CURCULIONID.^. — TANYMECUS. 151 



Sp. 12. viridicollis. Niger nitidus, antennis crassiusculis, tibiis tarsisgue fer- 

 rugineis, thoracis lateribus pecioreque viridi-squamosis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 



Cu. viridicollis. Fabricius. — PI. viridicollis. Steph. Caial. 180. No. 1851. 



Black, shintTig: head rather large, thickly rugose-punctate, and sparingly clothed 

 with hair-like greenish scales: thorax with the sides rounded, the disc mo- 

 derately convex, thickly rugose punctate, and sparingly clothed with narrow 

 silvery-green scales, the sides densely clothed with the same, as well as the 

 under surface : elytra with the apex acuminated, above convex, shining black, 

 nearly glabrous, and rather deeply punctate-striate, the interstices flat and 

 smooth : breast densely squamous, abdomen pitchy, sparingly clothed with 

 scales : femora black, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous : antenna; rather short ; also 

 ferruginous : with the club obscure. 



Apparently rare, at least inland ; I possess a single specimen only 

 of whose locality I am not certain: it frequents the coast, and is 

 found on the Artemisia maritima, according to Gyllenhal. " New- 

 castle." — /. G. Children, Esq. " Near Edinburgh, not rare." 



Rev. W. Little. 



Genus CCCXXXI. — Tanymecus, Germar. 



Antennw geniculated, 12-jointed, moderate, rather slender, the scape reaching 

 to the upper margin of the eyes ; funiculus with the two basal joints obconic, 

 the second shortest, the remainder shorter and subturbinated, club oblong, 

 ovate, acuminated. Rostrum short, rather thick, with the antennal groove 

 curved and abbreviated before the eyes ; the latter rounded, and somewhat 

 depressed : thorax oblong, truncate anteriorly and posteriorly, with the sides 

 moderately rounded, and the hinder margin a little elevated : elytra elongate, 

 with the apex acuminated : legs rather long, and stout : femora unarmed : 

 tibias truncate, also unarmed : tarsi rather long. 



Tanymecus not only differs from Phyllobius by the greater elon- 



Genus CCCXXXII. — Brachyderes, Schonherr. 



Antennce geniculated, 12-jointedj slender, longer than the thorax, the scape 

 extending beyond the eyes ; funiculus with the basal joints elongate, the 

 second joint longer than the first, the remainder shorter, all obconic ; club 

 narrow, oval. Rostrum very short, stout, above somewhat flat : eyes rounded, 

 prominent : thorax very short, with the sides rounded : elytra subovate : legs 

 rather long, stout : femora unarmed. 



f Sp. 1 . incanus. Elongatus, niger, fusco-pubescens, antennis tenuibus ferru- 

 gineis. (Long. corp. 7 .? lin.) 



