222 RHYNCHOPHORA. CtJRCtf L10KID.#. 



oblong black spot ; antenna? and thighs pitchy ; tibiae and tarsi pale 

 testaceous. (L. 1 1.) Hedges: London district; Bristol; Swansea: 

 5-6. 



1718 Chrysanthemi Germ. S. N. i. 221. — Ste. M. iv. 36. — Black; thorax 

 flat, with a fine dorsal line, and the sides whitish-ash, the latter with a 

 single tooth : elytra with a slender scaly- white flexuous band towards the 

 base, and an indistinct waved one near the tip, base and apex of the suture 

 white, middle black; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae dull red. (L. l|-l£l.) 

 Grassy places : Ripley ; Knaresborough ; Norfolk : 5-6. 



1719 melanostigma Marsh, i. 256. — Ste. M. iv. 36. — Black ; beneath pale 

 ashy ; thorax ashy, with an obscure dorsal line ; elytra black with an ashy 

 pile, the base of the suture whitish, middle black : tibiae and tarsi dull 

 red; antennae pitchy. (L. 1£ L) Herbage: near Swansea: 5-6. 



1720 cinereus Marsh, i. 283. — Ste. M. iv. 36. — Ashy-black ; with whitish 

 scales beneath ; ashy above : thorax with a small lateral tubercle ; elytra 

 striated, interstices striped with ashy ; suture with the anterior half 

 whitish, posterior black ; antennas and legs pitchy; tarsi reddish. (L. 1§- 

 2 1.) Hedges: London district ; Suffolk: 5-6. 



1721 scutellatus Ste. M. iv. 37. — Black; thickly clothed with ashy scales, 

 especially beneath : thorax with a faint dorsal channel, the anterior angle 

 with a slight tubercle ; elytra obscurely striated, spotless, suture with an 

 oblong white spot at the base. (L. 1^1.) Hedges: Ripley and Hert- 

 ford : 7. 



1722 uniguttatus Marsh, i. 283 Ste. M. iv. 37. — Black; clothed with 



ashy scales : thorax cinerescent, with an obscure dorsal line, and 2 obtuse 

 tubercles in front : elytra striated, clouded with ashy brown and hoary j 

 striae with a fuscous spot in the middle ; 4 anterior tibiae and all the tarsi 

 reddish. (L. 1 1.) Hedges: London district : 6. 



1723 Asperifoliarum Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 37. — Black; flattish ; densely 

 clothed with whitish scales beneath ; thorax with the lateral margins 

 rounded, scarcely tuberculate ; elytra with a common white spot near the 

 base of the suture, a 2d near the tip, and a bent one near the margin on 

 each side ; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae dull red, club of the latter dusky. 

 (L. 1^1.) Hedges: Putney; Hertford; Dover; Swansea: 4-5. 



1724 4-maculatus L. ii. 609- — Ste. M. iv. 38. — Dusky; flattish; with 

 white scales beneath : thorax with the sides rounded, and obscurely 2- 

 tuberculate ; elytra striated, with a white scaly spot near the base of the 

 suture, a 2d near the tip, and another towards the middle of the outer 

 margin; legs and antennae black. (L. 1^-1.) Herbage : London district; 

 Swansea ; Yorkshire : 4-5. 



1725 Echii Fab. E. ii. 482 Pz. F. xvii. f. 12.— Ste. M. iv. 38. — 



Flattish ; dull black : variegated above with irregular, more or less 

 united, streaks of white scales ; legs black, varied with white. (L. 2^-3 1.) 

 On thistles, Echium vulgare, &c. : London district ; Sandgate ; Dover ; 

 Norfolk ; Bristol ; Southampton, &c. : 6. 



§ C. Thorax unarmed, anterior edge reflexed. 



1726 horridus Pz. F. lxxxiv. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 38. — Dull red ; thorax 

 gibbous, disc armed with spines : elytra striated, dusky towards the 

 suture, and sometimes a central cloud dusky, interstices with a row of 

 erect spines; 4 hinder thighs toothed; antennae testaceous, club brown ; 

 rostrum tuscous. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Thick hedges : London district ; Norfolk; 

 Bristol : 5-6. 



1727 Troglodytes Fab. E. ii. 485. — Ste. M. iv. 39. — Red-brown, with 

 whitish scales beneath : thorax punctate, notched in front, with 3 rows of 







