248 RHYNCHOPHORA. CURCULIONID^E. 



punctured, the sides and a dorsal line pale ; elytra slightly punctate-striate, 

 interstices dotted with black, and with whitish hairs; tibia>, tarsi, and base 

 of antenna? red. (L. 2 1. ) 

 Var. ? Si. albescens Ste. M. iv. 140. — Elytra not spotted; legs and antenna? 

 wholly red. Grassv places : London district ; Bottisham ; Suffolk ; 

 S. Wales : 5-7. 



1940 lineella L. F. No. 546.? —Bans. C. ii. 30. f. 18.? — Ste. M. iv. 140. 

 — Oblong ; black ; with fuscous scales ; thorax with 3 whitish stripes ; 

 elytra faintly punctate-striate, somewhat hispid behind, with an irregular 

 whitish dot on the disc, spotted with black ; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? 

 red. (L. 2 1.) Grassy places : London district; Swansea: 6-8. 



b. Elytra slightly pubescent. 



1941 cambrica Kirby. — ■ Ste. M. iv. 140. — Short, ovate ; black; spotless; 

 above very sparingly clothed with ashy-brown scales ; beneath with ashy ; 

 elytra faintly tessellated with ashy-brown ; thorax somewhat glabrous, 

 with 3 very faint pale streaks; legs and antenna? wholly black, with an 

 ashy pile. (L. 3-3^ 1.) Gravel-pits: London; Hertford; Ripley; 

 S. Wales: 5-7. 



1942 fusca Marsh, i. 313. — Ste. M. iv. 140. — Somewhat linear; elongate; 

 brown-black ; body whitish beneath ; suture irregularly pale ; legs and 

 antenna? pitchy-black. (L. 3|-4£1.) Sand and gravel pits : Hampstead ; 

 Wimbledon ; Crwmlyn Burrows : 4-6. 



400 Polydrusus Germar. 

 § A. Thighs unarmed. 



1943 undatus Fab. E. ii. 525. — Oliv. E. v. pi. 35. f. 553. — Ste. M. iv. 144. 



— Elongate ; black ; clothed with ashy silvery scales ; thorax narrow, 

 somewhat cylindric ; elytra with 3 waved bands of dusky scales ; legs and 

 antenna? red. (L. 2-2^ 1.) Woods and hedges: London and Edinburgh 

 districts ; Bristol ; S. Wales ; Devon : 6. 



1944 fulvicornis Fab. E. ii. 525. —Bans. Cu. ii. 27. f. 13 Ste. M. iv. 144. 



— Elongate ; red- brown, with ashy scales ; thorax unequal, with a dorsal 

 line ; elytra with 3 denuded bands ; legs and antenna? pale red. (L. 21.) 

 Woods : London district and Scotland : 6. 



1945 micans Fab. E. ii. 529. — Ste. M. iv. 144. — Cu. Pyri Bon. iv. 

 pi. 121. f. 314. — Black; clothed with golden-fiery-copper, greenish, or 

 ashy-silvery scales; elytra ample, gibbous behind ; legs and antenna? red, 

 the latter shortish ; thighs very obscurely toothed. (L. 3-51.) On trees 

 and hedges : London district ; Swansea ; Carlisle : 6. 



1946 flavipes Be Geer, v. 241.— Ste. M. iv. 145. — Elongate ; black; 

 clothed with brilliant satiny-green or bluish scales, with longish brown hairs 

 intermixed : legs and antenna? pale testaceous, the latter slender ; rostrum 

 short. (L. 3-4 1.) Hedges, trees, &c. : London district ; Bottisham; 

 S. Wales : 6. 



1947 impressifrons Bej. C. 93. — Schon. S. (Cur.) ii. 140. — Oblong; black ; 

 clothedjthroughout with brilliant green scales ; with some short brown hairs 

 intermixed ; legs and antenna? pale testaceous ; rostrum very short ; fore- 

 head with a slight impression. (L. 3 1.) Hedges: London district: 6. 



1948 flavovirens Schon. S. (Cur. ) ii. 142. — Cu. sericeus Herbst. C. vii. pi. 97. 

 f. 10. — Oblong; black; slightly pubescent ; and clothed with dull yel- 

 lowish-green scales ; thorax flattish ; legs and antenna? pale testaceous ; 

 rostrum moderate. (L3-S|-l.) Hedges: London district : 6. 



1949 speciosus Ste. C. 412. No. 1836 * Cur. vi. pi. 278. — Oblong; 



black ; glabrous ; densely clothed with silken-green scales ; elytra deeply 



