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A. Rostrum short, broad, dilated at the apex. 



a. Body subcylindric, glabrous. 



Sp. 1. cylindricus. Ater, glaber, nitidus, rostro apice piceo, elytris irregulariter 



profundeque pundato-striatis. (Long. corp. l^lf lin.) 

 Rh. cyhndricus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 190. No. 1968. 

 Black, glabrous, shining : rostrum with the apex piceous ; head finely punc , 

 tured : thorax somewhat rugose and coarsely punctured, with an abbreviated 

 dorsal furrow behind: elytra irregularly but deeply punctate-striate : legs 

 black, with a very short cinerascent pubescence : antenniE also black. 



Not very common ; found occasionally on the birch at Coombe- 

 wood ; it also inhabits other parts. " Raehills."— i^et?. W. Little. 



Sp. 2. Ifevicollis. Ater, glaber, nitidus, rostro apice piceo, elytris cyaneis pro- 

 fundi pmnctato-striatis, thorace Iceviusculo, polito. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Rh. IsevicoUis mihi. 



Black, glabrous, shining : rostrum piceous at the apex : head very finely punc- 

 tulate: thorax glossy, smooth, with vexj fine, somewhat distinct j^Mrac^wres, the 

 lateral margins a little dilated behind the middle, and the base with a faint 

 transverse impressed line : elytra blue, with a very delicate, short, ashy pile, 

 deeply and regularly punctate-striate, the interstices slightly convex: legs 

 and antennae black. 



Found near London, and at Darenth. 



Sp. 3. cyaneopennis. Ater, glaber, nitidus, rostro apice piceo, elytris cyaneis pro- 

 funds crenato-striatis, thorace scabro, punctulogue. (Long, corp 2^ — 3 lin.) 



Rh. cyaneopennis mihi. 



Black, glabrous, shining : rostrum rugose, piceous at the apex : head finely 

 punctured, rather narrow behind : thorax rough, irregularly punctured, some- 

 what attenuated posteriorly: elytra blue, or greenish, deeply and rather 

 coarsely crenate-striate, the interstices obsoletely punctate : legs and antennas 

 black. 

 Found within the metropolitan district, but rarely ; apparently 



more abundant in the north. " Raehills, not common." — Bev. W. 



Little. " Midgley-moor." — Mr. Gibson. 



b. Body pubescent. 



Sp. 4. pubescens. Violaceus, longiiisfusco pubescens, rostro atro, bisulcato. (Long^ 

 corp. 3|— 4^ lin.) 



Rh. pubescens. Herbst.—Steph. Catal. 190. No. 1969. 



Violet, shining ; densely clothed throughout with fine long fuscous hairs : rostrum 

 black, with two sulci at the base, under the origin of the antennae : head ob- 

 scurely punctured : i/tora.c cylindric, with the sides gibbous, the disc slightly 



