CURCULIONID-E. — PHYLLOBIUS. 147 



Others nodose : club elongate, narrower or subovate, acuminate. Rontrum 

 short, somewhat rounded, the apex deeply notched : eyes round, prominent: 

 thorax small, somewhat coarctate anteriorly, the sides rounded, the disc above 

 transversely convex : body squamous, winged: elytra oblong, broader than 

 the thorax, with the apex somewhat rounded: /e^j stout, subequal : JeTwora 

 robust, frequently armed beneath, at the apex, with a stout tooth : tibiw 

 rounded : tarsi rather long. 



Phyllobius differs from the foregoing genus, not only by having 

 the body densely clothed with scales, but by the dissimilarity of its 

 form, the structure of its antennae, &c. 



A. Femora dentate. 



Sp. 1. Pyri. Oblongus, niger, squamulis angustis viridi-sericeis tectus, antennis 

 basi pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis, elytris obsolete nebulosis. (Long. corp. 3 — 4 

 lin.) 



Cu. Pyri. Linne.—Vh.. Pyri. Steph. Catal. 179. No. 1840. 



Oblong, black, clothed with narrow silken-grf ere seales : head porrect, with hair- 

 like scales; furnished with an obsolete carina, and an oblong impression be- 

 tween the antennsE : thorax clothed like the head : elytra moderately punc- 

 tate-striated, clothed with minute short, golden or satiny-g-reere, scales, obso- 

 letely varied with darker ones, and towards the tip of the suture a few short 

 hairs : apex of abdomen piceous : legs rufo-ferruginous, with the tarsi ob- 

 scure : antenncB with the basal Joint rufo-ferruginous, the rest dusky. 



The femora are sometimes dusky : and the colour of the scales varies consider- 

 ably. 



Frequently taken in woods within the metropolitan district, but 

 not very common : also near Bristol, and in Norfolk. " Sometimes 

 rather common about midsummer in the sands at Penllera'are." — 

 L. W. Dtllwyn, Esq. " Raehills, very abundant."— iS^^r. W. 

 Little. " Epping." — M?-. Douhleday. " Bristol." — G. Waring, Esq. 



Sp. 2. caesius. Niger, squamulis angustis viridibus tectus, antennis pedibusque 



rufo-ferrugineis, elytris immaculatis. ( Long. corp. 4 hn.) 

 Cu. csesius. Marsham. — Ph. csesius. Steph. Catal. 180. No. 1841. 



Black, clothed rather densely ziizY/i narrow green scales, somewhat resembling hairs 

 on the head and thorax : elytra faintly punctate-striate, clothed throughout with 

 bright green or bluish scales : legs and antennae entirely rufo-J'erruginous. 



It is probable that this may be a mere variety, or the opposite sex, of the pre- 

 ceding. 



Taken in hedges within the metropolitan district. 



