CURCULIONIDiE. — HYPERA. 97 



cinereous: /eg-* black, with a slight tinge oi rufous at the apex of ail the tibiae 

 and beneath the tarsi : antenna; dull riifo-piceous, with the club rather obscure. 



I possess a single example taken in the vicinity of London. 



Sp. 13. Pollux. Nigra, squamulis cinereo-albidis nitentibus variegata, rostro 

 breviori subarcuato, elytris iineis tribus distinctioribus albis, nigro-tessellatis. 

 (Long. Corp. 3 — 3^ lin.) 



Ph. Pollux. Fabricius.—^y. Pollux. Steph. Catal. 168. No. 1719. 



Black, variegated with shining ashy-whitish scales: head finely punctured: 

 thorax with the sides dilated and rounded, fuscescent, with three pale streaks : 

 elytra punctate-striate, the interstices densely squamose, and irregularly tes- 

 sellated with subquadrate denuded and blackish spots, the Jifth at the base 

 and the seventh and ninth being of a whitish hue : body beneath and legs 

 black, with the apex of the tibise and the tarsi somewhat ferruginous: antennae 

 dull ferruginous, with the club dusky: rostrum rather short, a little bent. 



The colour of the scales varies a little. 



Not uncommon in grassy places within the metropolitan district : 

 also found in Norfolk, near Bristol, &c. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. 

 Jenyns. " On Crwmlyn-burrows, not common." — L. W. Dilh&i/n, 

 Esq, 



Sp. 14. villosula. Nigra, squamulis villisque cinereo-albidis dense tecta, antennis 

 tarsisque piceo-riifis, elytris immaculatis. (Long. corp. S^ — 3 lin.) 



Hy. villosula. Wilkin? MSS. Steph. Catal. 168. No. 1720. 



Black, densely villose, and clothed throughout with ashy- white scales: head 

 with a slight longitudinal carina betiveen the eyes: thorax with the sides 

 slightly dilated and a little rounded, bright shining ashy-white, the disc 

 fuscescent, with a very obscure central pale line : elytra finely punctate-striate, 

 and densely clothed throughout with ashy- white scales, immaculate: legs 

 black, tarsi rufo-piceous, antenna; the same: rostrum rather long, a little 

 incrassated, and straight. 



Slightly variable in the colour of the scales, but in all the varieties the elytra are 

 immaculate. 

 Also found within the metropolitan district, in Norfolk, Su ffolkj 



and in Somersetshire. " Bottisham." — llev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 15. picipes. Angustior, atra squamulis albo-cinereis sparsm tecta, thorace 

 subtrilineato, antennis obscure ferrugineis, pedibus atro-piceis, tibiis tarsisque 

 pallidioribus. (Long, corp. 2 — 2§ lin.) 



Hy. picipes. Steph. Catal. 168. iVo. 1721. 



Rather narrow; sparingly covered with whitish-ash scales : head finely por- 

 rected, pubescent between the eyes : thorax with the sides a little rounded, 

 each with a faint pale line and a more obscure one on the disc : elytra finely 

 punctate-striate, the interstices obsoletely spotted with fuscous, but of uniform 



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