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anteiinse darker, the thorax broadest at the base, with sharper posterior 

 angles, and the stripe of the elytra are more finely and not so closely 

 punctured. L. hrunnea is evidently a very rare species. The only 

 examples I have seen are from Scarborough (Lawson), Griiildford 

 (Champion), Oxford (3) (Walker and Tomlin). It has also occurred at 

 Mickleham (Marsh). Herr Eeitter has sent me a specimen of L. gallica, 

 Eeitt., which Dr. Fleischer regards as synonymous with L. hrunnea 

 (Wien. Ent. Zeit., 1906, p. 206). It agrees with L. hrunnea, and 

 therefore differs markedly from L. ahjirica (L. hrunnea, ex parte, 

 Fleischer) in having the first joint of the posterior tarsi long and the 

 claws abnormally small. It is impossible to give a definite opinion 

 whether it is specifically distinct from L. hrunnea from the examination 

 of a single specimen, but it differs in details which may possibly be 

 varietal, viz. : — the thorax is more rounded at the sides, and the 

 posterior angles are much blunter ; the elytra are not so parallel-sided, 

 and the striae are more strongly and not so closely punctured, the 

 punctures not being placed so irregularly. It is a male and has the 

 lower plate of the posterior fenuu- broadly rounded at the apex as in 

 L. hrunnea, but the summit of the convexity is very finely toothed. 

 The posterior tibiae and aedeagus resemble in structure those parts in 

 L. hrunnea. 



L. picea.- — This a rather large, broad, and dark-coloured species. 

 It closely resembles dark specimens of L. duhia, but is larger and 

 stouter ; the club of the antennae is only slightly darker than the rest, 

 and the striae of the elytra are more closely and deeply punctui*ed. 

 From L. carta it is recognised by its usually darker colour, the narrower 

 and lighter coloured club of the antennae, of which the last joint is 

 broader ; the thorax is less rounded at the sides, and is broadest near 

 the base. L. picea is a very rare Scotch insect. Prof. Poulton has 

 most kindly sent me for examination two specimens taken at Forres, 

 from the late Mr. A. J. Chitty's collection, now in the Oxford 

 University Museum. 



L. duhia. — Dr. Fleischer divides the forms of L. duhia into two 

 groups (Wien. Ent. Zeit., XXV, p. 201) : L. duhia and its alHes, and 

 L. obesa and its allies. He describes the thorax of the L. duhia group 

 as being broadest directly behind the middle, the sides being narrowed 

 before and behind this. I cannot agree with this description. In the 

 var. suhglohosa the thorax is broadest very near the base, and is hardly, 

 if at all, contracted behind. The typical form has the body oval and 

 moderately convex, and the thorax broadest shortly before the base and 



