CURCULIONID^. — PHYLLOBIUS. 149 



Extremely abundant on oaks within the metropolitan district. 

 " Common (near Swansea)."" — L. W. Dillwj/n, Esq. " Raehills, 

 common."— ^CT. W. Little. " Black Hall Wood."— T. C. Hey- 

 sham, Esq. 



Sp. 6. Mali. Oblongus, niger, squamulis angustis cupreo-aureis adspersus, an- 

 tennis pedib usque testaceis, scutello albo-squamoso. (Long. corp. 3 — 4 lin.) 



Cu. Mali. Fabricius.—Martyn, Col.pl. 19. f 21, 22.— Ph. Mali. Steph. Catal. 

 180. No. 1845. 



Obloilg, black, clothed with scattered, narrow, golden-c\x^reo\i% scales, some- 

 times greenish : head thickly rugose-punctate, with the forehead depressed, 

 clothed with griseous hair-like scales, tinted with golden and coppery hues 

 in certain lights: thorax similar, depressed anteriorly and posteriorly: scu~ 

 tellum white: elytra rather narrow and very convex, delicately punctate- 

 striate, rather irregularly clothed with broader and brighter coloured scales 

 than the head and thorax : legs rufo-testaceous : femora clavate, all with a 

 moderate acute tooth : antennte also rufo-testaceous, with the club sometimes 

 rufescent. 



The femora are sometimes piceous at the apex, and the colour of the upper sur- 

 face varies considerably. 



Abundant on trees in woods within the metropolitan district, and 

 near Bristol. " Not uncommon (near Swansea)." — L. W. DUhvyn, 

 Esq. " Bottisham."-^^gi;. L. Jenyns. 



B. Femora unarmed. 



Sp. 7. Pomonae. Niger, viridi-squamosus, antennis tibiisque ferrugineis, thorace 

 transversa, apice angustato, abdomine dense squamosa. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ 

 lin.) 



Cu. PomoniE. Olivier.— Vh. Pomonae. Steph. Catal. 180. No. 1846. 



Black, with green scales : head oblong, and with the thorax densely squamous ; 

 thorax short, the sides but little rounded, narrow from the middle to the apex: 

 elytra convex, with the apex acuminated, punctate-striate and densely squa- 

 mous : breast and abdomen also densely squamous ; legs ferruginous : femora 

 obscure : antennae rather slender, with the Jive last joints of the funiculus 

 lenticular. 



Variable in colour, the scales being of different tints of green and bluish ; some- 

 times pale or griseous. 



Not common ; found on trees within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 8. uniformis. Niger, squamulis pallide viridibus, opacis, tectus, antennis 



crassiusculis, tibiis tarsisque testaceis. (Long. corp. Ij — 2 lin.) 

 Cu. uniformis. Marsha7n.—Yh.. uniformis. Steph. Catal. 180. No. 1847. 



