apiok. 257 



with a fovea behind ; coleoptra ovate, acute, brassy, or greenish, simply- 

 striated ; antennae submedial. (L. 2 1.) On mallows, &c. : abundant: 

 London district ; Cambridge ; Carlisle ; Yorkshire ; S. Wales ; Scotland, 

 &c. : 4-8. 



2016 Carduorum Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 72. pi. 1. f. 19. — Ste. M. iv. 177. 

 — Black ; with obscure pile : head roughly striate between the eyes, and 

 with a smooth fovea in front : rostrum longish ; with a tubercle on each 

 side at the insertion of the antennae, which are basal : coleoptra oblong- 

 ovate, bluish, or greenish ; punctate-striate. (L. 1|-1§1. ) 



Var. Ap. tumidum Ste. M. v. 420. — Elytra deep black : forehead slightly 

 wrinkled. On thistles : London district ; Cambridge ; S. Wales j York- 

 shire ; Carlisle ; Scotland : 5-7. 



b. Rostrum more or less elongate. 1. Antenna basal. 



2017 rufirostre Fab. E. ii. 424. — Ste. M. iv. 178 Herbst. C. vii. pi. 



102. f. 10. $ . — Black, with a slight ashy pile above, and dense whitish 

 one beneath ; legs and antenna? pale red ; tarsi beneath black ; thorax short, 

 widest behind, with a faint dorsal impression ; coleoptra ovate, shining, 

 sulcate-punctate : rostrum of <$ with the tip red, of $ wholly black ; apex 

 of abdomen red in the $ . (L. \\-\\\.) On mallows; generally dis- 

 tributed : 5-7. 



2018 pallipes Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 38. pi. 1. f. 7. — Ste. M. iv. 178. — 

 Black, obscure ; with a slight griseous pile : head wide, punctulate, with a 

 channel between the eyes: thorax slightly globose, very thickly punctured: 

 coleoptra oblong-ovate, punctate-striate ; base of the antenna) and legs tes- 

 taceous ; tarsi dusky. ( L. 1 £ 1. ) Grassy places ; London district ; York- 

 shire : 5-7. 



2019 confluens Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 62. pi. 1. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 179.— 

 Slender, black ; slightly pubescent ; head with 2 deep furrows between the 

 eyes, united behind : thorax cylindric, rather faintly punctured ; and 

 with an obscure dorsal line : coleoptra oblong-ovate, obsoletely punctate- 

 sulcate. (L. 1^-1.) Meadows: London district; Suffolk and York- 

 shire : 5-7. 



2020 pusillum Ger. M. ii. 209. pi. 2. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 179. —Black, with 

 a griseous pile : thorax rounded on the sides, narrowed in front, the base 

 wide: coleoptra obovate, punctate-sulcate. (L. 1 1.) London district : 5-6. 



2021 atomarium Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 59. pi. 1. f. 14. — Ste. M. iv. 420. 

 — Black; rather densely pubescent ; thorax short, narrowed in front; elytra 

 narrowish, punctate-striate; rostrum much bent, and a little deflexed. 

 (L. 1 1.) London district: 5-6. 



2022 picicorne Walton? — Rather narrow ; black, densely pubescent ; thorax 

 slightly narrowed in front: elytra punctate-striate; anterior tibia?, and 

 base of the 4 posterior reddish-pitchy; antennas pitchy, club black. (L. 

 f-1 1.) London district, near Dorking ; Suffolk : 5-6. 



2023 vicinum Lin. Tr. [Kirby) ix. 25. pi. 1. f. 3. — Ste. M. iv. 180. — 

 Black, slightly pilose ; head punctured between the eyes ; thorax short, 

 narrowed in front, and with an obscure puncture behind ; coleoptra some- 

 what globose, the shoulders prominent, deeply punctate-striate; antenna? 

 wholly black. (L. \\\.) London district; Suffolk and Yorkshire: 5-6. 



2024 Hookeri Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 69. pi. 1. f. 16.— Ste. M. iv. 180.— 

 Black ; slightly pubescent ; obscure : thorax globose, delicately punctured ; 

 elytra punctate-sulcate, tinted with greenish or blue, interstices transversely 

 strigose. (L. 1^1.) Hertford; New Forest ; Norfolk and Yorkshire: 

 5-6. 



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