236 RHYNCHOPHORA CVRCVUOSlliJE. 



suture black ; rostrum rather long, stoutish, striated (L. 2-3. 1.) Erro- 

 neously stated to be British. ) 



378 Pis son es Germar. 



1842 Pini L. ii. 608.— Pz. F. xliii. f. 1. — Ste. M. iv. 87. —Pitchy, with 

 pale scales : thorax ridged, the disc with 2 large remote fovea?, densely 

 filled with yellowish scales ; elytra punctate-striate, with a short band of 

 lutescent scales before, and a broader band of the same behind, the middle ; 

 rostrum longish, red-brown. (L. 4-5. 1.) On firs: Edinburgh district; 

 Dunkeld, Perthshire : 9. 



1843 f notatus Fab. E. ii. 501. — Ste. M. iv. 88. — Bh. Pini Ol'w. E. v. 

 pi. 16. f. 42. — Pitchy-red, with whitish scales: thorax with 4 whitish 

 spots ; scutellum whitish ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, punctures deepest 

 on the back ; disc with an indistinct pale band of scales before, and a 

 broad dilated one behind, the middle; rostrum slender, pitchy-black. 

 (L. 3-5 1.) Firs: Ravelstone Wood, Edinburgh: 7. 



1844 Fabricii Leach. — Ste. M. iv. 88. pi. xxi. f. 1. — Rather elongate; 

 slightly convex ; pitchy-red, with pale scales ; thorax with 4 luteous spots ; 

 scutellum luteous ; elytra punctate-striate, with minute lutescent scales, 

 an interrupted band of yellowish scales before, and a narrow one behind, 

 the middle; rostrum rusty-griseous. (L. 4^ 1.) Firs: Ravelstone Wood; 

 Jedburgh, Roxburgshire : 5. 



379 Gronops Schbnherr. 



1845 lunatus Fab. E. ii. 524. — Ste. M. iv. 89. pi. xx. f. 5. — Black, 

 densely clothed with ashy scales ; thorax with 3 fovea?, thickly punctate 

 and faintly ridged ; elytra striate, the alternate interstices much raised, 

 and terminating in a double callus ; disc with a pale crescent ; legs fus- 

 cous. (L. 2-3^ 1.) Sandy places : Kew Lane ; Livermere and Barham, 

 Suffolk ; South Creek, Norfolk ; Bristol : 5-6. 



380 Orthoch^etes Mutter. 



1846 setiger Germ. I. N. i. 304. — Ste. M. iv. 90. — Dull-reddish; ab- 

 domen dusky ; elytra somewhat punctate-silicate, the alternate interstices 

 and suture elevated, each bearing a row of erect griseous seta? ; legs also 

 clothed with the same. (L. 1-1^1.) Epping Forest; Ripley; Hert- 

 ford ; South Creek : 3-6. 



38 1 Procas Stephens. 



1847 picipes Marsh, i 272. — Ste. M. iv. 91. — Black; obscure; elytra 

 punctate-striate, interstices transversely roughened, obsoletely clouded with 

 a few ashy hairs; tarsi and antenna? pitchy- red. (L. 3-4 1.) Marshy 

 places : Battersea fields ; Bristol and Norfolk : 6. 



382 Hvpera Germar. 



§ A. Body short, ovate; rostrum short, stout. 



1848 punctata Fab. E. ii. 529. — Ste. M. iv. 92 Cu. austriacus Herbst. 



C. vi. pi. 77. f. 11. — Black, obscure, with griseous or ashy scales: 

 thorax rather widest in front, with 3 ashy stripes ; elytra punctate-striate, 

 interstices each with a row of black scaly brushes ; thighs with an ashy 

 ring; antenna? pitchy. (L. 4-5 1.) Hedges, &c. : generally distributed 

 in the S. of England ; S. Wales ; Netley and Wetheral ; also in Scot- 

 land : 5-9. 



