210 Mr. J. Walton on the genus Bruclius. 



the thorax y the colour of the joints of the antennce, and the pale 

 intermediate legs. 



I am indebted to Dr. Germar for two foreign male specimens 

 of this species, and these, upon comparison, I find agree (with 

 the exception of a slight difference of size) with certain British 

 specimens, viz. a male and female, captured on Cove Common, 

 Hampshire, in the middle of July last, a specimen in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Samuel Stevens, and one in my own collection ; that be- 

 longing to Mr. Stevens was found at Coombe Wood. 



6. B. Lathyri (Kirb. MSS. et Mus.), Steph. 



— Loti} Payk., Gyll., Steph., Schonh. 



Thorax transverse, at the sides slightly but visibly sinuated, 

 and behind the middle, on each side before the sinus, with a very 

 minute tooth or tubercle, which in some examples is scarcely ob- 

 servable without a powerful lens ; elytra immaculate ; posterior 

 femora acutely dentate. This species varies considerably in bulk, 

 the largest being nearly twice the size of the smallest. (Length 

 1—1^ line.) 



I have very little doubt that B. Loti of Paykull and Gyllenhal 

 is identical with this insect : this opinion is based upon the de- 

 scription given in Schonherr's ^ Syn. Ins.^ v. p. 88, compared with 

 my specimens ; but as I have not at present any means of pro- 

 ving this, by the examination of a Swedish type, a note of inter- 

 rogation is put to the name. Dr. Germar observes upon the spe- 

 cimens sent to him : '^ Br. Lathyri, a peculiar species, new to my 

 coUection.^^ Of this species I have in my cabinet a fine series of 

 eight specimens, seven of which I found on the Lathyrus pra- 

 tensis in the first week of August last, near Cowes in the Isle of 

 Wight ; they agree with the two examples now in the collection 

 of Mr. Kirby, taken by him according to his MS. from the same 

 plant. 



7. B. (S) pectinicornisj Linn. (Mus. Linn.), Fab. 



— (?) Theobromatis, Linn. ? 



— ( (5* ? ) scutellaris, Schonh. 



— (?) scutellaris y Fab., Steph. Man. 



— (?) analis, Fab., Mus. Banks. 



Mr. Stephens, by inserting this species in his ' Manual of Bri- 

 tish Coleoptera,' appears to consider it as indigenous to England ; 

 he states, " On Heracleum Sphondylium (fl.) : Penge W^ood.^^ Mr. 

 Waterhouse took it at Old Brompton crawling upon a gate ; 

 but I believe it has been introduced with its food. B. pectini- 

 cornis has a very extraordinary wide geographical range, being 

 found, according to authors, in China, Barbary, East and West 

 Indies, Cape of Good Hope, Japan, Brazil and Mexico, and by 



