometimes dvdl pitchy-black. 

 , As it is probable this may be only a variety of the foregoing (as indicated in ray 



Catalogue), I have ceased to distinguish it as a species. 



Found in plenty in the marshes within the metropolitan district, 

 especially in Battersea-fields, in the spring and summer months,, 

 and occasionally during the winter. " Rather common among 

 herbage (near Swansea) throughout the summer : var. /3. on Crwm- 



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