238 RHYNCH0PH0RA; CURCULIONID^E. 



antenna dull pitchy rust colour, club dusky ; rostrum shortish, and a little 

 bent (L. 3-3 £. 1.) 

 Var. Hy. nebulosa Ste. M. iv. 96. — Elytra clouded with ash-colour, not 

 tressellated. Grassy places : London district ; Bottisham ; Bristol ; Nor- 

 folk ; Crwmlyn Burrows : 5-6. 



1858 murina Fab. E. ii. 520. — Ste. M. iv. 98 Black; densely clothed 



with griseous scales : elytra with whitish stripes, dotted with black ; the 

 suture with a broad fuscous patch at the base; thorax orbiculate, with 2 

 brown lines; tibia 1 , tarsi, and antenna? dull red. (L. 2^-3^ 1.) 



Var. Hy. picipes Ste. M. iv. 97. — Narrower, the scales of a paler hue, 

 and the elytra obscurely spotted with fuscous. Sandy places : London 

 and Edinburgh districts ; Bristol ; S. Wales : 6. 



1859 villosula Ifilkin.? — Ste. M. iv. 97. — Black; densely clothed with 

 ashy pilose scales : elytra immaculate ; tarsi and antenna? pitchy-red ; 

 rostrum longish, rather thickened, and straight. (L. 2^-3 1.) London 

 district ; Bottisham ; Norfolk ; Suffolk ; Bristol : 6. 



1860 nigrirostris Fab. E. ii. 428. — Pz. F. xxxvi. f. 14. — Ste. M. iv. 98. 

 — Pitchy-black, or testaceous ; legs and antenna rusty-red ; rostrum 

 black, rather short, glabrous, slender: thorax longish, with 3 green stripes; 

 elytra densely clothed with green scales, sometimes tinted with brassy. 

 (L. H'2j 1.) Hedges, gardens, &c. : London and Edinburgh districts; 

 Yorkshire ; Bottisham, &c. : 4-7. 



1861 fulvipes Ste. M. iv. 98. — Deep black ; irregularly clouded with green 

 and bronzed scales above : thorax short, the sides much rounded ; elytra 

 prettily varied with brassy-green scales : legs, antenna, and rostrum 

 tawny-red. (L. l|-2 1.) On Geranium pratense : London district ; 

 Yorkshire : 5-6. 



b. Wingless. 



1862 Plantaginis Be Geer. I. v. 237. pi. 7. f. 17— 21. — Ste. M. iv. 99.— 

 Black, with ashy scales : thorax flattish, much dilated on both sides, 

 transverse-oval ; elytra with a large oblong fuscous patch towards the 

 sides ; legs and antenna rusty-brown, club dusky. (L. 2-9 1.) In clover 

 fields, &c : Darenth Wood ; Bristol ; Bottisham : 5-6. 



1863 Trifolii Herbst. C. vi. 266. pi. 80. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 99. — Pitchy- 

 black; with ashy down; thorax flattish, orbiculate, with the sides and a 

 dorsal line pale ; elytra with obscure streaks and spots, suture fuscous, 

 spotted behind with whitish ; breast with brassy scales ; tibia and antenna 

 dull red. (L. 2-3 1.) 



Var. Cu. stramineus Marsh, i. 267. — Ste. M. iv. 100. — Pale-testaceous, 

 thorax dull red above ; tip of rostrum fuscous : — sometimes the elytra 

 alone are testaceous, and the rostrum more or less black ; arising from 

 immaturity. On trefoil : London district ; Norfolk ; Suffolk : 5-6. 



1364 bimaculata Marsh, i. 266. — Rh. posticus Gyll. iii. 113. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 100. — Black; with a slight ashy pile; thorax flattish, short, some- 

 what orbiculate; breast clothed with whitish scales; tip of the elytra, 

 tibia, and antenna dull red; rostrum shortish, glabrous. (L. 2| 1. ) 

 Meadows : London district ; Raehills : 6. 



1865 variabilis Herbst. C. vi. 263. pi. 80. f. 1. — Ste. M. iv. 101. — 

 Black ; with ashy scales : thorax flattish, rounded on the sides ; the latter, 

 and a narrow dorsal line, pale, with a brown spot a little before the middle 

 near each margin ; elytra spotted with brown ; thighs dusky ; tibia and 

 antenna dull red. (L. 3 1.) 



Var. Hy. phaopa Ste. M. iv. 100. — Rather narrow ; thighs fuscous; tibia 

 and antenna pitchy. 



