2-12 RHYXCHOrilORA. CURCULJONIDiE. 



or sulcate"; interstices coarsely tuberculate. Supposed by Schb'nherr, but 

 incorrectly, to inhabit England.) 



1892 rugifrons Gyll. iii. 319. — Ste. M. iv. 115. — Oblong; black, opaque, 

 with a slight asby pubescence ; elytra flattish on the back, punctate-striate; 

 thighs with a minute tootb ; tibia? and tarsi pitchy ; forehead and rostrum 

 with several elevated lines. (L. 3 1.) 



Var. Oti. Dillwynii Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 116. — Thorax rough in the 

 centre; front and rostrum slightly rugose; legs and antennae pitchy. 

 Hedges : London and Edinburgh districts ; Bristol ; S. Wales ; Isle of 

 Arran : 6. 



1893 ovatus L. ii. 615 Herbst. C. vi. pi. 88. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 116. — 



Short, ovate ; black, with a fine griseous pile ; thorax somewhat globose, 

 very rugged, with a short ridge in the middle ; elytra more glossy, 

 punctate-striate ; dorsal interstices flat, smoothish, lateral ones rugulose ; 

 legs and antenna? rusty-red. (L. 2-3 1.) 



Var. Cu. pabulinus Pz. F. lvii. f. 19. — Ste. M. iv. 116 Dull red; 



legs and antenna? testaceous. Hedges : London and Edinburgh districts ; 

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



1894 vorticosus Schon. S. (Cur.) ii. 630. — Oblong; black; with a slight 

 ashy pile ; thorax thickly rugged longitudinally ; elytra elongate obovate, 

 crenate-striate : interstices somewhat rugged ; legs and antenna; rusty-red. 

 (L. 2^-3 1.) Hedges: London district : 6. 



§ B. Thighs unarmed, a. Elytra not distinctly striated. 



1 895 bisulcatus Fab. E. ii. 540. — Cu. Lima Marsh, i. 298. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 117. — Oblong-ovate; entirely black and covered throughout with 

 elevated points, disposed in slightly transverse wrinkles on the elytra; 

 rostrum with a ridge. (L. 8 1.) Found near London? 



1896 niger Fab. E. ii. 530. — Clairv. E. If. i. pi. 8. f. 1, 2. — Oti. atro- 

 apterus Ste. M. iv. 117.- — Oblong-ovate; deep black, rather shining, 

 slightly dotted with an ashy pile ; thorax oblong, narrow, thickly granu- 

 lated ; elytra remotely punctate-striate, interstices roughly granulated, the 

 apex of each acutely rounded ; legs red, knees and tarsi black. (L. 4 1.) 

 Coasts of Devon ; S. Wales, &c. : 6. 



1897 tenebricosus Herbst. C. vi. 333. pi. 86. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 117. — 

 Black ; slightly glossy ; thorax narrow, red, with the head finely 

 coriaceous ; elytra oblong-ovate, rather narrowed at the tip, very obscurely 

 striated ; legs elongate, pitchy-red ; rostrum notched at the tip, and 

 faintly ridged: apical joints of funiculus elongated. (L. 4-6 1.) Hedges: 

 common in London district and in S. of England ; S. Wales ; Raehills : 

 5-6. 



1898 atro-apterus Be Gecr. v. 243. pi. 7. f. 22. 24. — Oti. ater Ste. M. iv. 118. 

 — Black ; slightly glossy ; thorax dilated on the sides, and, with the head, 

 finely coriaceous ; elytra ovate, obtuse, very obsoletely sulcate, granulated ; 

 legs pitchy-red ; rostrum somewhat entire ; ridged. (L. 3^1.) Coasts: 

 Devonshire ; S. Wales, &c. : 6. 



1899 Monticola Germ. I. S. i. 361. — Oti. hevigatus Ste. M. iv. 118. — 

 Shining black : thorax suddenly rounded on the sides, finely punctured ; 



\ elytra very delicately punctate-striate ; interstices thickly but obscurely 

 punctured; legs and antenna? pitchy. (L. 3-3 ^ 1.) S. Wales: 6. 



b. Elytra distinctly striated, rough. 



1900 scabrosus Marsh, i. 298. — Ste. M. iv. 1 1 9. — Oblong- ovate ; black 

 with a fuscous pile ; forehead sulcate ; thorax thickly granulated ; elytra 





