246 RHYNCHOPHORA. CURCULIONIDJE. 



little narrowed, the broader ones with compact ashy scales ; antennae 

 pitchy. (L. 3-3|l.) Hedges, &c. : London district : 5-6. 



1927 limbatus Marsh, i. 301. — Cu. Sus Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 130. — 

 Black : shining ; nearly glabrous ; elytra ovate, base of the suture and 

 the outer margins broadly dotted with silvery scales ; legs pitchy-black ; 

 antenna? pitchy. (L. 2-3^1.) Sandy places : London and Edinburgh 

 districts; S. Wales: 5-6. 



397 Sciaphilus Schdnherr. 



1928 muricatus Fab. E. ii. 544. — Herbst. C. vi. pi. 87. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 

 131. — Ashy-brown; densely clothed with ashy scales, intermixed with 

 brown hairs on the elytra ; thorax ashy, the sides and a dorsal line 

 whitish ; legs and antenna? rusty-brown. (L. 2^-3 1.) 



Var. Cu. asperatus Fab. E. ii. 541 Bons. Cu. ii. 34. f. 25 Ste. M. 



iv. 131. — Dull ash ; elytra spotted with fuscous ; thorax fuscous, with 3 



ashy lines. 

 Var. ? Sc. pusillus Ste. M. iv. 131. — Griseous, not variegated or spotted; 



thorax without any pale streaks. (L. If 1.) Shady places, in woods: 



London district ; Bristol; Swansea; Cambridgeshire: 5-6. 



398 Brachysomus Schdnherr. 



1929 hirsutulus Fab. E. ii. 526. — Pz. F. vii. f. 7. — Ste. M. iv. 132. — 

 Black-brown, reddish, or dull red ; pubescent : elytra globose, hispid, 

 deeply punctate-striate ; thorax narrow ; legs and antenna? pale testaceous ; 

 rostrum not furrowed. (L. 1^-1§ 1.) Hedges; sandy lanes, &c. : London 

 and Edinburgh districts ; Bottisham ; Swansea : 4-6. 



399 Sitona Germar. 

 § A. Eyes small, flattish. a. Elytra hispid. 



1930 regentsteinensis Herbst. C. vii. 46. pi. 98. f. 3. — Si. Ulicis Kirby. 

 — Ste. M. iv. 133. — Wingless; black; variegated with ashy scales, 

 sometimes tinted with greenish-copper on the head and thorax ; the latter 

 convex, deeply punctured, with its sides and a dorsal line pale ; elytra 

 faintly striate, shoulders with a pale streak ; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? 

 pitchy, club dusky : thighs sometimes pale. (L. 2-3| 1.) 



Var. Si. Spartii Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 131. — Smaller, varied with greenish 

 scales : tibia?, tarsi, and base of antenna? dusky-pitchy. 



Var. ? Si. femoralis Ste. M. iv. 134. — Slightly clouded with greenish scales; 

 thighs elongate, stout, and black. Abundant on furze (Ulex) throughout 

 the country : 0. 



1931. hispidula Fab. E. ii. 526. — Ste. M. iv. 134 Cu. crinitus Herbst. 



C. vi. pi. 77. f. 13. — Winged; oblong-ovate; black, with fuscous 

 scales : thorax deeply punctured, and with the sides and a dorsal line 

 ashy ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, varied with ashy, and each interstice 

 with a row of whitish hairs ; thighs pitchy ; tibia? and tarsi testaceous. 

 (L. 2-2$ I.) 



Var. Si. pallipes Ste. M. iv. 135. — Elytra spotless, legs wholly pale testa- 

 ceous. Also abundant on sandy heaths throughout the country : 4-9. 



b. Elytra pubescent, but not hispid. 



1932 lineata L. ii. 616. —Don. xi. pi. 389. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 135. 

 Black ; clothed above with fuscous and beneath with ashy-silvery scales, 

 but of variable tint : thorax short, broad behind, very finely punctured 

 the lateral margins and a dorsal line mostly whitish ; elytra punctate-striate, 



