234 RHVNCHOPHORA. — CURCULIONII)^, 



373 Hydronomus Schdnherr. 



1825 Alismatis Marsh, i. 273. — Ste. M. iv. 77. — Black; variegated above 

 with ashy-white scales ; elytra with the interstices flat, and a conspicuous 

 pale blotch behind the middle; thorax with an impression on each side at the 

 base; tibiag testaceous. (L. 2-2^1.) On Alisma Plantago : Battersea 

 fields ; Wimbledon Common ; Swansea ; Edinburgh, &c. : 5-6. 



374 Grypidius Schdnherr. 



1826 Equiseti Fab. E. ii. 443. — Pz. F. xlii. f. 4 Ste. M. iv. 78.— 



Black ; waved with whitish scales : rostrum very long, deep black ; thorax 

 globose ; elytra with black tubercles, the margins and 2 spots on the disc 

 whitish; thighs with a white ring; tibiee dull red. (L. 3-4^ 1.) On 

 Equisetum arvense : Battersea fields ; Coombe Wood, Hertford ; Ripley; 

 Bristol ; Swansea ; Edinburgh : 5-6. 



375 Erirhinus Schdnherr. 



1827 Festucae Herbst. C. vi. 327. pi. 85. f. 13. — Ste. M. iv. 79. — Oblong; 

 fuscous ; densely clothed with ashy scales : scutellum whitish ; legs and 

 rostrum testaceous-red, the latter very long, slender, and bent ; antenna; 

 pitchy, club pubescent. (L. 4 1.) On Carex acutus (fl. ): London dis- 

 trict: 5-6. 



1828 Nereis Pk. F. iii. 240. — Ste. M. iv. 77.— Rh. Typha? Nov. A. H. 

 (Ahr.) il. pi. i. f. 6. — Linear-elongate; pitchy-brown; above dull red, 

 with ashy scales : elytra with a broad common pitchy blotch in front ; legs 

 and rostrum rusty-red ; the latter very long, slender, and nearly smooth. 

 (L. 2-2^1.) Marshy places : London district; Norfolk; Oxon; Crwmlyn 

 Burrows ; Yorkshire : 5-6. 



1829 scirrhosus Sch. S. (Cur.) iii. 312. — Er. inquisitor Ste. M. iv. 80. — 

 Rh. brunnirostris Oliv. E. v. 83. pi. 34. f. 524.? — Elongate, pitchy brown, 

 clothed with yellowish ashy scales; elytra variegated with ashy; legs and 

 rostrum dull red ; the latter long, stoutish, striated, and punctured. (L. 



Var.? Er. Arundineti Kirby. Ste. M. iv. 80. — Rather narrower; the elytra 

 with a slightly conspicuous palish patch behind the middle, towards the su- 

 ture. Aquatic plants : London district ; Bristol ; Suffolk ; Yorkshire : 5-6. 



376 Notaris Germar. 



1830 Acridulus L. ii. 607. — Pz. F. xlii. f. 10.— Ste. M. iv. 81. —Black, 

 or pitchy-red, with a griseous pile ; thorax with a dorsal ridge ; elytra 

 deeply punctate-striate, interstices rugose, disc sometimes with a white dot 

 behind; legs and antennae pitchy-red or pitchy, thighs sometimes dusky; 

 rostrum very long, bent, deep black, punctured. (L. 1^-2^ 1.) Marshy 

 places : Battersea fields ; S. Wales ; Carlisle ; Edinburgh : 3-6. 



1831 ^thiops Fab. E. ii. 246. — Ste. M. v. 420 Cur. xiv. pi. 634. — 



Deep black, or pitchy; glabrous; thorax oblong; elytra oblong- ovate, 

 punctate-striate, interstices somewhat smooth ; legs and antennas pitchy- 

 red ; rostrum very long, and bent. (L. 3 1.) Marshy places: Askham 

 Bryant, Yorkshire: 6. 



1832*bimaculatus Fab. E. ii. 442. — Herbst. C. vi. pi. 82. f. 8. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 82. — Black ; opaque, with a fuscous pile; elytra faintly striated, in- 

 terstices flattish, obscurely rugged, disc with a white pilose dot ; tibia?, 

 tarsi, and antennae pitchy ; rostrum long, curved, and sparingly punctured. 

 (L. 4-5 1.) Boggy places: Wimbledon Common; Norfolk; Bristol; 

 6. 



