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clothed with snow-white scales. (L. If 1.) Damp meadows : Battersea'; 

 Hertford ; Suffolk ; Bristol ; Crwmlyn Bog : 6. 



1673 Artemisia? Fab. E. ii. 456. — Pz. F. xviii. f. 10. — Ste. M. iv. 11.— 

 Shining black, glabrous ; punctate ; punctures coarse on the thorax : elytra 

 somewhat crenate-striate ; interstices broad, flat, with a row of minute 

 punctures; tarsi and base of antennae pitchy. (L. l|-2 1.) Damp hedges; 

 at roots of Artemesia vulgaris : Battersea ; Southend : 6. 



1674 picicornis Marsh, i. 276. — Ste. M. iv. 11. — Shining black, above 

 tinted with deep blue : thorax deeply punctured ; elytra striated, inter- 

 stices finely punctured : tarsi reddish ; antennae pitchy-red, club large, 

 dusky. (L. l§-2 1.) Damp hedges; on Reseda lutea, &c. : Battersea; 

 Gravesend ; Norfolk : 6. 



1675 impunctatus Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 11. — Black, bluish above: thorax 

 obscurely punctured ; elytra striated, striae obsoletely punctate, interstices 

 smooth. (L. 1§ 1. ) Damp hedges: near London, and in Suffolk: 6. 



1676 t analis Oliv. E. v. 151. pi. 16. f. 197. — Oblong, black: rostrum 

 bent ; thorax rather thickly punctured, with an obscure ridge in front ; 

 elytra crenate-striate, interstices obsoletely punctate, from the middle to 

 the extreme tip red. (L. If 1. ) Hedges: Isle of Wight : 6. 



344 Mecinus Germar. 



1677 semicylindricus Marsh, i. 294. — Ste. M. iv. 12. — Cu. Pyrastri Herbst. 

 C. vi. pi. 78. f. 6. ? ■ — Linear-elongate ; black, with an ashy pile ; slightly 

 rugose : elytra punctate-striate, tip sometimes reddish ; tarsi and base of 

 antennae dull red; anter. thighs slightly toothed. (L. 1^-2 1.) Damp 

 fields, &c. : Battersea; Hertford; Ripley; Bristol; Swansea; Norfolk; 

 Raehills, &c : 5-7. 



1678 haemorrhoidalis Herbst. C. vi. 226. pi. 80. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 12. — 

 Linear-elongate ; black, slightly pubescent : thorax thickly punctate ; 

 elytra obscurely punctate-striate, the sides and tip pitchy ; tibiae, tarsi, and 

 base of antennae dull red. (L. l±-lf 1. ) Damp hedges : London district ; 

 Swansea ; Devonshire : 6-7. 



1679 circulatus Marsh, i. 274. — Ste. M. iv. 12. — Linear-elongate; black, 

 villose : lateral margins of thorax and of elytra and body beneath clothed 

 with whitish down ; thighs pitchy ; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae red, club of the 

 latter dusky. (L. 2 1. ) Sandy hedges, &c. : London district ; Barham, 

 and near Swansea : 3-4. 



345 Gymnaetron Schanherr. 



1680 Beccabungae L. ii. 611. — Ste. M. iv. 13. — Black; densely pubes- 

 cent : sides of the thorax and the breast clothed with whitish scales ; elytra 

 with a faint reddish streak towards the tip ; tibiae, tarsi, and base of the an- 

 tennae testaceous-red. (L. 1-1 ^ 1. ) Ripley; New Forest: 5-7. 



346 Rhinusa Kirby. 



1681 Antirrhini PL F. iii. 257. — Pz. F. xxvi. f. 18. — Ste. M. iv. 14. — 

 Ovate ; black, with a dense whitish pubescence : rostrum straight, slender at 

 tip ; thorax roughly granulated ; elytra punctate-striate ; hinder thighs 

 obscurely toothed. (L. 1|>1§ 1.) Antirrhinum Linariae (fl.) : London 

 district; Norfolk; Suffolk-" 6. 



1682 intaminata Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 14. — Slender, oblong; black, pu- 

 bescent: rostrum straight, narrowed at tip: thorax finely granulated ; elytra 

 striate, interstices with ashy pile : thighs unarmed. (L. |-H 1.) London 

 district ; Suffolk : 6. 



