Zeugophora. | PHYTOPHAGA, 281 
broader and has the lateral tubercles more prominent and continued with 
a slight curve until they meet the anterior margin ; the elytra are thickly 
and strongly punctured, and the separate side margin is furnished with 
a row of fine and often obsolete punctures. L. 3} mm. 
On young birches and aspens; very local; Tay, Dee, and Moray districts ; it was 
first discovered by Charles Turner at Rannoch, and was named after him by Dr. 
Power; the name was afterwards sunk in favour of rufo-testacea, Kraatz, by certain 
European authorities, but in the catalogue of Heyden, Reitter, and Weise it is re- 
instated; it is sometimes abundant where it occurs; I havea note from the Rev. 
C. T. Cruttwell, in which he records it as found by himself ‘‘ in the utmost profusion 
on young aspens at Pitlochry, end of August, 1884.” 
LEMA, Fabricius. 
This is one of the largest genera of the Coleoptera in point of numbers ; 
more than five hundred species have already been described, about ninety 
of which have been added since the publication of the Munich catalogue ; 
they are chiefly found in tropical countries, and: are very widely distri- 
buted ; only eight occur in Europe, of which four inhabit Britain ; they 
are closely allied to Crioceris, from which they differ in having the tarsal 
claws connate, and the head contracted behind into a shorter neck; the 
eyes are emarginate ; the scutellum is truncate at apex; the elytra are 
oblong, variable in breadth, and as a rule much broader than thorax. 
I. Upper surface entirely blue or greenish-blue. 
i. Thorax constricted just behind middle. . . . . . UL. cyane3na, L. 
(puncticollis, Curt.) 
ii. Thorax constricted just before base. 
1. Size smaller ; elytra shorter in proportion to thorax, 
which is more strongly constricted behind . . . . UL. LicHENIs, Voet. 
(cyanella, Suffr.) 
2. Size larger; elytra longer in proportion to thorax, 
which is very slightly constricted behind . . . . UL. Ericusont, Suffr. 
iieethorag briclitred ©). .4 6 se so en a  MRTANOPAD DE, 
L. cyanella, L. (puncticollis, Curt.). Rather broader and more 
convex than either of the three following species, of a deep blue colour, 
shining, antenne and legs dark; head much contracted behind eyes, 
which are large and very prominent ; thorax about as long as its greatest 
breadth, strongly constricted behind middle, rather strongly and not 
closely punctured, with a smooth and somewhat raised central line ; 
elytra much broader than thorax, with rather fine rows of punctures, 
interstices very finely cross-striated; the colour is variable, being 
occasionally violet or blackish, L. 4-53 mm. 
Male with the anterior tarsi slightly dilated. 
By sweeping herbage in meadows ; as a rule found on species of thistles, especially 
Cirsium arvense ; local; London district, not uncommon and generally distributed ; 
Hastings ; Eastbourne ; Portsmouth district; Glanvilles Wootton; Swausea; Llan- 
gollen; Barmouth; Wicken Fen; Oxfordshire; Knowle, near Birmingham ; 
Scotland rare, in ants’ nests, Tweed district (Sharp) ; Ireland, near Belfast. 
