98 COLEOPTERA. 



spurs, the unequal development of which (those on the 

 intermediate tibiae being the longest) will distinguish it from 

 the members of any other allied genus. 



60. Phlceotrya Stephensii, J. da Val, Gen. des Cols. 



d'Eur. 1862. 

 rujipesj Steph. necGjW. 

 Mr. Crotch (Entomologist, ii. 178, 114) remarks that he 

 has long felt that our P. rufijjes did not accord with the 

 description given by Mulsant and others, either in the de- 

 tails, or in mere coloration, the antennae being said to be 

 black, with the base rufous. It seemed, however, to be very 

 near P. Vaudoueri, Muls. (recorded by Mr. Westwood for 

 Britain). Mr. Crotch states that M. du Val {loc, cit.) calls 

 attention to this, separates ntjipes, Gyll., generically under 

 the name of Dolotarsus, and proposes the name Stephensn 

 for our species ; which, according to him, differs from P. 

 Vaudoueri in having the thorax more rugose, the foveas at 

 the base scarcely visible, and the elytra with elevated lines ; 

 the terminal joint of the max. palpi being also narrower. 



61. Apion Bohemanni, Boh. in Schon. Gen. et Spec. 



Cure. V. 405, 99 {mas) ; Thomson, Skand. Col. vii. 

 60, 24. 

 ono7iidis, Gyll. Ins. Suec. iv. App. 539, 19; D. Sharp, 



Ent. Monthly Mag. vol. ii. 119. 

 ononicola, Bach, 195. 

 Taken by Mr. Sharp in profusion on Ononis arvensis (or 

 O. spinosa) on the south coast. 



It is a large species, belonging to the yellow-legged group, 

 and at first sight suggestive of A. fagi; but, on examina- 

 tion, appears more closely allied to A. assimi'e. The male 

 may be distinguished from both of these species by its stout, 



