226 RHYNCHOPHORA. CURCULIONID^l. 



1753 4-cornis Gyll. iii. 154. — Ste. M. iv. 43. — Black, whitish beneath: 

 thorax slightly convex, deeply punctate ; sides whitish ; elytra punctate- 

 striate, spotless, suture white at the base ; legs and antennae testaceous, 

 tip of the thighs sometimes dusky. (L. 1 A-l| 1.) Hedges: London dis 

 triet; 6. 



357 Mononychus Schiippel. 



1754 Pseudacori Fab. E. ii. 450. — Cur. vii. pi. 292. — Ste. M. iv. 44. — 

 Dull black ; yellowish beneath ; punctate ; thorax with the lateral 

 margins slightly reddish ; elytra striated ; suture with a whitish spot at 

 the base ; base of antennae dull red. (L. 2 1.) On Iris pseudacorus : 

 Isle of Wight and Devonshire: 7-8. 



358 Acalles Schonherr. 



1755 Ptinoides Marsh, i. 258. — Ste. M. iv. 44. — Pitchy, with scattered 

 ashy scales above, mixed with erect muricated black spines ; thorax oblong, 

 deeply punctate ; elytra deeply and coarsely punctate-striate, variegated 

 with ashy ; legs, antennae, and rostrum dull red, the former with ashy 

 clouds. (L. 1-2 1.) On heaths, &c. : Hampstead ; Coombe Wood, Hert- 

 ford ; Ripley ; Devon ; Swansea : 4-7. 



1756 Roboris Cur. xii. pi. 550 Ac. variegatus Ste. Cat. No. 1599. — 



Pitchy, with ashy ochreous scales above, slightly erected : thorax with the 

 back flat and deeply grooved, blackish, the sides ochreous-yellow ; elytra 

 deeply and coarsely punctate-striate, interstices elevated, with an irregular 

 blackish band across the middle, the space behind which is occasionally 

 pale ashy ; legs pitchy, annulated with brown ; antennae and rostrum dull 

 red. (L. lf-2 1.) On oaks, &c. : Hertford; Suffolk: 6. 



359 Rutidosoma Stephens. 



1757 globula Herbst. C. vi. 398. pi. 91. f. 7. — Ste. M. vi. 45. — Black ; 

 somewhat opaque ; with the sides of the breast, and a stripe on the suture, 

 clothed with whitish scales ; elytra deeply sulcated and punctured, inter- 

 stices narrow and crenate ; legs and antennae pitchy. (L. f-1 1.) On 

 sallows : Coombe Wood : 6. 



360 Cryptorhynchus Illiyer. 



1758 Lapathi L. ii. 605. — Linn. Tr. (Curtis), i. 86. pi. 5. f. 1 — 5. — 

 Ste. M. iv. 46. — Black, opaque ; sides of the thorax, an irregular band 

 at the base of the elytra, and the tip of the latter whitish ; thorax and 

 elytra also varied with black scaly patches ; legs black, varied with whitish. 

 (L. 4-6 1) On willows and alders : London and Edinburgh districts; 

 widely distributed : 5-6. 



361 Bagous Germar. 



1759 binodulus Herbst. C. vi. 247. pi. 77. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 47.— 

 Black, densely clothed with fuscous scales : elytra flattish in front, faintly 

 punctate-striate, alternate interstices raised, the 2 outer ones terminating 

 in an elevated tubercle ; tibiae dull red at the tip. (L. 2|-3 1.) Marshy 

 districts: Battersea fields ; Norwich; Crwmlyn Bog : 6. 



1760 lutosus Gyll. iii. 85. — Ste. M. iv. 48. — Black, clothed with ashy 

 scales : elytra rather convex at the base, faintly punctate-striate, suture 

 and alternate interstices elevated, 4th terminating in an obtuse tubercle ; 

 legs entirely pale dull red. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Marshy places: Ripley ; Hert- 

 ford ; Norfolk ; Lancashire : 6. 



1761 lutulentus Gyll. iii. 86. — Ste. M. iv. 48. — Black, variegated with 



