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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. fig. 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, fig. 2. 

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



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

 bluish; antennae and tarsi black; about, four lines ; on 

 the blackthorn ; very rare. PL 63, fig. 4. 

 Genus [462]. Beporaus. Leach. One species. 



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

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



Family [80]. ApioNiDiE. 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, fig. 7. 

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



O. Ulicis, For st. 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 ; common. PL 63, fig. 6. 



Family [81]. Rhamphim. 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, fig. 5. 



Race II. GONATOCERI. Schon. 

 Band I. MECORHYNCHI. Schon. 



Family [82]. Cossonid^e. Shuck. 



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



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

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

 half; beneath bark ; Ireland. PL 64, fig. 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, fig. 8. 



