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punctate-sulcate ; legs and antenna; pale testaceous ; club of the latter 

 black. (L. 3-4|l.) Trees: Kimpton, Hants : 6. 



1950 sericeus Schall. A. H. i. 286. — Ste. M. iv. 143. — Cu. splendidus 

 Herbst. A. pi. 24. f. 30. — Oblong ; black ; clothed with opaque rounded 

 green scales : elytra with the suture raised behind ; legs and antenna? pale 

 testaceous, the latter slender ; club rather dusky ; thighs very obscurely 

 toothed, unarmed in £. (L. 2^-3 1.) Hedges: London district ; Bris- 

 tol: 6. 



§ B. Thighs distinctly toothed. 



1951 cervinus L. ii. 615. — Ste. M. iv. 143. — Cu. messor Herbst. C. vi. 

 pi. 75. f. 1 1 . — Oblong ; black ; clothed throughout with shining ashy or 

 golden scales ; elytra with irregular denuded brown spots ; tarsi and an- 

 tennas red; elub of latter black. (L. 2^-3 1.) 



Var. Cu. melanotus Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 143. — Scales of a greenish hue ; 

 elytra very indistinctly spotted. Hedges, &c. : London district ; S. Wales ; 

 Coombe, &c. : 5-6. 



1952 Chrysomela Oliv. E. v. 415. pi. 26. f. 386.— Sclwn. S. (Cur.) ii. 146. 



— Oblong-ovate ; black ; slightly pubescent ; sparingly clothed with golden 

 scales ; thorax and elytra on each side with a whitish patch ; elytra deeply 

 striated; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? testaceous. (L. 2^-3^ 1.) 



Var. ? Cu. amaurus Marsh, i. 319. — Ste. M. iv. 141. — Ovate ; black ; 

 clothed throughout with greenish-silvery scales ; thorax and elytra convex, 

 the latter slightly punctate-striate ; legs long, dull testaceous ; thighs 

 clavate, the club black or fuscous ; hinder pair toothed ; antennae dull red. 



Var. Po. confluens Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 142. — With all the thighs toothed. 

 Grassy places : London district ; Hastings ; Brighton ; New Forest j 

 S. Wales ; Suffolk ; and Yorkshire : 5-6. 



§ C. Metallites p. Schonherr. 



1953 marginatus Ste. M. iv. 142. — Me. ambiguus Schon. S. (Cur.) ii. 157. 



— Oblong ; reddish-griseous, or pitchy ; sparingly clothed with narrow 

 ashy-greenish scales, but rather dusky on the sides of the thorax and of the 

 elytra ; scutellum transverse, truncate, densely covered with greenish-ashy 

 scales; legs and antenna? testaceous. (L. 1^-2^1.) On juniper: Birch 

 Wood: 5-6. 



1954 pulchellus Ste. M. iv. 149. — Slender; black; rather sparingly 

 clothed with golden-griseous scales ; elytra striate, the 2d and 5th inter- 

 stices and the margin densely clothed with pale greenish-ashy scales ; legs 

 and antenna? pale testaceous; thighs very slightly toothed. (L. 2^1.) 

 Darenth Wood : 6. 



401 Nemoicus Dillwyn. 



1955 oblongus L. ii. 615 Mart. C. pi. 20. f. 33. — Ste. M. iv. 146. 



— Elongate, narrow ; black, or brown ; with a longish pubescence ; legs 

 and antenna? red ; elytra pale dull red or brown, with the margin gene- 

 rally black : — sometimes entirely pale, or black, and with the elytra, legs, 

 and antenna? pale, &c. (L. 2-2^ 1.) In woods and hedges : generally 

 distributed : 4-8. 



402 Phyllobius Schonherr. 

 § A. Thighs toothed. 



1956 calcaratus Fab. E. ii. 539. — Clairv. E. H. i. pi. 8. f. 3, 4. var. — 

 Oblong ; black ; slightly pilose ; clothed with slender ashy, greenish, 

 coppery, or golden scales ; thorax narrowed in front, obsoletely constricted ; 



