250 RHYNCHOT'HORA. CURCULIONID^E. 



scutcllum somewhat oval, rounded at the tip ; legs and antenna? reddish, 

 pitchy or black. (L. 4 1.) Woods: London district : 6. 



1957 Pyri L. ii. 615 Pz. F. cvii. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 147. — Oblong; 



black ; clothed with narrow silky green or blue scales ; thorax rather short, 

 narrowed in front, transversely convex ; scutellum triangular, acute ; elytra 

 slightly clouded with dusky scales ; legs and antennae rusty-red ; club 

 fuscescent. (L. 3-4 1.) 



Var. $ Cu. ca?sius Marsh, i. 318. — Ste. M. iv. 147. — Narrower; elytra 



spotless. 

 Var.? Cu. Alneti Fab. E. ii. 542. — Ste. M. iv. 148. — Legs entirely 



black ; antenna? dusky or pitchy. Extremely abundant amongst nettles, 



everywhere : 5-6. 



1958 argentatus L. ii. 615. — Don. iii. pi. 107. — Ste. M. iv. 148. — 

 Black ; clothed with rounded green, or bluish, scales : and with scattered 

 pale erect hairs ; tibia? and tarsi pale yellowish ; antenna? rather stout, pale 

 testaceous : — thighs sometimes flavescent. (L. 2^-3 1.) On oaks, &c. : 

 abundant throughout the country : 5-6. 



1959 maculicornis Germ. I. N. i. 449. — Faun. I. E. ix. f. 12. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 148. — Oblong ; black ; clothed with bluish, golden-yellow, or 

 greenish scales, and a few whitish hairs ; tarsi (and sometimes the tibia?) 

 pitchy ; antenna? dull red, with the tip of the scape and the club black. 

 (L.3 1.) On trees: common in the London district ; Bottisham ; York- 

 shire ; Inverness : 5-6. 



1960 Mali Fab. M. i. 122. — Mart. C. pi. 19. f. 21, 22. — Ste. M. iv. 149. 

 — Oblong ; black ; clothed with narrow golden-coppery scales, sometimes 

 greenish, whitish on the scutellum : legs and antenna?, the latter stoutish, 

 testaceous ; thorax much narrower than the elytra, especially in front. 

 (L. 3-4 1.) Abundant on trees within the London district; Bottisham; 

 S. Wales: 5-7. 



§ B. Thighs not toothed. 



1961 Pomona? Oliv. E. v. 380. pi. 35. f. 548. — Ste. M. iv. 149. — Black; 

 clothed with green, golden, or bluish scales ; thorax transverse, narrowed 

 in front ; abdomen densely scaly ; tibia? and antenna? dull red. (L, 2-2| 1.) 

 Trees : London district : 5-6. 



1962 uniformis Marsh, i. 311 Ste. M. iv. 149. — Black; clothed with 



pale dull green, bluish, or golden scales ; thorax oblong ; tibia; and tarsi 

 testaceous; antenna? rather stout, also testaceous. (L. 1^-2 1.) 



Var. ? Ph. albidus Ste. M. iv. 150. — Scales pale whitish-ash; thighs dusky; 

 antenna? rather slender. Hedges, &c. : London and Edinburgh districts ; 

 Bottisham ; S. Wales : 5-7. 



1963 parvulus Fab. E. ii. 528.? — Oliv. E. v. 381. pi. 20. f. 271. — Ste. 



M. iv. 150 Black; clothed with green, bluish, whitish, or tawny scales; 



thorax transverse; abdomen slightly scaly; apex pitchy; thighs dusky; 

 tibia? and tarsi dull testaceous; antenna? pale testaceous. (L. 1^-lf 1.) 



Var. Ph. minutus Ste. M. iv. 150. — Legs and antenna? rusty-pitchy ; 

 club of antenna? dusky. Trees, &c. : London district : 5-7. 



1964 viridicollis Fab. E. ii. 528. — Oliv. E. v. 83. pi. 20. f. 268. — Ste. 

 M. iv. 151. — Black ; shining ; sides of the thorax and the breast clothed 

 with green scales ; tibia?, tarsi, and antenna? dull red ; the latter rather 

 stout. (L. 2±-2^1.) On the coast (on Artemisia maritima) : Newcastle; 

 Edinburgh ; Yarmouth : 5-6. 



403 Tanymecus Germar. 



1965 palliatus Fab. E. ii. 513. — Pz. F. xix. f. 5.— Ste. M. iv. 152. — 

 Elongate ; densely clothed with short hairs and scales ; fuscous above, 



