CLEOPUS. — NEDYUS. 219 



testaceous; thighs dusky. (L. lf-1^ 1.) Verbascum nigrum, &c. : Hert- 

 ford ; Ripley ; Norfolk ; Bristol ; Devonshire ; Swansea ; Dalmeny, &c. : 

 6-7. 



349 Cleopus Megerle. 



1692 pulchellus Herhst. C. vi. 356. pi. 88. f. 1. — Ste. M. iv. 19. — Fus- 

 cous-brown, clothed with griseous down ; elytra striated, alternate inter- 

 stices raised, tessellated with velvety black spots and erect whitish fascicles 

 of hairs ; legs dull red, thighs with a brown cloud. (L. l^-l| 1.) Scro- 

 phularia aquatica. Hertford abundantly ; Cambridge ; Bath ; Swansea ; 

 Harrowby : 6-7. 



350 Sph^erula Megerle. 



1693 Lythri Pk. F. iii. 263. — Pz. F. xvii. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 20. — 

 Shining black, with a slightly griseous pile ; elytra punctate-striate, with 

 a short testaceous band and spot behind covered with whitish hairs ; legs 

 and base of the antennae pale : thorax sometimes red ; spots on the elytra 

 more or less united, or nearly wanting. (L. l-l^ 1.) Lythrum Salicariae 

 (fl.): London district j Bath; Bristol; Monk's Wood ; Swansea: 7-8. 



351 Orobitis Germar. 



1694 cyaneus L. ii. 606. — Ste. M. iv. 21. — At. globosus Pz. F. Ivii. 

 f. 10. — Black, glabrous, shining; clothed with white scales beneath; 

 thorax and elytra bluish, the latter faintly striated ; legs and antennae 

 pitchy. (L. 1-1^1.) Herbage in sandy lanes : Darenth Wood ; Bristol ; 

 Swansea ; Cumberland ; Cramond : 6-7. 



352 C^elioides ScKonJierr. 



1695 Geranii Pk. F. iii. 256. — Ste. M. iv. 24. — Cur. xiv. pi. 670. — 

 Black, with whitish scales beneath : thorax obscurely 2-tuberculated, and 

 with a transverse impression in front ; elytra striated, interstices with a 

 row of scaly tubercles. (L. l|-lf 1.) Geranium pratense, &c. : Ripley ; 

 Darenth Wood ; Norfolk ; Devon ; Swansea ; Scotland : 6. 



353 Nedvus Schonherr. 

 § A. Thorax not tuberculated, anter. margin not reflexed ; thighs simple. 



1696 Sisymbrii Herbst. C. vi. pi. 159. — Ste. M. iv. 27. pi. xx. f. 2. — 

 Flattish, black, densely clothed with whitish scales, varied above with 

 fuscous; the rostrum and a spot on the shoulders glabrous and black. 

 (L. 1^-2 1.) On Sisymbrium amphibium : London district; Bristol; 

 Norfolk ; Netley ; Cramond : 6. 



§ B. Thorax tuberculated, or its anter. margin elevated, reflexed. 

 a. Thighs unarmed. 



1697 assimilis PL F. iii. 257. -— Ste. M. iv. 28. — Cu. Alauda Herbst. C. 

 vi. pi. 92. f. 5. — Black, above sparingly, beneath densely, clothed with 

 whitish scales : thorax flattish, with a deep dorsal groove, and obtuse 

 tubercle at each anterior angle ; elytra striated, interstices coriaceous ; 

 rostrum long, slender. ( L. 1^1.) 



^ ? Cu. obstrictus Marsh, i. 255. — Ste. M. iv. 28. — More sparingly 

 clothed with scales, the thorax very slightly tubercled, and the elytra faintly 

 striated, interstices simple. On flowers of Brassicae, &c. : London and 

 Edinburgh districts ; Dover; Bristol; Swansea: 6. 



1698 Erysimi Pk. F. iii. 265 Pz. F. xvii. f. 7.— Ste. M. iv. 28.— 



Black-brass ; shining ; elytra glossy -blue or greenish, deeply punctate- 



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