264 PHYTOPHAGA. [Bruchus. 
the rest black; posterior femora with a strong and distinct tooth before 
apex; in the male the intermediate tibie are furnished internally with 
a bifid process at apex ; occasionally the intermediate femora are red at 
apex. L. 2-3 mm. 
On Lotus corniculatus, Lathyrus pratensis, &c.; local, but not uncommon in some 
districts ; Caterham, Mickleham, Forest Hill, Tonbridge, Darenth, Birch Wood, Clay- 
gate, Cowfold, Chatham, Sheerness, Whitstable, Maidstone; Herne Bay; Hastings; 
Portsmouth district; Isle of Wight; New Forest; Glanvilles Wootton; Bristol ; 
Bewdley Forest ; Trench Woods; Hertford; Rudham, Norfolk ; Doverscourt. 
B. lentis, Boh. Ovate or oblong ovate, somewhat depressed, black 
with the upper surface clothed with light brown and greyish pubescence, 
which is very thick, and gives the insect a somewhat variegated greyish- 
brown appearance ; antenne short, with the first four or five joints red ; 
thorax rather broad, subparallel towards base, rounded and narrowed in 
front, without tooth at sides, closely but distinctly punctured ; elytra 
with moderate strie, pygidium with dark spots very little marked in 
fresh specimens, and consisting of brownish pubescence ; anterior legs 
entirely and tibiz and tarsi of intermediate legs reddish-yellow ; posterior 
femora with a distinct sharp tooth before apex. L. 24-35 mm. 
Very rare; three specimens taken by Dr. Power at Birch Wood and Gravesend in 
May and June, 1869, and one by Mr. Chappell at Stretford, near Manchester, appear 
to be all that have been recorded as British. 
B. villosus, F. (ater, Marsh.). Ovate, black, clothed with thin and 
even greyish pubescence; antenne rather long, black with the base 
ferruginous, the colour being often obseure, gradually thickened ; thorax 
gradually and rather strongly narrowed in front, closely punetured, with- 
out teeth at sides; elytra broad and depressed, rather shining, with 
distinct strie, interstices closely and finely punctured; legs black, 
posterior femora not toothed ; the species somewhat resembles B. eistz, 
but may be easily known by its shorter and broader form, very differ- 
ently shaped thorax, and more slender antenne, of which the base is 
more or less distinctly ferruginous. L, 2;-25 mm. 
On Leguminosae, Helianthemum vulgare, broom, &c.; locally common; Shirley, 
Weybridge, Mickleham, Forest Hill, Woking, Weybridge, Horsell, Boundstone, 
Darenth Wood, Coombe Wood, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, Chatham, Whitstable; Herne 
Bay; Sandwich; Hastings; St. Leonard’s Forest; Portsmouth district ; Shirley 
Warren, Southampton ; Isle of Wight ; Kidderminster ; Bewdley Forest; St. Faith’s, 
Norwich ; Rudham, Norfolk ; Colchester ; Ireland, near Waterford (Power). 
EUPODA. 
The members of this group are chiefly distinguished by having the 
head constricted into a more or less distinct neck behind the eyes, and 
the sides of the thorax not margined ; the antenne are filiform or monili- 
form, and are inserted at a greater or less distance from one another ; the 
head is rather projecting, with prominent eyes which are entire or emar- 
