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pubescent ; ashy beneath : thorax rough ; elytra deeply punctate-striate ; 

 legs wholly testaceous, antenna? pitchy. (L. 1 1.) Hedges: London dis- 

 trict: 6-7. 



1816 f Crux Fab. E. ii. 455. — Oliv. E. v. 154. pi. 29. f. 440. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 37. — Black ; antennae red ; thorax with 2 spots at the base, and a 

 white cross on the elytra, of whitish scales. (L. 1 1.) Devonshire? 



372 Anthonomus Gertnar. 

 § A. Thighs acutely toothed. 



1817 incurvus Pz. F. xxxvi. f. 17. — Ste. M. iv. 73. — Pitchy-brown, with 

 an ashy down : head, rostrum, and disc of thorax black ; scutellum snowy ; 

 elytra dusky-black, shoulders and margins dull red, with an obscure 

 oblique bar behind the middle on the back ; club of antenna dusky ; elytra 

 sometimes nearly wholly dull red. (L .2-3 1.) On flowers: London 

 district ; Bristol ; and W. of England : 5-6. 



1818 Pomorum L. ii. 612 St. M. iv. 73. — Cur. xii. pi. 562. — Pitchy- 

 brown or blackish, with an ashy down : elytra dull red, with an oblique 

 whitish band behind, included between 2 blackish denuded ones ; scutel- 

 lum snowy ; thighs dusky in the middle ; rostrum slender, curved, pitchy. 

 (L. lty-2^-1. ) On blossoms of whitethorn, &c. : London and Edinburgh 

 districts ; rather generally distributed : 5-6. 



1819 Ulmi De Geer. v. 215. pi. 6. f. 26—30.— Ste. M. iv. 74. — Testa- 

 ceous-red, slightly pubescent : rostrum slender, curved, elongate, black ; 

 head and breast pitchy black : thorax with a whitish dorsal line ; scutellum 

 snowy; elytra with a white band, behind a fuscous patch. (L. l^-2i 1.) 



Var. Cu. fasciatus Marsh, i. 286. — Ste. M. iv. 74. — Pitchy-brown : ros- 

 trum, antennae, and legs red ; elytra rusty-brown, with white bands. 



Var. ? Cu pedicularius L. ii. 615. — Ste. M. iv. 75. — Rh. avarus Oliv. 

 E. v. 230. pi. 22. f. 310. — Head dull red; rostrum slightly bent, tes- 

 taceous-red, with the tip fuscous ; elytra variegated with whitish towards 

 the apex. On flowers : London district ; New Forest ; Bristol ; Cam- 

 bridge ; Swansea ; Raehills : 5-6. 



1820 Druparum L. ii. 614 Herbst. C. vi. pi. 70. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 75. 



Testaceous-red; with griseous pubescence: rostrum slender, nearly straight ; 

 elytra with 2 denuded, round, and dentate bands, the 1st on, the 2d behind, 

 the middle ; thighs 2-dentate. (L. lf-2^ 1.) On flowers: London dis- 

 trict ; Bristol : 5-6. 



§ B. Thighs very obsoletely toothed. 



1821 obscurus Ste. M. iv. 75. — Pitchy-black, slightly pubescent; thorax 

 roughish ; scutellum black ; tibiae and basal joint of the antennae pitchy- 

 red. (L. 1^-2 1.) Flowers: London district ; Bristol: 5-6. 



1822 ater Marsh, i. 285. — Ste. M. iv. 75. — Black, slightly pubescent: thorax 

 opaque, roughish ; rostrum slender. (L. 2 1. ) In hedge-rows: London 

 and Edinburgh district ; Bristol ; Swansea : 5-6. 



1823 Rubi Herbst. C. vi. 167. pi. 71- f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 76. — Black ; 

 slightly pubescent : thorax very finely and thickly punctured ; scutellum 

 white ; joints of the legs, tarsi, and base of antennae sometimes pitchy. 

 (L. l^-lf 1.) On bramble flowers, &c. : London and Edinburgh dis- 

 trict ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Devonshire : 5-6. 



1824 clavatus Marsh, i. 285. — Ste. M. iv. 76. — Black; slightly pubescent; 

 white beneath : thorax rather rough ; rostrum slender at the base, the tip 

 abruptly clavate, club compressed. (L. 1^ 1.) London district. ? 



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