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Sp. 2. maurus. Niger, subopacus,elytris punctato-striaiis. (Long. corp. 4 — 5 



lin.) 

 Cu. maurus. Mmsham. — Li. maurus. Steph. Catal. 172. No. 1751. 



Black, somewhat opaque, without scales : head with a deep impression between 

 the eyes : thorax somewhat rough, with a small abbreviated central carina : 

 elytra distantly punctate-striate, of an uniform dullish-^i/acA; : antennae and 

 legs also black. 



Taken in the hedges near Coombe and Darenth Woods, not 

 very abundantly. " On the sand-hills, and not uncommon among 

 grass and the roots of grass about Crwmlyn and Sketty Burrows : 

 Mr. Millard has most commonly found it at the roots of the sea 

 pink at Tenby." — L. W. Dilhvyn, Esq, 



Genus CCCXXI. — Otiorhynchus, Germar. 



Antennae geniculated, long, generally slender, rarely stoutj 12-jointed, the scape 

 reaching beyond the eyes; funiculus with its two basal joints rather long, 

 obconic ; the remainder rather short and obconic, or robust and lenticular ; 

 the club narrow oblong, or subovate, acuminate. Rostrum incrassate at the 

 apex, dilated, emarginated, the apex divaricating : eyes rounded, moderately 

 or but little prominent : thorax with the sides rounded, convex above: elytra 

 united, ovate or oblong-ovate : body apterous : scutellum minute : abdomen 

 concave towards the base in the males : legs moderate, stout : femora clavate^ 

 sometimes dentate, at others unarmed ; tibiae sometimes crenulated within, the 

 apex dilated, truncate, furnished with a minute horizontal denticulation, or 

 unarmed. 



Otiorhynchus to the present day contains a multitude of dissi- 

 milar insects, which however may generally be known by having 

 the groove for the antennae nearly straight, the rostrum somewhat 

 longer than the head, dilated at its apex and furnished on each side 

 with a kind of lobe or winglet ; the body usually ovate, glabrous, 

 and always apterous. 



A. With the femora dentate, a. Body ovate. 



Sp. 1. Ligustici. Niger, griseo-squamosus, thorace granulato, elytris scabris, 



versus' margines punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 6 — 7 lin.) 

 Cu. Ligustici. Linne.—Oiio. Ligustici. Steph. Catal. 172. No. 1752. 



Black, clothed with griseous scales and scattered hairs : head rugose-punctate : 

 antennae pitchy-black : thorax with the sides considerably rounded, the disc a 

 little convex, with an obsolete longitudinal dorsal impression, and having 



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