260 RIIYNCHOPHORA. ATTELABIDJE. 



the 2 anterior coxae alone pale testaceous, rostrum wholly black. (L. f- 

 11.) Amongst clover, very abundant : London district ; S, Wales ; 

 Yorkshire: 4-6. 



2041 assimile Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 42. — Ste. M. iv. 187 Slender; 



black ; glabrous : thorax cylindric, finely punctured ; coleoptra narrow, 

 somewhat elliptic, punctate-striate ; all the thighs and the anterior coxae 

 and tibia; testaceous ; base of the antenna? pitchy ; rostrum rather long 

 and bent. (L. 1^1.) Clover fields, extremely abundant : generally dis- 

 tributed in the south ; Yorkshire; S. Wales : 0. 



2042 apricans Herbst. C. vii. 117. pi. 103. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 188. — 

 Black ; glabrous ; thorax oblong, somewhat cylindric, delicately punc- 

 tured, and with a basal fovea ; coleoptra obovate, punctate-sulcate ; thighs, 

 trochanters, 2 anterior coxae, and anterior tibiae pale red ; antennae testa- 

 ceous at the base. (L. lg-lf 1.) On Trifolium pratense . generally dis- 

 tributed : . 



2043 aestivum Germ. M. ii. 189. pi. 4. f. 16. — Ste. M. iv. 189. —Black; 

 shining : thorax cylindric, finely punctured, and with a small basal fovea : 

 elytra rather broad, oval, sulcate-punctate ; anterior coxae and tibiae, thighs 

 and 4 hinder tibiae within, pale testaceous ; anterior trochanters pitchy. 

 (L. l-li L) 



Var. ? Ap. ruficrus Germ. M. ii. 171. pi. 4. f. 17. — Ste. M. iv. 189. — 



Anterior coxa? and trochanters black. 

 Var. Ap. Leachii Ste. M. iv. 189. — Antenna? reddish at the base; thighs 



wholly tawny. Clover fields : London district ; Yorkshire : . 



2044 varipes Germ. M. ii. 173. pi. 4. f. 19. — Ste. M. iv. 190. — Black; 

 shining : thorax oblong, deeply punctured, and with a basal channel ; co- 

 leoptra oblong-oval, punctate-striate ; legs testaceous ; knees, lower half of 

 the 4 hinder tibia?, and all the tarsi, black ; anterior tibiae dusky at tip ; 

 antennae with the basal joint red ; rostrum short, bent. (L. 1^ 1.) Clover 

 fields: London district; Southend; Bottisham ; Yorkshire: (•). 



2045 laevicolle Lin. Tr. (Kirby) x. 348. — Ste. M. iv. 188 Black, gla- 

 brous, shining ; forehead 3-sulcate : thorax cylindric smooth, very finely 

 punctured, and with an obscure basal fovea ; coleoptra globose-ovate, gib- 

 bous ; finely punctate-striate : thighs, anterior coxae and tibiae pale testa- 

 ceous, apical portion of 4 hinder tibia? black. (L. l£ 1.) Near Windsor ; 

 Dulwich ; Isle of Oxney ; Brighton. Southend : 5-6. 



2046 difforme Germ. M. iii. 46. — Cur. v. pi. 211 Ste. M. iv. 190. — 



Shining black : forehead punctured : thorax sub-4-drate, coarsely punc- 

 tured, and with a basal furrow ; coleoptra oblong-ovate ; faintly punctate- 

 striate ; thighs and anterior tibiae in the middle tawny-red, 4 hinder tibiae 

 with a tawny ring ; antennae red, with the basal joints dilated in $ ; club 

 black. (L. 1^1.) Meadows: near Coombe Wood ; Bexley ; Croydon; 

 Brighton : 6-10. 



2047 filirostre Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 46. — Ste. M. iv. 191. — Black: gla- 

 brous ; thorax somewhat cylindric, delicately punctured, and with a faint 

 basal fovea : coleoptra somewhat globose-ovate, punctate-striate ; legs and 

 rostrum long, the latter filiform ; $ with a pale ring at tip of anterior 

 thighs. (L. 1|1.) Little Blakenham, Suffolk ; Brighton: 6-9. 



2048 f glabratum Germ. M. iii. 47. — Ste. M. iv. 191. — Black, glabrous, 

 shining ; head punctate-rugose ; thorax oblong, cylindric, punctured, and 

 with a short basal furrow : coleoptra oblong-oval ; punctate-sulcate ; ros- 

 trum long, thickened at base. (L. 1^1.?) Near Exeter. 



2049 ebeninum Lin. Tr. (Kirby) ix. 55. pi. 1. f. 11. — Ste. M. iv. 191. — « 

 Deep black, very glabrous and glossy : thorax oblong, with the sides some- 





