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lum, knees and tarsi black, and sometimes the centre of 

 the thorax ; about three lines ; common on the hazel. 

 PL 63. Jig. 1. 

 Genus [460]. Attelabus. Lin. One species. 



A. Curculionoides, Lin. Red ; with the head, antennae, 

 scutellum and legs black ; about three lines ; common 

 on the hazel. PL 63, Jig. 2. 

 Genus [461]. Rhynchites. Herbst. Eighteen species ? 



R. Bacchus 1 Lin. Of a rich golden copper ; the rostrum 

 bluish; antennas and tarsi black; about four lines ; on 

 the blackthorn ; very rare. PI. 63, Jig. 4. 

 Genus [462], Deporaus. Leach. One species. 



D. Betulse, Lin. Entirely of a deep shining black ; about 

 two lines ; common in woods on the birch. PL 63, Jig. 3. 



Family [80]. Apionid^e. Shuck. 



Genus [463]. Apion. Herbst. Sixty-eight species ? 



A. frumentarium, Lin. Of a uniform blood red; about 

 two lines ; common on the leaves of dock. PL 63, Jig. 7. 

 Genus [464]. Oxystoma. Leach. Three species ? 



O. Ulicis, Forst. Black, densely clothed with a silvery 

 grey decumbent pubescence ; anterior legs and the base 

 of the antennae fulvous ; about a line and a half; on the 

 furze j common. PL 63, Jig. 6. 



Family [81]. RHAMPHiDiE. Shuck. 



Genus [465]. Rhamphus. Clairv. One species. 



R. pulicarius, Herbst. Deep black and shining ; the base 

 of the antennae fulvous; not quite a line; common on 

 the birch and willow. PL 63, Jig. 5. 



Race II. GONATOCERI. Schon. 

 Band I. MECORHYNCHI. Schon. 



Family [82]. Cossonim. Shuck. 



Genus [466], Rhyncolus. Germ. Four species. 



R. truncorum, Schiip. Blackish brown, with a brassy 

 tinge ; antennae and legs piceous ; about a line and a 

 half; beneath bark ; Ireland. PL 64, Jig. 1. 

 Genus [467]. Cossonus, Clairv. Two species. 



C. linearis, Fab. Black, pitchy, or testaceous ; the antennae 

 and legs paler ; about three lines ; on willows ; not com- 

 mon. PL 63, Jig. 8. 



