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Dr. Rcdteiibachor also points out that tho reference in Gcm- 

 minger and Von Harold's Catalogue of If. gracilis to Chevrieri, Boh, 

 (in Schon. Cure, viii, 2, p. 193), is incorrect, since the latter insect is 

 described as having the femora «7i?-spinose. With regard to this 

 character, I observe that M. Henri Brisout, in his Monograph of 

 Nanopliyes, p. 28, says of N. Chevrieri — ^'femorihus uni- aut hi-s^yinosis." 

 This variation in an apparently important structural point is also 

 recorded by him in several other species of the genus, and probably 

 results from the accidental non-development of the weaker of the 

 two spines. However this may be, N. Chevrieri, if only from its 

 oblong-ovate form, has certainly nothing to do with N. gracilis. 



Geaptodeea LO^fOicoLLis, Allard. 



This species, of which the ^ has the basal joint of the anterior 

 tarsi very much triangularly dilated, differs from ericeti, All., in its 

 smaller size, shorter and stouter antennae, almost entirely impunctate 

 thorax, and more finely punctured elytra, — the punctuation of the 

 latter being very minute on a delicately shagreened ground, whereas 

 it consists of larger and smaller punctures mixed in ericeti, in which 

 also the thorax is, though finely, distinctly punctured all over. A ^ 

 and $ , taken in copula, and supposed to connect the two species, are 

 returned to me by M. Allard as certainly ^ and ? longicollis, and I 

 also possess undoubted females of longicollis, quite distinct from 

 ericeti. G. einceti occurs at AV'imbledon, Esher, Balcombe, Mickleham, 

 New Forest, &c., but longicollis has not been found, so far as I know, 

 nearer south than Chat-moss. 



Or.VI'TODEEA IIELIANTHEMr, All. 



This insect is in our lists, but not in our collections ; and tho 

 supposed exponents of it are, I believe, oleracea. It is, however, not 

 uncommon, though rather local, occurring at Chat-moss, Wimbledon, 

 Barnes, Chatham, Cobham, Hanwell, and Ryde, almost always on 

 Epilohium (angustifolium, especially) . Specimens from some of these 

 localities have been returned to me as this species by M. Allard. 

 I am indebted to Mr. J. Chappell for the only ^ that I have seen, of 

 which the intromittent organ differs much from that of oleracea and 

 montnna. It may readily bo known from oleracea by its more violet or 

 dark blue colour, rather duller and comparatively shorter elytra, and 

 narrower thorax. The specific name affords another instance of the in- 



