CURCULIONIDiE. — HYPERA. 95 



Strict, and in tlie New Forest. I believe I have also received 

 specimens from the neighbourhood of Bristol. 



Sp. 7. alternans. Plate xx. f. 6.— Nigra, oUvaceo squamulosa, thorace trilineato, 

 elytris striatis, interstitiis alternis fascescentibus. (Long. Corp. 2|— 3 lin.) 



Hy. lineata. Steph. Catal 168. No. 1713. 



Black, densely squamous ; head punctulate, covered with olivaceous or seneous 

 scales, with a deep frontal impression : thorax with the sides broadly oliva- 

 ceous, the disc somewhat denuded, with a very obsolete dorsal line : elytra 

 rather deeply punctate-striate, the interstices clothed alternately with fuscous 

 and olivaceous scales, and the outer margin of the latter colour : legs black, 

 delicately covered with ohvaceous scales, the tarsi slightly rufescent : antennae 

 piceous, with the club fuscous. 



Variable: in some examples the pale lines on the thorax and on the elytra are 

 of a bright testaceous-ash, or of a griseous hue. 



Herbst having a Curculio lineatus which is synonymous with one of the fore- 

 going species, it becomes necessary to change the name of this beautiful insect, 

 which may possibly be the Hy. parallela of Sturm, an undescribed species. 



Also found near Bristol, but apparently uncommon : I have also 

 specimens from the neighbourhood of London and from Suffolk. 

 *' Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 8. picicornis. Atra, tenue cinereo-squamosa, thorace obsolete trilineato, an- 

 tennis omnino piceis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 



Hy. picicornis. Steph. Catal. 168. No. 1714. 



Black, sHghtly clothed throughout with cinereous: head with a slight frontal 

 impression: thorax with the lateral margins obscurely cinereous, the back 

 with a faint hneof the same : elytra punctate-striate, the interstices somewhat 

 rugulose, and slightly clothed with immaculate ashy scales : legs black : tarsi 

 with the terminal joint piceous at the base : antennae entirely piceous. 



Of this large species I possess a single example, which was cap- 

 tured near Bristol. 



Sp. 9. Rumicis. Nigra, squamulis cinereo-albidis nitentibus variegata, rostro 

 breviori suhrecto, thorace suhcylindrico, lineis duabus fuscis. (Long. corp. 



3—34 lin.) 

 Cu. Rumicis. Z,z7zree.—Hy. Rumicis. Steph. Catal. 168. No. 1715. 



Black, variegated with shining o*%-white scales : head small, thickly punc- 

 tured : thorax subcylindric, with the sides a httle rounded and ashy; the 

 disc black, with a more or less distinct pale streak, leaving two dark or fuscous 

 lines: elytra striated, densely clothed with ashy- white scales, with a sub- 

 quadrate spot round the scutellum, and some minute scattered dots, fuscous or 

 black; a patch on each elytron toioards the suture being immaculate a^//^- 

 Mandibulata. Vol. IV. 31st July, 1831. h 



