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mate very closely to the following, and being subject to consi- 
derable variation of size and colour, its varieties, without a careful 
comparative examination, are extremely liable to be mixed, as I 
have noticed in many cabinets, with the next species ; it may how- 
ever be satisfactorily discriminated by its having the rostrum 
evidently longer, more slender, with the antennse inserted further 
from the apex ; the tooth of the anterior femur distinctly longer 
and more robust ; the basal half of the tibia curved and more di- 
lated within in the middle ; the posterior femora each with their 
tooth excessively minute, and scarcely perceptible without a 
powerful lens. 
There are foreign specimens of Cure. Druparum in the Lin- 
nsean and British Museums, in the collection of Mr. Kirby from 
Gyllenhal, and in my possession from Schdnherr ; Cure. Drupa- 
rum is incorrectly recorded to have been found near London and 
in Somersetshire, but a variety of the insect now under consi- 
deration appears to have been mistaken for it, nor has it hitherto 
been discovered as an inhabitant of this country ; in Sweden it 
occurs copiously on the leaves of the bird cherry, and will pro- 
bably be found in Britain if that plant is diligently searched. 
Found plentifully on the leaves of elms (Ulmus eampesti'is) near 
Gravesend in July, and in many other localities throughout Great 
Britain, but never, as far as my experience goes, in company with 
the following. 
3. Anthonomus pedieulariuSy Linn. sec. ej. Mus., Marsh., Kirb. 
MSS., Steph. 111. 
Cure, fasciatus. Marsh. 
Rhynch. Ulmi var., Gyll., var. y. Schonh. 
A. Pomonce, Germ. Mag. iv. p. 323. 
— Pomorum, Steph. sec. ej. Mus. 
— Ulmi var. Steph. sec. ej. Man. 
— maculosus et rubrescens^ Kirb. MSS. 
I have frequently examined the insect in the cabinet of Lin- 
nseus labelled ‘ pedieularius/ which agrees with his description, 
and which is, beyond all doubt, specifically identical with this 
insect ; I have therefore followed Marsham and Kirby in adopt- 
ing the name given by that illustrious naturalist. 
Much doubt has hitherto existed as to the distinction of this 
from the preceding insect : Gyllenhal, Schonherr and Stephens 
think they are the same ; whilst Marsham, Kirby, Germar and 
Curtis have separated them into distinct species, but without di- 
stinguishing characters : it appears that Gyllenhal, from his de- 
scriptions of the varieties of colour, has confounded this with the 
preceding insect, and that by depending too much on the incon- 
stant character of colour he has overlooked specific differences 
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