344 PHYTOPHAGA, [ Longitarsus, 
Male with the first joint of the anterior tarsi oval, somewhat dilated. 
On Medicago and other low plants; local, but not uncommon; London district, 
common and generally distributed; Littlington, Cambridge ; Hastings; Portsmouth 
district ; Isle of Wight: Devon; Bristol; Knowle; Repton; Matlock; Barton 
Moss, Cheshire; Manchester district; Northumberland and Durham district, not 
uncommon ; Scotland, Solway and Moray districts; Ireland, Dublin and Waterford, 
and probably widely distributed. 
L. patruelis, All. Rather a large species, of a brownish-yellow 
colour, with the elytra often lighter, suture, and occasionally more or 
less of dise, dark, at all events behind; according to some authors it is 
smaller than L. melanocephalus, but the specimens that I have seen are 
quite as large or considerably larger; antenne dark, with the base 
ferruginous ; thorax finely but distinctly punctured; elytra oval, rather 
strongly punctured, the punctures running somewhat into striz; legs 
ferruginous, sometimes more or less pitchy, with posterior femora black ; 
the species is allied to L. melanocephalus, but may be known by the 
less evident shoulders of the elytra and their stronger punctuation. L. 
23-3 mm. 
On Verbascum, &e.; rare; Darenth Wood; Esher; Hastings district ; Langworth 
Wood, Lincoln ; Manchester district. : 
Several specimens of a Longitarsus were taken some years ago ina 
salt marsh near Dumfries, which Mr. Rye was inclined to refer to this 
species; he afterwards considered them to be intermediate between 
L. putruelis and L. melanocephalus, but probably distinct from either ; 
some of the Dumfries specimens are very dark; a good many authors 
have believed L. patruelis to be the same as ZL. lateralis, Ill, but others 
consider this doubtful; M. Allard’s description of L. lateralis certainly 
agrees well with some at least of our specimens of L. patruelis, and it is 
possible that we possess both species, if they are to be regarded as 
distinct. 
L. melanocephalus, All. (atricillus, Foudr.; atricapillus, Duft.). 
Ovate, convex, head pitchy, thorax rufo-testaceous, elytra testaceous, 
with suture narrowly dark, under-side piteh-black ; antenne long and 
slender, pitchy with base testaceous ; thorax short, very finely punctured; 
scutellum small; wings present; elytra oval, with the shoulders rounded, 
but marked, almost acuminate at apex, finely and closely, but distinctly, 
punctured ; anterior pairs of legs testaceous with the femora usually 
pitchy, except at apex, posterior legs with the femora black, the tibie 
often pitchy, and the tarsi testaceous ; under-side closely and distinctly 
punctured ; the colour is variable, the thorax being sometimes pitchy red, 
and the whole of the legs, except posterior femora, being very often 
testaceous. L. 13-25 mm. 
Male with the first joint of the anterior tarsi dilated, and the fifth 
yentral segment of abdomen triangularly incised in middle of apex. 
