CURCULIONID^. — SITONA. 13T 



wi til dusky- testaceous scales, sometimes variegated with whitish in the alter- 

 nate interstices : femora black : tibiae, tarsi, and base of the antennae ferru- 

 ginous : club of the latter dusky. 



Common on sandy heaths, especially near Hampstead, within 

 the metropolitan district. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little. " Swan- 

 sea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 12. flavescens. Flavescens, oculis nigris, thorace punctis lineisque albidis 

 obsoleiissimis, elytris atomis nigris. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 



Cu. flavescens. Marsham. — Si. flavescens. Steph. Catal. 177. No. 1815. 



Yellowish, with black eyes: head small, faintly punctate: throat raXhex elongate, 

 with four or six whitish spots, and the lateral margins pale : elytra yellowish, 

 with a few scattered black dots : antennae and legs entirely pale yellow. 



Apparently rare : I possess two examples from the Marsliamian 

 Collection ; of their locality I am not aware. 



Sp. 13. puncticollis. Nigra, dense fusco ant griseo squamosa, thorace trilineato 

 punctisque duabus pallidis, antennis tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 

 2^—3 lin.) 



Cu. puncticollis. Kirby MSS. ?— Si. puncticollis. Steph. Catal. 177. No. 1816. 



Black, densely clothed with fuscous or griseous scales : thorax with three pale 

 ashy, or griseous lines, between which are iivo pale or round spots placed trans- 

 versely; the disc is obsoletely punctured, and the sides slightly rounded: 

 elytra rather faintly and somewhat distantly punctate-stria te, the interstices 

 flat, clothed with fuscous or griseous scales, two of them very frequently with 

 an interrupted fuscescent streak, and towards the shoulder is generally a 

 paler line : femora pitchy-black : tibiae, tarsi, and antennce ferruginous. 



Frequently taken in grassy places near the metropolis, especially 

 in Battersea-iields. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little. " Bottisham.'' 



- — liev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 14. longiclavis. Nigra, griseo squamosa, thorace obsoletissime trilineato 

 lateribus haud dilatato, elytris im^maculatis, antennarum capitulo atro elon- 

 gatoque, basi pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Cu. longiclavis. Marsham MSS.— Si. longiclavis. Steph. Catal. 178. No. 1817. 



Black, densely clothed with griseous scales : thorax somewhat cylindric, the 

 sides not dilated, and having three very obsolete pale streaks of scales : elytra 

 faintly punctate-striate, the interstices immaculate : legs entirely pitchy Jer- 

 ruginous : antennce the same at the base ; the club elongate and black. 



Less abundant than the last; found within the metropolitan 

 district. 



