NEW BRITISH SPECIES NOTICED IN 1856. 81 



improbable that the present species ma)'- have been con- 

 founded by others with the nearly allied B. picicomis, I 

 have drawn up, as briefly as practicable, the distinctive 

 characters of the two species. 



Baris picicornis, Marsham, Ent. Brit. 270, 115 (1802), 

 Steph. B. Abrotani, Germar, Col. Spec. Nov. 202, 

 324(1824); Baridius picicomis, Schonh., Walton. 



Steel blue ; rostrum finely, conspicuously and thickly 

 punctate above, deeply and coarsely at the sides. Thorax 

 thickly and deeply punctate, the punctures having but a 

 slight tendency to assume an oval form. Elytra widest at 

 the shoulders, gradually narrowed, to the apex ; striae very 

 deep, impunctate, unless viewed under a strong magnifying 

 power and in a favourable light, when traces of Yery 

 fine, closely set punctures are observable at the bottom of 

 them. 



Found at the roots of Reseda lutea. In warm still 

 weather the insect may occasionally be seen at the base of 

 the lower lateral shoots or branches, but, according to my 

 experience, never on the leaves or upper portions of the 

 plant. 

 Barh Lepidii, Germar. loc. sup. cit. 



Deep blue-black. Rostrum very finely, scarcely per- 

 ceptibly punctate above, deeply strigose at the sides behind 

 the antennae. Thorax sparsely and deeply punctate, the 

 punctures almost linear. Elytra distinctly widest a little 

 before the middle, thence rather abruptly narrowed towards 

 the apex ; striae deep, distinctly, remotely punctate. 



32. Orchestes rufus, Oliv. ; Schonh. ; Walton, Brit. 



Mus. Cat. of Brit. Rhynchoph. -32, 3 (1856). 



33. Orchestes Iota, Fab. Germ., Gyll., Schonh. ; Walton 



Brit. Mus. Cat. of Brit. Rhynchoph. 33, 9 (1856). 

 1857. m a 



