1917.] 103 



cneweri/fhrH!< Marsh., which was uanied by Marsham from a specimen 

 ill Kirliv's t-dlleetiou. 



At present '' fempedivus'' and cnemerythruit are considered to be 

 one species. It is quite doul)tful what " fempestivus " Herbst really 

 was, and under the circumstances I think we had better call our larijer 

 form cnemerythrutt. Waterhouse states, on the authority of Kirby's 

 collection, that cnemerythrus Marsh, was LypruK cylindrns, but I think 

 this was a mistake arising from the true Lyjjrus being then scarcely 

 known in Britain. 



Ltprus SchonheiT. 



This is a valid genus. The rostrum is longer than in the Bagoini, 

 and the aedeagus, though it exhibits some relation with that of Pro- 

 haf/ons, has important peculiarities. There are no supei-ior appendages, 

 the strut of the tegmen is short ; the peculiar bridge at the base of 

 the orifice of the median lobe is absent, and the orifice is placed in 

 tlie middle of the length of the tube ; whether there is a long upper 

 lip or only a very short one cannot be determined from my specimens. 



1. — Lyprvs cylindruif G-yll. 



This species is readily distinguished by its elongate, narrow 

 elytra, by the long, slender tarsi, the unusually long metasternum and 

 basal segments of the abdomen, and liy the longer apical portion of 

 rostrum. 



It is only rarely met with in this country, but is sometimes in 

 large numbers when found. When I discovered it at Hammersmith 

 Marshes in October, l&6o, it was in great profusion, and Dr. Power, 

 and others who afterwards went to the same spot, also found it in 

 plenty. Mr. F. Smith informed me that there was then only one 

 British specimen known. 



Bagous Cxerm. 



I select noduloHUs as the type of this genus, a course I believe to 

 be in accord with the views of Schonherr. 



In this diilicvilt genus the tarsi are of great importance : they 

 differ from species to species, and in B. inceratus are definitely pent- 

 amerous. 



1. — Bugous iKjdnlosus Herbst. 



Disthiguished from all the other species of the genus by its large 

 size (length, 4-5 mm. from tip of abdomen to front of thorax), covered 

 with a grey or clay-coloured glaze, nearly uniformly. 



