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1849 fasciculata Herbst. C. vi. 289. pi. 82. f. 6. — Hy. fasciculosa Cur. iii. 

 pi. 116. — Ste. M. iv. 93. — Black, densely clothed with whitish and 

 fuscous scales ; thorax transverse, rounded on the sides, with 3 white 

 lines ; elytra faintly punctate-striate, with a crescent-shaped pale spot on the 

 shoulder, and another near the middle of the disc; suture tessellated with 

 4-drate black brushes; tibia? and antenna 1 dull-red. (L. 3-4 1.) Rare: 

 Isle of Thanet and in Norfolk ; more common in Scotland : 6. 



§ B. Body oblong, a. With wings. 



1850 Polygoni L. ii. 609. — Pz. F. xix. f. 10.— Cu. arator Ste. M. iv. 

 93. — Fuscous, pubescent : thorax rounded, with 3 pale lines ; elytra 

 testaceous, the suture with a toothed dark and pale streak behind, the disc 

 with brown lines; antennae rusty, club dusky. (L. 3-3^ 1.) 



Var. Cu. Polygoni Fab. ii. 520. — Ste. M. iv. 93. — Deep fuscous, or 

 black ; thoracic lines white ; elytra with ashy scales, the suture dentated 

 with black and white ; the disc with short black lines. On Polygonum 

 arvense, in corn fields : London and Edinburgh districts ; Bottisham ; 

 Bristol ; Carlisle ; Inverness ; Raehills : 4-6. 



1851 canescens Ste. M. iv. 94. — Black, clothed entirely with ashy scales; 

 elytra striated, the interstices slightly elevated, uniformly hoary ; tarsi 

 pitchy : — possibly a var. of No. 1850. — (L. 3 1.) On heaths : London 

 district ; Bristol : 6. 



1852 Viciae Gyll iii. 101. — Ste. M. iv. 94. — Black ; clothed with ashy 

 or brassy scales ; thorax flattish, very much dilated on the sides ; elytra with 

 5 rows of denuded fuscous spots ; antennae pitchy at the base ; rostrum 

 whitish, a little bent : immature specimens are testaceous, with the back 

 of the thorax and the legs fuscous; rostrum black. (L. 3 1.) 



Var.? Hy. picicornis Ste. M. iv. 95. — Larger (4 1.); elytra spotless ; an- 

 tennae wholly pitchy. Hedges : London district ; New Forest ; Bristol : 6. 



1853 Kunzii Ahr. F. vii. f. 11. — Hy. alternans Ste. M. iv. 95. pi. xx. f. 6. 

 — Black ; with pale griseous or olivaceous scales, sometimes tinted 

 with brassy : thorax with a broad lateral pale stripe on each side, and a 

 narrow dorsal one ; elytra striated, the alternate interstices brownish, an- 

 tennae pitchy, club dusky. $ narrow, sides of thorax slightly dilated ; 

 rostrum short and stoutish ; elytra rather deeply striate. (L. 2^-3. 1.) 

 Marshy districts, London district ; Suffolk ; Bottisham ; Bristol : 6. 



1854 Rumicis L. ii. 614. — Ste. M. iv. 95. — Hy. Acetosae Fz. F. xlii. 

 f. 9. — Black ; variegated with shining whitish-ashy scales : thorax some- 

 what cylindric, with 2 brown streaks : rostrum rather stout, nearly 



-straight, somewhat cylindric, a little dilated at the tip: — scales very va- 

 riable in colour. (L. 3-3^1.) On the dock: London and Edinburgh 

 districts ; Bottisham ; Cumberland ; S. Wales, &c. : 6. 



1855 palustris Leach. — Ste. M. iv. 96. — Black ; tessellated with ashy and 

 testaceous scales : thorax with the sides slightly dilated, ashy white, the 

 disc spotless brown; rostrum longish and straight. (L. 3^ 1.) Marshy 

 places : Battersea ; Bottisham ; Bristol ; S. Wales : 6. 



1856 sublineata Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 96. — Black, densely clothed with 

 ashy scales : thorax fuscous, the sides and a dorsal line ashy ; elytra with a 

 squarish dusky patch at the base ; tibiae, tarsi, and antennae pitchy-red : 

 rostrum rather short and stout. (L. 3 1.) Marshy places : London dis- 

 trict ; Suffolk; Bristol: 6. 



1857 Pollux Fab. E. ii. 457. — Ste. M. iv. 97. — Co. commaculatus 

 Herbst. C. vi. pi. 76. f. 8. — Black ; \ariegated with shining ashy-white 

 scales ; elytra with 3 rather distinct white lines tessellated with black : 



