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thickly punctured ; rostrum short, with 3 furrows at the base ; antennae 

 black. (L. lj-2£li) 

 Var. Rh. similis Cur. xiv. pi. 642. — Apex of the rostrum, and sometimes 

 the head, and anterior legs bronzed, or coppery. Woods ; London and 

 Edinburgh districts : 6. 



2067 cavifrons Chevrolat. — Sclwn. S. (Cur.) i. 226. — Ste. M. v. 421.— 

 Oblong ; blue-green, with a long pubescence ; thorax punctured : elytra 

 punctate-striate, interstices with obscure rows of punctures ; rostrum 

 longer than the head, with 2 grooves at the base ; forehead, with a deep 

 excavation. (L. 2^-3 j 1.) Woods: London district: 6. 



§ B. Rostrum elongate : elytra distinctly striated. 



2068 nanus Pk. F. iii. 176. — Ste. M. iv. 200 Oblong, glabrous; bluish- 

 green : thorax deeply punctured ; elytra somewhat cylindric, punctate- 

 striate, interstices impunctate. (L. 1^-1^1.) Birch: Coombe and Da- 

 renth woods ; Bristol ; Hertford : 6. 



2069 Alliariae L. ii. 606. ?— Oliv. E. v. 81. pi. 25. f. 35. — Ste. M. iv. 

 200. — Oblong-ovate, pubescent ; blue, sometimes with a greenish tinge : 

 thorax somewhat conic, coarsely punctured ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, 

 interstices with a row of minute punctures ; rostrum moderate, slightly 

 carinated ; antennae dusky. (L. 1^-2| 1.) 



Var. ? Rh. confinis Ste. M. iv. 202. — Bright violet ; rostrum very short. 

 Whitethorn hedges : London district ; Wood Ditton, Cambridge ; Weston, 

 Oxon ; Swansea, &c. : 4-6. 



2070 pauxillus Germ. I. N. i. 186. — Rh. atrocaeruleus Ste. M. iv. 201. — 

 Ovate, blue-black, slightly shining, pubescent; eyes prominent; thorax 

 somewhat cylindric, coarsely punctured ; elytra deep blue-black, rather 

 deeply punctate-striate, interstices narrow, convex, impunctate. (L. 1^-1.) 

 London district : 6. 



2071 interpunctatus Wilkin. ? — Ste. M. iv. 201. — Ovate; blue, or green- 

 ish ; slightly pubescent : thorax granulated, thickly but finely punctured, 

 and with a smooth dorsal line ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, interstices 

 with a row of minute impressions; legs and antennae black. (L. 1^-1 f 1.) 



Var. ? Rh. longirostris Ste. M. iv. 202. — Thorax thickly and rather 

 coarsely granulated ; rostrum very long. Hedges : London district : 6. 



2072 minutus Herbst. C. vii. 135. pi. 104. f. 11. — Ste. M. iv. 201. — 

 Ovate ; blue-green, slightly pubescent, and shining : thorax rather 

 obscure, thickly and finely punctured ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, in- 

 terstices impunctate ; legs bluish ; rostrum and antennae dusky-black. 

 (L. 1-1 H) 



Var. Rh. rugipenms Ste. M. iv. 202. — With the elytra transversely 

 wrinkled between the striae. Hedges : London district ; Bristol ; Nor- 

 folk : 5-6. 



2073 aequatus L. ii. 607 Bon. iv. pi. 121. f. 1, 2. — Ste. M. iv. 202. 



— Dull brassy, thickly punctured, and with a dusky pile ; thorax with an 

 obscure furrow ; elytra red, deeply punctate-striate ; tibiae pitchy-brown ; 

 tarsi dull black: — thighs and tibiae sometimes red. (L. lA-2^ 1.) 

 Hedges and whitethorn flowers : London district ; Cambridge ; Oxon ; 

 Edinburgh : 5-6. 



2074 f caeruleocephalus Fab. E. ii. 423. — Fz. F. xciv. f. 6. — Ste. M. 

 iv. 202. — Pubescent; violet or blue; thorax testaceous, punctured; 

 elytra testaceous, punctate-striate, interstices impunctate ; rostrum longish, 

 slender, straight. (L. 3 1. ) Hedges: Windsor: 6. 



2075 aeneovirens Marsh, i. 239. — Ste. M. iv. 202. — Oblong-ovate, slightly 

 pubescent : brassy -green or black ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, inter- 



