CURCULIONID^. — PLINTHUS. 103 



Genus CCCXL— Ellescus, Megerle. 



AntenncB geniculated, 12-jointed, moderate, rather incrassated; funiculus 7- 

 jointed, its basal joint longer than the second; the remainder short, nodose, 

 club oblong-oval. Bostrum deflexed, rather elongate and slender, a little 

 curved: eyes slightly prominent: thorax narrowed anteriorly, with the sides 

 a little rounded, the base truncate, densely squamous : scutellum rounded: 

 elytra rather oblong, densely squamous, with a denuded central spot: legs 

 moderatej/emomclavate, unarmed; f/^/ce straight, with the apex truncate, 

 also unarmed. 



The genus Ellescus, which Sch6nherr reunites to Hypera in his 

 admirable work, is nevertheless very different in habit to the one 

 last mentioned, and exclusively of its densely pubescent body, it 

 maybe known by the third joint of the antenna being shorter than 

 the second, whereas in Hypera the third is longer than the second. 



Sp. 1. bipunctatus. Nigra, dense cinereo-pubescens, antennis, tibiis tarsisgue 



iestaceis, elytris utrinque maculd denudatd nigra. (Long. corp. l^— 2 hn.) 

 Cu. bipunctatus. Linne.-^\. bipunctatus. Steph. Catal. 170. No. 1736. 

 Black, densely clothed with an ashy pubescence: head somewhat griseous: 

 rostrum shining black, punctulated : thorax thickly punctured, the pubescence 

 immaculate : elytra slightly convex, rather deeply punctate-striate, with the 

 interstices somewhat smooth, the pubescence rather long, with a large denuded 

 black spot in the middle of the disc, towards the suture, emarginate behind; 

 sUghtly pubescent beneath, and punctured : femora black, tibis and tarsi 

 testaceous. 



My specimens were taken in the New Forest by Mr. D. Bydder 

 nearly twenty years since, where the insect has subsequently been 

 frequently taken : in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh it appears 

 more abundant. " Raehills, and Whim, Peebles-shire, not rare." 

 —Rev. W. Little. 



Genus CCCXIL— Plinthus, German 



Antennce genicvil^ted, 12-jointed, moderate, rather stout; the scape incrassated 

 at the apex, and nearly touching the eyes ; funiculus 7-jointed, the two basal 

 joints obconic, and a little elongate, the remainder short, nodose, and gra- 

 dually increasing in breadth; club short, subovate. Eostrum deflexed, 

 elongate, rather thickened, rounded, a little bent, and rather incrassated at 

 the apex: eyes small, oblong, immersed: thorai^ with the sides rounded, a 

 little convex above, and carinated down the back, with a small lobe behind 



