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convex, the base truncate, the apex with 2 obtuse tubercles ; elytra faintly 

 crenate-striate ; rostrum dull red. (L. 1 1.) Hedges, &c. : London 

 district ; Fynone, S. Wales : 4-6. 



1709 ruficrus Marsh, i. 258. — Ste. M. iv. 32. — Black; sparingly clothed 

 with whitish down : thorax convex, anterior margin red, with a tubercle 

 on each side ; elytra dull red, faintly striate, interstices with ashy lines ; 

 tibia? testaceous. (L. 1 1.) Hedges, &c. : London district; Norfolk: 

 4-6. 



1710 suturalis Ste. M. v. 419. — Black, with a whitish pubescence: thorax 

 with an obscure tubercle on each side in front ; elytra reddish, faintly 

 punctate-striate, suture whitish; legs and antenna? pale red. (L. f 1.) 

 Hedges : Ripley : 4-6. 



1711 Erica? Gyll. iii. 147. — Ste. M. iv. 33. — Black; clothed with ashy 

 down, base of the suture and the breast whitish : thorax flattish, with 2 

 minute tubercles in front ; elytra punctate-striate, shoulders slightly 

 prominent; legs, antenna?, and rostrum red. (L. 1 1.) Heath: Ripley; 

 New Forest ; Yorkshire : 6. 



b. Thighs toothed. 



1712 ovalis L. ii. 612. ? — Ste. M. iv. 33. — Flattish ; black, with whitish 

 clouds and spots above, beneath wholly ashy- white : thorax with the disc 

 and a spot on each side black, the former with an interrupted whitish 

 dorsal line; elytra striated ; tarsi dull red. (L. 1^-2 1.) Thick herbage : 

 London district ; Bristol ; Swansea ; Devonshire : 4-6. 



1713 Litura PL F. iii. 210. — Ste. M. iv. 34. — - Flattish, variegated above 

 with black and white spots : thorax with the sides whitish, and an obscure 

 black dot on each, disc with a faint channel ; elytra striated ; thighs 

 acutely dentate; tarsi and antennae dull red, or pitchy. (L. 1^-2 1.) 

 Hedges : London district ; Netley ; Suffolk : 4-6. 



1714 pollinarius Forst. C. i. 33. — Ste. M. iv. 34. — Flattish; dull black; 

 clothed above with ashy-piceous scales, beneath with whitish ; thorax with 

 an acute tubercle on each side in front ; elytra faintly striated, with a bent 

 row of tubercles towards the apex, within which is a whitish spot ; thighs 

 with a strong tooth, their tips, tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? dull red, basal 

 joint of the latter pitchy. (L. 1^-lf 1. ) 



Var. Ne. caliginosus Ste. M. iv. 34. — Scales beneath ashy ; elytra spotless. 

 Hedges, among nettles : London district ; Bristol ; Swansea : 4-6. 



1715 Boraginis PL F. iii. Add. 457. — Ste. M. iv. 35. — Cu. 4-dens Pz. 

 F. xxxvi. f. 13. — Pitchy-black ; with grisescent scales, beneath ashy : 

 thorax with the anterior edge raised, the sides with a minute tooth, disc 

 with a deep channel ; elytra delicately punctate-striate, slightly clouded 

 with griseous, base of the suture ashy ; legs ashy-red ; tarsi red. (L. li 1.) 



Var. Cu. pallidactylus Marsh, i. 259. — Ste. M. iv. 35. — Thorax rather 

 narrowed in front ; tarsi very pale red. Thick herbage : London district ; 

 Swansea ; Cummersdale : 5-6. 



1716 Quercicola PL F. iii. 215. — Herbst. C. vi. pi. 91. f. 15.— Ste. M. 

 iv. 35. — Black, flattish, clothed with ashy scales beneath : thorax with a 

 pale dorsal line, the sides with a tubercle ; elytra faintly striated, sprinkled 

 with ashy scales, base of the suture white, apex roughish ; thighs slightly 

 toothed ; tarsi rusty-red. (L. lJ-2 1.) On oaks, &c. : London district : 

 4-6. 



1717 rugulosus Herbst. C. vi. 406. pi. 91. f. 16.? — Ste. M. iv. 35 



Flattish ; pitchy-black, with tawny-ashy scales above and ashy ones 

 beneath : thorax flat, with a dorsal channel, the sides whitest, with a slight 

 tubercle; elytra striped with whitish and ash-colour ; :> suture with an 



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