82 THE entomologist's record. 



small form of liirhla, and will have to be deleted. This would leave 

 us with but two species in this group, i.e., brunnea, Duft., a marsh 

 species Avith long apical setfe to the elytra, and the ubiquitous and 

 protean lurida, Scop., in which they are inconspicuous. I am, 

 however, at a loss to know what M. Bedel means in referring to 

 brunnea (cat>tanea, Brit. Cat.) as having " facies des Crepidudera roux." 

 The var. fifscicollis, Steph., is raised to a species, and takes the place 

 of atricilla, L., a name considered enigmatical ; patruelh, All., is 

 made a var. of ninrofaaciata, Goeze, but possibly this is not the 

 species we call jiatrnelis. T. vielanocephala, AH., and atriveps, Kuts., 

 become one species, i.e., melanocephala, DeG. T. diatiwiuenda, Rye, is 

 said to be probably confined to Britain, and to be very close to the 

 var. y>rt^/v<('Z/.s mentioned above. T. abdominaliii, k\\. (Duft., of the i)'?77. 

 Cat. .') — iinicic(da, Foud. 'T. iraterlKnisri, Kuts., -dxid ferrKi/inea, Foud. 

 are not mentioned at all. M. Bedel regards ccrina, ]3ritish catalogue, 

 as probably menthac, Bed. (n.s.), found abundantly in several places in 

 France on Mentha aquatiea. T.fiaricornis, ^iQ]^h. = rubiijinona, Foiid. T. 

 fenioralis, Msbvsh. =:e,voleta, L., the old name restored. T.pnsilla, Gyll.=: 

 liratetms, Pz., with which inedicaijinia, AIL, and reichei, All., are 

 synonymous, the form with black thorax being the vai'. eollaris, Steph. 

 T. f/racilis, Kuts., and the vdv. jwireri, All. (the latter the most widely 

 spread in France), is said to feed on TiiHulaiio farfara. If this is so 

 poiveri is probably distinct, since, as remarked by Fowler, >jracilis feeds 

 on Senecio jacobaea here. 



As we appear to have T/ii/aniis aerui/inosa, Foud., jielliicida, Foud., 

 and succinea, Foud. {=laeris, All., nee Duft.). 1 subjoin Bedel's 

 diagnosis : — 



1. Elytra not, or very shortly, ciliated at their apex, antenriiE of normal 



length (l-.5nim. to 2-8mni.). 2. 



Elytra with some rather long hairs towards apex, and one hair still more 

 long and projecting at the sutural angle ; antennae wiih joints four to 

 ten very elongate. Insect usually apterous, rarely (var. luctator, Weise) 

 winged. On Kupatorium cannabinum, rather common. 



T. aernginona, Foud. 



2. Elytra sub-depressed above, with shoulders usually well-marked and 



punctuation distinct. On (\mvoli'Ulits nrvensis, common. 



T. pellucidd, Foud. 

 Elytra reguhu'ly convex, shoulders nearly always etiaced, and punctuation 

 obsolete. On Acliillca iiiillefoliioii, Lcueanthexnim culiiare, Artemisia 

 (■(iiiipextritt, etc., common. T. succinea, Foud. 



The lacris of Fowler, appears to be aertKiinosa, a species I have taken 

 aljundantly on Enpatoriuin, both on the coast and inland. Fowler, 

 however, gives the foodplants of succinea to his laeris {Brit. Cnl., iv., 

 853). 



Ilaltiea tairtarieis, Schr., is not found in the Seine basin and should 

 be deleted also from the British list. //. eori/li of the British catalogue 

 -—hrericollis, Foud. H. palustris, Weise, does not occur in the Seine basin. 

 U.pusilla, All. {nee Duft.) is a synonym of tderaeea, L. M. Bedel 

 observes that all the " pusilla " taken in the Paris basin are nleracea, 

 L., and that the true jiusiUa, Duft., is a mountain species. Whatever 

 the var. nwntana of our collections may prove to be, most, if not all, of 

 the " pusilla " ought probably to be referred to oleracea, L. Pln/llotreta 

 l>itnetulata, Marsh, of the Q-d>i.=aerea, All., and it appears likely that 

 diaileiiiata, Foud., ma}- also be British, since it is a very near ally, and 

 mixed with it in many French collections. P. erudferae, Goeze=paeci- 



