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punctate-striate, 5th and 7th stria? united in a curve near the shoulder ; 

 rostrum smooth, with a single groove and some oblong foveolets: tibia; and 

 tarsi sometimes reddish. (L. 4^-5 1.) Dry sandy places: London and 

 Edinburgh districts ; Crwmlyn Burrows : 5-6. 



1883 elevatus Marsh, i. 306, — Ste. M. iv. 111. — Pitchy black ; clothed 

 with uniformly coloured ashy scales ; elytra rather deeply punctate-striate, 

 the 5th and 6th striae united at some distance from the shoulders; rostrum 

 scaly, with 5 channels: — legs and antennae sometimes reddish. (L. 4- 

 4^1.) Dry stony hedges : London and Edinburgh districts; Norfolk; 

 Suffolk; Devon; Bristol: 6. 



392 Leiophljeus Germar. 



1884 nubilus Fab. E. ii. 538. — Millard, pi. 2. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 112. — 

 Black ; opaque ; densely clothed with ashy scales : elytra punctate-striate, 

 tessellated with fuscous scaly spots; thorax slightly carinated; antennas 

 pitchy-red: scales on the rostrum sometimes coppery. (L. 3^-5^ 1.) 



Var. ? Cu. maurus Marsh, i. 316. — Ste. M. iv. 113 Entirely black, opaque; 



scaleless : — probably with the scales abraded. Thick hedges : London 

 and Edinburgh districts; S.Wales; Cambridge; Carlisle, &c. : 6. 



393 Otiorhynchus Germar. 

 § A. Thighs toothed. 



1885 Ligustici L. ii. 615 Herbst. C. vi. pi. 86. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 113. 



— Ovate ; black ; clothed with griseous scales ; thorax with the surface 

 covered with minute tubercles, especially on the back : elytra rough, 

 punctate-striate towards the sides. ( L. 6-7 1. ) Heaths : Godstone and 

 Hartfield ; Barham ; Southend ; Edinburgh : 6. 



1886 sulcatus Fab. E. ii. 539.— Herbst. C. vi. pi. 87. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 

 114. — Oblong; black ; thorax rough ; elytra deeply furrowed, the furrows 

 spotted with pale hairy tufts ; antennae pitchy ; rostrum deeply grooved. 

 (L. 4^-5^ 1.) Gardens, &c. : London and Edinburgh districts; Bristol ; 

 S. Wales ; Devonshire ; Norfolk : 5-6. 



1887 notatus Bons. C. S. ii. 33. f. 34. — Ste. M. iv. 114. — Oblong-ovate ; 

 pitchy, densely clothed with brown and ashy scales ; thorax granulated ; 

 elytra sulcate, and with rows of ocellated impressions ; legs pitchy red ; 

 thighs slightly toothed. (L. 3|-4 1.) In hedges: London and Edinburgh 

 districts; Yorkshire; Cumberland; S. Wales: 4-6. 



1888 singularis L. ii. 1066?— Ste. M. iv. 115. — Oblong-ovate; fuscous; 

 clothed with ashy scales: thorax granulated; elytra punctate-striate, 

 punctures somewhat annular, with a central tubercle; legs reddish. (L. 

 3 1.) Weedy hedges: London district: 4-6. 



1889 septentrionis Herbst. C. vi. 360. pi. 88. f. 6 Cu. squamiger Marsh, i. 



301. — Ste. M. iv. 115. — Oblong; reddish-brown or testaceous, variegated 

 with ashy scales ; head brown : thorax granulated ; elytra striate, interstices 

 raised and with elevated scale-like hairs disposed in rows ; legs and an- 

 tennas pale brown. (L. 3-3^1.) In hedges: London district ; S.Wales, 

 &c. 4-6. 



1890 scaber L. ii. 609. ? — Ste. M. iv. 115. — Oblong; ashy-black; head 

 • punctured ; thorax granulated ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices rugose 



and varied with whitish scales; legs and antenna; dull red. (L. 2^1.) 

 Hedges : London district : 6. 

 (1891 t Giraffa Germ. It. Dalm. 244. — Schen. S. (Cur.) ii. 576. — Ob- 

 long-ovate ; spotted with shining golden yellow scales ; thorax thickly 

 granulated, the sides rounded ; elytra convex, roughly punctate-striate, 



