idl 



71 



1885.] 



M i«.«,Sturm.-Short, rather broad; antenna red, club sometimes rather 

 darker ; legs red, sometimes quite light, sometimes darker -, forehead strong y emar- 

 ginate; thorax transverse, strongly rounded in front, broader at base than base 

 of elytra, with strong punetuation ; elytra unieolorous, not so strongly punetured as 

 thora' ; anterior tibi« armed with regular distinct teeth for at least two-tlnrds from 

 apex, the centre ones being usually the most prominent. Length, ^ Im. 



.ar. ^ntaUlis, Rosenh.-Eather larger ; elytra with a red spo^ » *-_;^'^^^™"= 

 in extent ; this is the 31. f ictus of Kye. ™8 ' 



On miianthemum vulgare, Scarborough. The type form is rare ; 

 out of a series of nearly forty examples that I have before me, only 

 one or two show no trace of a spot; one of these, a small specmien 

 in Dr Power's collection, is a good example of the type form. The 

 species is said also to be found on flowers of Centcmrea caloitrapa (the 

 Star Thistle), a plant which is found occasionally in some oi the 

 southern counties of England, but is uncommon. 



ii Thorax and elytra finely punctured; body dull unieolorous ; anterior tarsi 



of male strongly dilated ; interstices with plain cross striat.on. 

 Jf. ,„;«„., Kugel.-In size and shape very like 1/. «».S™«, but of a deeper 

 black colour, ad more convex; antenna black, with basal jomts reddrsh ; eg 

 brotn-sh, anter-or t.bi» with three or four strong serrate or pectmate teeth at 

 apex ; forehead strongly emarginate. 



Local, but not uncommon. On Geni.ta and i<"-.;7";;"° *» 

 M.Brisout; it seems usually to occur in Britatn «" ^^-«"-'" 

 ,„;,««; Darenth, Birch Wood, Esher. Mickleham, Chatham, Bear- 



sted, Shiere, &c. 



CYCHRAMINA. 

 The species of this tribe are chiefly disti..guished *-- the pre 

 ceding bv the fact that the thorax covers the base of the b - 

 "lad of simply fitting closely to it; the elytra cover nea ly he 

 Itle of the abdomen, o^ly part of the pygdium ^-.g expo. ; th 

 presternum is m..e or lessprolon^da^^^^^^^^^ 

 round or oval and convex, ine trioe cuui^ 

 only one is British. 



Ctcheamtjs, Kugelann. 

 This getrus contains two species, which may easily be dWngnished 

 by the wide thorax (which overlaps but does not fit the base of h^ 

 efytra), prominent eyes, loose dart three-jomted club of 

 simple tibia;, and almost semicircular mentum. 



