196 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



coleopira oblong, somewhat brassy^ punctate-striate, with an oblong whitish 

 striga from the base to the lateral margin : legs rufous, with the femora at 

 the base and the tarsi black. 



Not very common in the vicinity of the metropolis. 



Sp. 2. Ulicis. Niger, cinereo-villosulus, r astro longissimo atro, pedibus ante- 



rioribus ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 1| — 1^ lin.) 

 Cu. Ulicis. Forster.—Ox. Ulicis. Steph. Catal. 189. No. 1963. 



Black, clothed with decumbent ashy hairs : rostrum nearly as long as the body, 

 slender, filiform, a little curved, black, shining: antennae short, with the 

 base rufous : occiput black, glabrous : eyes large, prominent : thorax sub- 

 glabrous, rather broader behind, with a dorsal channel, slightly margined in 

 front : coleoptra rather oblong, convex, punctate-striate : anterior legsferru- 

 ginous, with the base of the femora, and the four posterior legs black, with 

 the tibiae dull rufous. 



The four anterior legs are sometimes ferruginous; and occasionally all are 

 black. 



Very abundant on the common furze (Ulex Europseus) through- 

 out the metropolitan district. " Not uncommon (near Swansea)." — 

 L. W. Dillz€yn, Esq. " Cambridge, abundantly." — Kev. L. Jenyns, 

 and C. C. Babington, Esq. " Cramond." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 3. Genistse. Niger, alhido villosus, elytris villoso-cinereis, vittd rectd 

 alhidd, pedibus rufis, plantis atris. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. Genistae. Kirby.—Ox. Genistae. Steph. Catal. 189. No. 1964. 



Black, clothed with decumbent whitish hairs : head slightly pilose : rostrum 

 moderate, filiform, a little curved, shining, and thickened behind the antennae, 

 which are moderate, black, with the basal joint rufous : eyes large, promi- 

 nent : thorax subglobose, anteriorly waved, deeply but distinctly porrected, 

 ■with a dorsal line behind : coleoptra oblong, striated, yellowish-ash, with a 

 broad, straight, whitish-ash streak on the disc of each elytron nearly reaching 

 to the apex, and the lateral margin also whitish : legs rufous, with the coxae, 

 trochanters, and tarsi black. 



Scarce near London ; but it has been found abundantly in some 

 localities. 



Genus CCCXLVI. — Ramphus, Clairville. 



Antennce not geniculated, 11-jointed, inserted beneath the eyes in the sinciput, 

 slender, the two basal joints, especially the second, thicker than the following, 

 the five next nearly globose, the remainder closely united, and forming an 

 oval acute club. Rostrum elongate, inflexed, closely applied to the breast. 



