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ashy spines ; elytra deeply pvinctate-striate, interstices with sinuated 

 whitish scale-like spines ; base and suture occasionally brownish ; legs 

 and antennas testaceous-red; rostrum pitchy- black. (L. 2-2^- 1.) 



Var. ? Cu. pusio Pz. F. xxxvi. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 39. — Brighter; body 

 glabrous ; thorax not lineated ; elytra with the suture dusky, or black, the 

 tip with muricated scales ; legs, antennae, and rostrum red. 



Var. ? Cu. spiniger Herbst. C. vi. 410. pi. 92. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 39. — 

 Pale testaceous ; elytra with scattered muricated scales, suture fuscous; 

 legs and antenna? pale. Hedges : London and Edinburgh districts ; 

 Dover; Swansea; Norfolk: 5-7. 



1728 marginatus Pk. F. iii. 211. — Ste. M. iv. 39. — Black ; flattish ; 

 with fuscous scales above and whitish beneath : thorax unarmed, reflexed 

 in front ; elytra faintly striated, suture with a patch of white scales at the 

 base; thighs obsoletely toothed. (L. 1|-1^ 1.) Among herbage : London 

 district ; New Forest ; Yorkshire : 6. 



1729 Resedae Marsh, i. 256. — Black, flat, with fuscous scales above, pale 

 beneath : thorax unarmed, reflexed in front, the sides pale; elytra faintly 

 striated ; suture with a white patch of scales at the base ; legs dull red. 

 (L. 1| 1.) On Reseda lutea : London district ; Suffolk; Swansea: 6. 



354 Poophagus Schonherr. 



1730 Nasturtii Spence. — Ste. M. iv. 16. f. 1. — Black, clothed with a 

 griseous pile : thorax with a dorsal channel and punctate ; elytra dull 

 greenish-brass, punctate-striate, interstices flat; thighs black, toothed; 

 tibia? and tarsi reddish ; antennae red; tip of rostrum pitchy. (L. If 1. ) 

 On Sysimbrium nasturtium : Yorkshire ; Notts : 6. 



355 Ceutorhynchus Sch'uppel. 

 § A. Thorax not tuberculate, nor reflexed in front. 



1731 Quercus Herbst. C. vi. 412. pi. 92. f. 7. — Ste. M. iv. 21. — Black- 

 brown, with a few ashy scales above and densely clothed with whitish ones 

 below ; elytra faintly punctate-striate, testaceous, with pale ashy waved 

 bands; legs dusky-red. (L. 1-2 1.) 



Var. Cu. melanorhynchus Marsh, i. 250. — -S^e. M. iv. 22. — Rostrum 

 black ; breast and base of the abdomen fuscous ; elytra somewhat clouded 

 with ashy scales. On oaks : London district ; Ripley ; Swansea ; Edin- 

 burgh : Carlisle : 5-7. 



1732 Cu. ruber Marsh, i. 251- — Don. xi. pi. 389. f. 1. — Ste. M. iv. 22. — 

 Head and thorax fuscescent ; breast, abdomen, and rostrum black, tip of 

 latter red. 



Var. Cu. rufirostris Spence. — Ste. M. iv. 23. — Head and thorax fusces- 

 cent ; elytra pale testaceous-red, spotless, suture brownish ; breast and 

 abdomen red ; rostrum black, the tip red, or wholly red. On oaks : 

 London district ; Bristol ; Swansea ; Caernarvon ; Edinburgh : 6-7. 



1733 rubicundus Pk. F. iii. 263 Pz. F. xcix. f. 12. — Ste. M. iv. 23.— 



Rather convex, black ; with ashy scales above, and whitish beneath ; elytra 

 deeply punctate-striate, testaceous-red, suture fuscous, with the base 

 white; legs red. (L. 1 1.) Grassy places : London and Edinburgh dis- 

 tricts ; Raehills : 4-7. 



1734 melanocephalus Marsh, i. 253. — Ste. M. iv. 23. — Rather convex, 

 black ; elytra and legs alone red, the former deeply striated, spotless, stria? 

 obscurely punctured. (L. l-l£ 1.) In grassy places: Battersea fields; 

 Raehills ; Inverary : 5-7. 



1735 hsemorrhoidalis Pz. F. xcix. f. 11 Ste. M. iv. 23 — Pitchy-brown : 



