CURCULIONiD^. — MAGDALIS. 163 



acute: elytra more glossy, deeply striated, the strise crenate, the interstices 

 somewhat smooth, or obsoletely wrinkled transversely : femora armed with 

 a stout tooth : antennae pubescent, the club fuscous, most robust in the male, 

 and placed more towards the apex of the rostrum, which is shorter and broader 

 than in the females. 



Less abundant than the foregoing, frequenting similar trees, and 

 also the birch and hazel, within the metropolitan district, and else- 

 where. " Has been taken near Swansea in a birch tree, not com- 

 mon." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. aterrima. Atra, opaca, thorace subquadrato, antice uirinque dentato parcius 

 punctulato, elytris satis profundi punctato-striatis, interstitiis subtilissime 

 coriaceis. (Long. corp. l^ — 2^ lin.) 



Rh. aterrimus. Fabricius. — Ma. aterrima. Steph. Catal. 183. No. 1870. 



Black, opaque, glabrous : head very obsoletely punctured : thorax subquadrate, 

 wilh the sides nearly straight, and produced into an acute tooth anteriorly, 

 the hinder angle nearly prominent; the disc rather sparingly, but finely, 

 punctured; elytra moderately punctate-striate, the interstices flat and very 

 finely coriaceous : femora with a stout, acute, tooth : antennce short, piceous, 

 with the club black. 



Very frequent on the common sloe-tree in hedges, and on the 

 cherry-tree in orchards and gardens, in June. " Bottisham." — Rev. 

 L. Jenyns. " Apaong herbage, in woods (near Swansea), not com- 

 mon."" — I J. W. Billwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 4. Asphaltina. Atra, opaca, thorace granulato, antice utrinque dento acuta 

 armato, elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis ohsoletissime punctulatis, antennis 

 rufo-ferrugineis , clavd piced. (Long. corp. 3 5 lin.) 



Ma. asphaltina. Germar.— Ma.. Cerasi. Steph. Catal. 183. No. 1871. 



Black, opaque, glabrous : head obsoletely punctured : thorax subquadrate, the 

 lateral margins slightly rounded in the middle, and terminating anteriorly 

 in a strong acute tooth ; the disc very thickly and rather coarsely punctured, 

 with a rather obsolete carina in the middle : elytra punctate-striate, the inter- 

 stices slightly convex, and very minutely punctured : legs black, pubescent ; 

 anterior femora with a very strong acute tooth towards the apex, the rest with 

 a smaller one: antenna pale rufo-ferruginous at the base, the club pitchy. 



Rare : I have seen but a pair, one of which, a male, I found at 

 Ripley, in June, 1827 : the other I have possessed many years ; it 

 was captured in the west of England. 



