224 RHYNCHOPHORA. CURCULIONID^E. 



elytra rather deeply crenate-striate, fuscous, with the tip red ; legs red ; 

 rostrum deep glossy black. (L. lj-1^ 1.) Grassy places : London dis- 

 trict : 6. 



§ B. Tliorax tuberculated, anterior margin reflexed, or raised : thighs 



toothed. 



1736 didymus Pk. F. iii. 213. — Herbst. C. vi. pi. 91. f. 6. — Ste. M. iv. 

 24. — Convex ; black ; with white scales beneath ; thorax with sides 

 densely scaly, with a short tubercle, the disc thickly punctate, and with a 

 channel ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, and with 4 whitish scaly spots ; 

 tibiae, tarsi, and antenna? dull-red, club of latter dusky. (L. l^-l^- 1.) 



Var. ? Cu. Urticae Marsh, i. 281. — Ste. M. iv. 25. — Thorax obsoletely 

 punctate ; elytra with a central whitish spot only ; tibiae and tarsi fuscescent. 

 Among nettles : abundant throughout London and Edinburgh districts ; 

 Bristol ; Norfolk ; Devon ; Swansea : 4-8. 



1737 guttula Fab. E. ii. 482 Ste. M. iv. 25. — Cu. Cardui Herbst. A. 



pi. 24. f. 22. ? — Flattish, dull black ; with whitish scales beneath ; 

 thorax with a dorsal channel, punctate ; elytra crenate-striate, interstices 

 slightly granulate ; suture with an ovate velvety -black spot near the base, 

 and an oblong white one towards the tip; tarsi pitchy. (L. 1^-2 1.) 

 Hedges : London district ; Bristol ; Norfolk : 5-6. 



1738 fuliginosus Marsh, i. 280. — Ste. M. iv. 25. — Flattish; brownish- 

 black ; whitish beneath : elytra crenate-striate, suture with a whitish 

 scaly spot at the base, a black velvety one towards the middle, and an ob- 

 long white one towards the tip ; tarsi pitchy. (L. 1^1.) Hedges: Lon- 

 don district : 5-6. 



1739 ruficornis Ste. M. iv. 25. — Flattish; pitchy-black, with whitish 

 scales beneath ; elytra striated, the interstices alternately ashy-brown and 

 fuscous-black ; suture with a black spot towards the base ; legs and an- 

 tennae red. (L. 1^1.) Hedges: London district : 5-6. 



1740 subrufus Marsh, i. 282. — Ste. M. iv. 26. — Flattish; dull red, with 

 ashy down, whitish beneath ; thorax granulated ; elytra spotless, simply 

 striate, interstices thickly clothed with short pile ; legs and antennae red- 

 dish ; rostrum dusky. (L. 1 1. ) Hedges: London district and Nor- 

 folk : 6. 



1741 sulcicollis Pk. F. iii. 217. — Ste. M. iv. 26. — Rather convex; dull 

 black, with ashy scales beneath ; thorax strongly channelled, the anterior 

 margin faintly 2-dentate ; elytra with simple striae, the interstices gra- 

 nulated ; breast on each side with a dense patch of white scales. (L. 

 li-2 1.) 



Var. ? Cu. affinis Pz. F. lvii. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 27 Clothed throughout 



with ashy scales, especially beneath ; elytra faintly striated, interstices 

 scaly. Hedges, &c. : London and Edinburgh districts ; Norfolk ; Dorset ; 

 Swansea : 5-6. 



356 Rhinonchus Schonherr. 

 § A. Thorax with 1 tubercle on each side. 



1742 Pericarpius L. ii. 609. — Herbst. C vi. pi. 91. f. 12. — Ste. M. iv. 40. 

 — Broad ; b}ack, whitish beneath : thorax with a faint dorsal channel, the 

 lateral tubercles obtuse ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, interstices rough ; 

 base of the suture snowy- white ; legs and antennae dull rusty-red. (L. 

 1^-2 1.) Thistles and docks: London district; Dalston, Cumberland; 

 Raehills: 5-6. 



1743 Spartii Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 41. — Elongate-ovate; black j ashy 

 beneath: thorax with a deep dorsal channel, and an obsolete lateral 



