324 PHYTOPHAGA. [ Luperus. 
I. Second joint of antenne as long as, or only 
slightly shorter than third ; elytra with sparingly 
distributed upright hairs on its hinder half 
(s.g. Calomicrus, Steph.) . . . . . . . +. #=%&L. NIGROFASCIATUS, Goeze 
(cireumfusus, Marsh.) 
II. Second joint of antennz much shorter than 
third ; elytra glabrous or almost glabrous. 
i. Thorax black in both sexes. . . . . . . IL. RUFIPES, Scop. 
ii. Thorax yellow or reddish-yellow in both 
SOXCSits tae Pee el tow eee, ere a L. FLAVIPES, L. 
L. nigrofasciatus, Goeze (circumfusus, Marsh. ; Sparti’, Koch). 
Subparallel, not very convex, shining, with the greater part of the elytra 
and the anterior part of thorax yellow; head together with eyes nearly 
as broad as thorax, antenne long, pitchy with testaceous base ; thorax 
transverse with sides slightly rounded, very finely punctured, with the 
black portion irregular in front; seutellum black; elytra thickly and 
finely punctured, with suture and sides more or less broadly black ; legs 
long, testaceous, more or less infuscate. L. 3-4 mm. 
Male with the antennz rather longer than in the female. 
On the gorse, Ulex Ewropeus, also on Spartium scoparium, Genista tinctoria, and 
Calluna vulgaris ; usually in sandy places; local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; 
London district, rather common in some localities, Reigate, Esher, Woking, Ripley 
(Surrey), Westerham, Boundstone, &c.; Hastings; Brighton; Shirley Warren, 
Southampton ; New Forest ; Portsmouth district; Parkhurst Forest and Sandown, 
Isle of Wight ; Bournemouth ; Weymouth; Glanvilles Wootton ; Devon (on broom) ; 
Swansea; there is ove Northumberland record, Prestwick Carrs (G. Wailes), in 
Bold’s catalogue, but it is not recorded from any midland or northern locality of 
England or from Scotland; I have never found it further north than the New 
Forest. 
L. rufipes, Scop. (longicornis, F.; betulinus, Joann.). Black, 
shining, with the first four joints of the antennz and the legs rufo- 
testaceous, the tarsi and apex of tibiz being sometimes a little infus- 
cate, and the base of the femora being usually dark ; head and antennz 
variable in the sexes, thorax broadest before middle, sparingly and ex- 
ceedingly finely punctured, disc almost smooth; elytra confusedly and 
distinctly punctured ; legs moderately long. L. 4-5 mm. 
Male narrower and more parallel, with the antenne longer than the 
body, and the head broader. 
Female broader and more widened behind, with the antenne shorter 
and the head narrower. 
On birch, willow, alders, &c.; usually in damp places, somewhat local but rather 
common and generally distributed throughout the greater part of England and Scot- 
land, and probably of Ireland. 
L. flavipes, L. Very closely allied to the preceding, but easily dis- 
tinguished by having the thorax yellow or reddish-yellow in both sexes, 
and the legs, as a rule, but not always, much more infuscate; the thorax 
is very smooth and shining, scarcely visibly punctured, and the elytra are 
