BRACHYDERES. LIXUS. 251 



dusky-white beneath, and on the sides : thorax longish ; rostrum with an 

 obsolete impression. (L. 4-5^1.) On nettles : Epping Forest; Darenth ; 

 Bottisham ; Yorkshire ; Bristol : 6, 



(404 Brachyderes Schonherr.) 

 (1966 f incanus L. ii. 616. — Ste. M. iv. 151. note. — Elongate; black; 

 with brown pubescence; antenna? slender, dull red. (L. 7-2 1.) Im- 

 properly stated as British.) 



(405 Rhytirhinus Schonherr.) 

 (1967 porcatus Marsh, i. 255. — Ste. M. iv. 154. note. — Black ; thorax clothed 

 with griseous scales, deeply furrowed, and deeply foveolate, fovea? black ; 

 elytra gibbous, with 2 crenate ridges, terminating in a tubercle ; thighs 

 and tibiae with ashy-white scales; claws and antenna? pitchy. (L. 3 1.) 

 On Ornithogalum, Hammersmith.) 



406 Cleonus Schonherr. 



1968 ophthalmicus HerbsL C. vi. 86. pi. 65. f. 3. — Cle. distinctus Ste. M. 

 iv. 153. — Black; varied with ashy-white; thorax with a ridge in front, 

 and 2 flexuous whitish stripes ; elytra faintly punctate-striate, each with 

 2 distinct white spots behind the middle ; rostrum with a longitudinal 

 ridge, (L. 7 1.) Coombe Wood; Epping Forest: 6. 



1969 nebulosus L. ii. 617. — Sons. C. S. ii. 20. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 154. 

 — Elongate ; black ; densely and irregularly clothed with ashy pubescence; 

 elytra acuminated, deeply punctate-striate, with 2 denuded oblique bands; 

 thorax and rostrum ridged : — the pubescence varies from bright red to 

 griseous, ashy and whitish. (L. 6-10 1.) Heaths: Wimbledon Common; 

 Cambridge ; Martlesham, Suffolk ; New Forest : 5-6. 



1970 glaucus Fab. E. ii. 516. — Pz. F. xix. f. 6. — Ste. M. iv. 155. — 

 Shortish, black ; irregularly clothed with an ashy-brownish down ; elytra 

 somewhat acuminated, deeply punctate-striate, with 2 somewhat bent de- 

 nuded bands; rostrum with a ridge. (L. 7 1.) Heaths: Ockham and 

 Ripley: 6-7. 



1971 sulcirostris L. ii. 617. — Don. xv. pi. 509. f . 1 . — Ste. M. iv. 155 



Black ; densely clothed with ashy down ; elytra obsoletely punctate-striate, 

 with 2 very oblique denuded bands; rostrum with 3 somewhat equal 

 grooves. (L. 7-101.) Barren heaths, &c. : Hertford; Southend; Bot- 

 tisham; Yarmouth; Bristol; S. Wales; Leith : 3-8. 



407 Bothynoderes Schonherr. 



1972 albidus Fab. E. ii. 517. — Pz. F. xix. f. 7. — Ste. M. iv. 156.— 

 Black ; with whitish pubescence ; disc of thorax, 4 spots and a band on 

 the elytra denuded ; rostrum with 2 furrows, the tip of the ridge bifid ; 

 antenna? with the base dull red. (L. 5-6 1.) Gravel-pits: Norwich; 

 Ipswich ; Cromer ; Portobello, near Edinburgh : 5-6. 



408 Lixus Fabricius. 



1973 J Ascanii L. ii. 610. — Pz. F. xlii. f. 13. — Ste. M. iv. 157. — Elon- 

 gate ; black : clothed with a pale yellowish down ; a line on each side of 

 the thorax, and on the sides of the elytra, bluish-white ; elytra finely 

 punctate-striate, the apex scarcely acuminated ; tarsi and antenna? dull 

 pitchy. (L. 6 1.) Norfolk? 



1974 paraplecticus L. ii. 610.? — Don. x. pi. 348. f. 2. — Ste. M. iv. 157. 

 — Ashy-brown, pubescent, sprinkled with a testaceous powder ; elytra 

 somewhat cylindric, the apex terminating in a short mucro, the disc 

 punctate-striate, striae disposed in pairs, the alternate interstices most 



