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country, especially in the New Forest, Hants, whence I have re- 

 ceived numerous specimens from J. C. Dale, Esq. " Wimble- 

 don-common." — Mr. Waterliouse. " Martlesham-heath, Suifolk." — 

 Marsham MSS. 



Sp. 3. glaucus. Brevior, niger, vellere cinereo-brunescente tectus, elytris sub- 

 acuminatis, profunde punctato-striatis, fasciis arcuatis nudioribus. (Long. 

 Corp. 7 lin.) 



Cu. glaucus. Fabricins. — CI. glaucus. Steph. Catal. 181. No. 1857. 



Short, black, clothed with an ashy-hrovin down : rostrum as in the foregoing : 

 head with two round impressions between the eyes, and a naked carina : thorax 

 deeply rugose-punctate, with a considerably abbreviated carina in front, ter- 

 minating in a fovea, and various dorsal impressions, and two flexuous strig« 

 as in the foregoing insect: elytra slightly acuminated, rather densely and 

 regularly clothed with pale ashy, or bruneous down, having two transverse, 

 anteriorly curved fasciae, as well as the posterior tubercle, somewhat denuded : 

 legs and antennae black, with ashy pubescence. 



This insect is decidedly a rare species. In June, 1815, seven 

 examples were taken by Mr. Neale on the common between 

 Cobham and Ripley, one of which I possess, and although I have 

 diligently searched that spot during many succeeding years, I have 

 hitherto been unsuccessful in my researches to capture specimens. 



B. With the rostrum grooved. 



Sp. 4. sulcirostris. Niger dense cinereo-pubescens,elytris tenuepunctato-striatis, 

 fasciis obliquis denudatis, rostro sulcis tribus subwqualibus. (Long. corp. 

 7—10 lin.) 



Cu. sulcirostris. Linne. — Donovan, xv. pi. 509. f. 1. — CI. sulcirostris. Steph. 

 Catal. 181. No. 1858. 



Black, densely clothed with ashy down; rostrum with three deep subequal 

 channels, the ridges between naked : thorax granulated, with a densely pube- 

 scent slender longitudinal dorsal line, impressed anteriorly and posteriorly, and 

 marked in the middle with a naked, short elevation ; on each side is a double 

 ashy pubescent streak : elytra delicately punctate-striate, with the interstices 

 transversely rugulose, and densely clothed with ashy or hoary down, excepting 

 two very oblique streaks and the posterior tubercle: legs and antennae black, 

 with ashy pile. 



Local, but not uncommon : I have taken it in plenty on a chalk 

 hill near Hertford, in September, and in other places in the spring. 



