232 RHVNCHOPHORA. — CURCULlONIDJE. 



1808 Nucum L. ii. 673. — Samou. pi. ii. f. 20. — Ste. M. iv. 68. — Elon- 

 gate-ovate : covered with yellowish or ashy scales, somewhat variegated 

 and banded on the elytra, and very dense on the angles of the breast and 

 the scutellum, the latter large and rounded ; legs dull pitchy-red ; rostrum 

 red, very long, especially in <j> , slender, rather stoutest at the base, cari- 

 nated and striate ; funiculus pilose, with the terminal joints short, some- 

 what nodose, and nearly globose. (L. 3-5 1.) On the nut and hazel: 

 London district, and generally distributed : 5-7. 



1 809 glandium Marsh, i. 233 Ste. M. iv. 69. — Ba. venosus Germ. M. 



iv. 294. — Oblong-ovate, clothed with yellowish or ashy pubescence, some- 

 what varied and banded on the elytra ; the pile towards the apex of the 

 suture elevated and forming a crest ; thorax with a faint dorsal line and a 

 broad stripe on each side pale ; scutellum oblong, very narrow, with 

 whitish scales ; rostrum red, moderate, thickened at the base, striate ; an- 

 tennae dull red, funiculus with oblong joints. (L. 3-4g 1.) On oaks: 

 London district : 5-6. 



1810 turbatus Sch. S. (Cur.) iii. 383. — Ovate; black; densely clothed 

 with yellowish scales; scutellum whitish ; legs dull pitchy-red; rostrum 

 very long, of the ^ nearly as long as the body, slender, much curved, 

 smooth, red, funiculus with all the joints elongate, a little thickened at the 

 tip. (L. 3^-3 1.) Woods: London district : 6. 



1811 villosus Herbst. C. vi. 195. pi. 73. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 69. —Black, 

 flattish ; slightly sprinkled with griseous pubescence : scutellum, and a 

 short broadish band across the elytra near the tip, dull yellowish ; an- 

 tenna? dull red. (L. 2^-4 1.) 



Var. ? Cu. tenuirostris Herbst. C. vi. 210. — Don. vii. pi. 249. f. 3. — Site. 

 M. iv. 70. — With the scattered pubescence, scutellum, and band on the 

 elytra, whitish. On the oak : London district; Suffolk; Bristol; Swan- 

 sea: 6-7. 



1812 Betulae Ste. M. iv. 70. pi. xx. f. 4. — Cu. cerasorum Herbst. C. vi. 196. 

 pi. 73. f. 9. — Flattish ; red-brown, variegated with yellowish pubes- 

 cence ; scutellum whitish : legs testaceous ; thighs obsoletely toothed ; 

 rostrum red, as long as the body. ( L. 2-3 1. ) On birch : Coombe Wood 

 and Wimbledon Park : 6. 



§ B. Pygidium nearly covered by the elytra. 



1813 Brassica? Fab. E. ii. 483. — Cu. Salicivorus Herbst. C. vi. 200. pi. 

 73. f. 12. — Ste. M. iv. 71. — Black, with an ashy down above; scutel- 

 lum, body beneath, and breast entirely clothed with snow-white scales ; 

 elytra striated, interstices widish ; basal joint of the antennas dull red ; 

 rostrum very long, slender. (L. If -2 1.) 



Var. Ba. scutellaris Wilkin. ? — Ste. M. vi. 72. — With the antenna? wholly 



black ; scutellum white. 

 Var. ? Ba. intermedius Marsh, i. 288. — Ste. M. iv. 72 Smaller ; the 



antenna; nearly, or entirely testaceous. Potherbs and willows : London 



district; Norfolk; Bristol; Swansea: 5-8. 



1814 pyrrhoceras Marsh, i. 288. — Sle. M. iv. 71. £ — Cu. curvatus Marsh. 

 i. 287. — Ste. M. iv. 71. $ — Black, with a slightly ashy pubescence 

 above ; scutellum and body beneath with white scales, the disc of the breast 

 somewhat denuded ; elytra striated, interstices rather narrow ; antennas 

 testaceous, club dusky ; rostrum very long, slender, the tip broadly red in 

 the J. (L. 1^-2 1.) On willows, in hedges, &c. : London district; 

 Swansea : 5-7. 



1815 brunneus Marsh, i. 248 Ste. M. iv. 72. — Pitchy-black, slightly 



