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stripe not quite reaching the bai*e, an important structural character. 

 They are certainly not opeticum. Bach., which must be deleted from 

 our lists. 



With regard to what these insects really are, I have had a speci- 

 men identical with Dr. Power's in my collection under the MS. name 

 of purpuratum^ nov. sp., since 1884, taken by me in company with 

 pomonce on the Deal sandhills in August of that year. Not knowing 

 all the European species in the pomonce group I hesitated to bring it 

 forward as new. About a year ago my friend Mr. E. A. Butler gave 

 me a small series of a blue Jpion to examine, somewhat variable in 

 size, and none perhaps quite so small as my insect. The conclusion 

 that 1 came to was that they formed connecting links between my 

 specimen and pomonce, and that notwithstanding its minute size, slight 

 differences in the shape of the rostrum and thorax, and more marked 

 difference in the punctuation of the latter, it must be looked upon as 

 an extreme form of pomonce. It may possibly be a new species, since 

 nothing could be more unlike than the general appearance of the two 

 insects, but it cannot be referred to opeticiim, Bach. 



Orchestes sparsus, Yahv.— The "unique" British specimen is a 

 small form of ilicis,¥. It was confirmed by M. Brisout, but I believe 

 in error, and it should be deleted from our lists. 



Hypera elongata, Pk. — The single specimen in the collection is 

 considered by Mr. E. A. Waterhouse to be a rubbed example of sus- 

 piciosa, Herbst ; with this view I concur. 



Bagous petro, Hbst., = Helminth imorphus auhei. — The insects 

 standing as /)e/ro, Hbst., all belong to other species. B. petro has 

 only occurred in Britain at Askham Bog, York. It is not represented 

 in the Power Collection. 



Thryogenes scirrJiosus, Gyll. — If Bedel's diagnosis of the above 

 species is correct, and I believe it is, the insects standing as scirrhosus 

 are certainly not that species ; most of the localities given by Fowler 

 refer to nereis, Pk. Do any of them refer to the true scirrhosus ? 



Although not Curculionidce, the following may be included : — 



Lema erichsoni, Suii. — The specimens must all be referred to 

 septentrionis, Weise. L. erichsoni is not represented. 



Raltica ampelophaga, Guer. — The insects are hrevicollis, Foud., 

 = coryli. All. H. ampelophaga, Guer., feeds on the vine, and has not 

 been found in Britain. 



12, Churchill Road, Dartmouth Park : 

 May 8th, 1904. 



