﻿Aml)lycephaliis by the shape of the clypeus, and from other 

 neighbouring groups by the ibrni of tlie head, which is Hke 

 tliat of EupeHx, but much less developed. 



The following descriptions will serve to characterize some 

 of our species. 



1. Cardui Curt. ? 3^ lines long: dull ochreous, inclining to ferrugi- 

 nous or olive, more or less freckled with brown nervures, irregularly 

 marked with brown ; a black spot on each side the parapleurae ; the 

 abdomen beneath thickly freckled witli black. 



End of August on Thistles, in the Isle of Wight. 



2. obscurus Curt. ? 3i lines : dull ochreous or reddish, obscurely va- 

 riegated with brown, leaving 2 or 3 pale spots on the suture : this m.iy 

 be a variety of No. 1, but it is narrower and the thorax is rather longer. 



3. sparsus Curt. 2^^ lines: head and thorax narrow: pale ochreous, 

 shining, very thickly freckled with brown ; hinder tibia? and underside 

 piceous, pectus bluish. 



Female end of July, Tollsbury marshes, Essex. 



4. rugOSUS Curt. <^2\ lines: rather broad, dull ochreous clouded and 

 freckled with brown, with a few broken yellowish lines on the nervures 

 and some spots on the costa, 3 black dots at the base of the head, centre 

 of the face densely freckled ; a spot on the parapleura?, extremity of 

 hinder tibiae and all the tarsi piceous. 



5. unicolor Curt. 2^ lines: rather narrow and ochreous : eyes, cavity 

 of the antcnnii? and a spot on each side the parapleura' black ; base of 

 abdomen dusky. 



End of August, Isle of Skye. 



6. fasciatus Curt. $ 2^ lines : pale yellow, 2 black dots at the base of 

 the head and several on the edge of the crown : thorax dirty ochre with 

 a yellow band across the middle ; large black sjjots on the pectus, base 

 of the abdomen blackish, a spot inside the a])ex of the hinder thighs, 

 a long line inside their tibijp, and tii)s of ail the tarsi j)icei>us. 



End of June, under stones, Isle of Portland, with the fol- 

 lowing. 



7- pallidus Curt. 2\ lines : pale ochreous, head and thorax with a pale 

 baud on each, interrupted in the centre; dots on the forehead, spots on 

 the parapleuriv and base of the abdomen black ; oblique stria^ on the 

 face and legs, excepting the hinder thighs, deep ochre. 



8 bicinctUS Curt. 2\ to 3 lines : pale reddish brown vith an ochreous 

 bauvl on the head and another across the centre of the thorax ; nervures 

 on tiie elytra pale yellowish as well as the anterior coxae and hinder 

 tliighs. 

 Beginning of May, Coomb Wood; end of July, Dover. 



9. bifasciatus Don. Brit. Ins. v. ll.pl. 387. 2 lines long: piceous, 

 thorax and 2 bands on the elytra ochreous; the apical band is sonie- 



tinu's whiti'. 



End of Jinie, Lonl Breadalbane's Park, Taymouth ; be- 

 ginning of June, Coomb and near Faversham, Kent. 



10. trifasciatus Fub. — Cuq. Icon. pi. S.J'. 10. 



1 1, tricinclus Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 620. S ■ 



End of June, Weston on the Green, and July, \\'hltllesea 

 Mere, J. C. Dale, Escj. 



The Plant \^ Aira prcTco.v (Early IIair-gras.s). 



