10 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



taken at Windsor, but none of a litlle group of doubtful spe- 

 cies recorded from that locality have ever been confirmed. 



c. Colour bronzed or cupreous, occasionally green. 



7. R. cupreus, Linn. Obscurely aeneous, above cupreous, 

 strongly punctured; elytra deeply striate-punctate, interstices 

 deeply punctured, with no short sutural stria. Long. 2j — 3 

 lin. Local; sometimes not rare in the North on flowers of 

 mountain ash. 



8. R. sDueo-virens, Marsh, ^Eneous, pubescent, sometimes 

 bluish green ; rostrum very elongate ; elytra deeply punctate- 

 striate, interstices narrow, impunctate, at the base with a short 

 sutural stria. Long. ]J — 2 lin. Not rare. 



D. Colour blue, occasionally greenish blue. 

 a. Size moderate ; elytra nearly quadrate ; rostrum pubescent, 



much longer than head. 



9. R. conicus, ///. Deep blue, rarely greenish, pubescent ; 

 thorax coarsely punctured ; elytra deeply punctate-striate ; 

 interstices with a row of punctures; 7io sutural stria. Long. 

 1^ — 2 lin. Not rare. 



(R. parellinus, Sch., which resembles this in the absence of 

 a sutural stria, is twice the size, darker, with a much longer 

 rostrum, and broad densely punctate interstices.) 



10. R. interpunctatus, Steph. (Alliarise, Sch.) Blue or 

 greenish, pubescent, densely punctured; elytra deeply punc- 

 tate-striate ; interstices with a row of punctures ; at the base 

 is a short sutural stria. Long. Ij — If lin. Rare. 



IJ. R. germanicus, Herhst. Bluish green, closely punctate, 

 pubescent; elytra punctate-striate; interstices nearly im- 

 punctate, with a sutural stria. Long. 1 — Ij lin. Very 

 abundant, 



12. R. pauxillus. Germ. Very like the preceding, but with 

 the thorax obsolete-sulcate, and the ninth and tenth striae of 

 the elytra united about the middle. Long. 1 — \\ lin. Rare. 



h. Size large ; rostrum short and broad, very pubescent. 



13. R. pubescens, Herhst. Blue, very pubescent, punctu- 

 late ; elytra punctate-striate; interstices punctured. Long. 

 3j— t4j lin. Local. 



14. R. ophthalmicus, Steph. (comatus, Sch., Desh.) Like 

 the preceding, but about half the size, and the ninth and tenth 

 slriui of the elytra are united in the middle. 



