CURCULIONID^. — SITONA. 135 



Abundant on sandy heaths, &c., throughout the metropolitan 

 district ; also found in Devonshire ; near Bristol ; in Norfolk, Suf- 

 folk, &e. " Raehi\\s:'—Rev. W. Little. " In moist meadows and 

 on the naked sand hills (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. 

 " Bottisham."— i?^t;. L. Jenyns. " Harrowby."— T. C. Hey sham., 

 Esq. " Epping."" — Mr. Doubleday. 



Sp. 6. pallipes. Niger, fusco squamosa, pedibus pallide testaceis, thorace sub- 

 punctata, lateribus pallidis, elytris immaculatis, pilis erectis cinereis seriatis. 

 (Long. corp. 2| lin.) 



Si. pallipes. Steph. Catal 177. No. 1808. 



Black, with fuscous scales : head slightly punctate, with a faint frontal channel: 

 thorax rather convex, faintii/ punctate ; with the lateral margins pale : elytra 

 not very deeply punctate-striate, the interstices immaculate, fuscous, with a 

 row of ashy-hairs in each : legs entirely and antennae pale testaceous ; the club 

 of the last slightly dusky. 



Inhabits the metropolitan district, and near Bristol. 



b. Elytra pubescent, but not hispid. 



Sp. 7. lineata. Nigra, supra fusco- subtus cinereo-squamulosa, thorace elytrisque 



alhido lineatis, (Long. corp. 2—2^ lin.) 

 Cu. lineatus. Linne.—Don. xi. pi. 389./. 2. — Si. lineata. Steph. Catal. 177. 



No, 1809. 



Black, above clothed with fuscous, beneath with ashy, or silvery scales : head 

 very finely punctured : thorax with a moderately deep transverse impression 

 near the apex, which latter is slightly elevated ; on the disc is a slender dorsal 

 pale line, and the lateral margins are also pale : elytra regularly punctate- 

 striate, with the alternate interstices whitish, especially the humeral one: 

 femora black : tibiae, tarsi, and antennae rufescent. 



Var. /3. Si. pisivora. Steph. Catal. I. c. No. 1810.— Rufescent, with the upper 

 surface clothed with griseous, and the lower with silvery scales ; the thorax 

 and elytra with white lines. 



An extremely variable species; but may be always known by its lineated elytra. 



Abundant in gardens, fields, &c., especially where peas are 

 grown, throughout the south of Britain. " Common (near Swan- 

 sea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Harrowby."— T. C. Heysham, Esq. 

 " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 8. grisea. Nigra, supra squamulis griseo fuscis subtus cinereis tecta, thorace 



albido-lineato, elytris ^triatis, haud lineatis. (Long. corp. 2|— 3 lin.) 

 Cu. griseus. Fabricius.—Si. grisea. Steph. Catal. 177. No. 1811. 



