346 PHYTOPHAGA. [Longitarsus. 
On low plants, but I do not know to what species it is attached ; it has, however, 
been recorded as taken in Devon by sweeping heath; it appears to be rare, and other 
species often do duty for it in collections, especially T. suturedlus, var. fuscicollis, from 
which it may be at once known by its longer form, more pronounced shoulders, and much 
more distinct punctuation ; London district, Merton, Birdbrook, &c. ; Weston, Oxon; 
Glanvilles Wootton; Swansea; Repton; Bold records it as rare in the Northumber- 
land and Durham district, and as most frequently occurring on the sea-banks ; 
Scotland, ‘‘ Raehills, near Edinburgh ” (Stephens) ; this record, however, is not noticed 
by Dr. Sharp in his Scotch list. 
L. nasturtii, F. (circumscriptus, Bach.). Very closely allied to the 
preceding, but distinguished by its smaller size and shorter form, and 
the closer and finer punctuation of the elytra, but especially by having 
all the margins of the elytra very narrowly, but distinctly, dark ;-the 
general colour of the antenne and legs is also somewhat darker ; in the 
male the posterior tibiz are curved on their lower margin, and the fifth 
ventral segment of the abdomen is furnished with a small tubercle at 
apex. L. 1{-12? mm. 
Sandy places; on Echium vulgare, &c.; rare; Shirley, Mickleham, Lee, Clay- 
gate, Darenth, Birch Wood, Cowfold; Ditchingham, Suffolk ; Cambridge district ; 
Glanvilles Wootton; Knowle, near Birmingham ; near Burton-on-Trent; Strensall, 
York. 
L. piciceps, Steph. (atricapillus, Redt.; picipes, All.; Foudrasi, 
Crotch). Oblong-ovate, not very convex, rather shining, with the head, 
breast, abdomen, suture of elytra, posterior femora, tarsal claws and apex 
of antenne black or fuscous, and the thorax, and elytra, except suture, 
testaceous ; the thorax is often reddish ; antennz rather long and slender; 
thorax very finely punctured, much narrower than elytra; scutellum 
small, black ; wings present ; elytra with shoulders very marked, almost 
square, sides subparallel, apex rounded, punctuation very close and fine ; 
under-side scarcely punctured. L. 2} mm. 
Male with the fifth ventral segment of abdomen furnished with a 
central channel, which is dilated behind into a fovea. 
On Senecio jacobea ; very local, but common where it occurs; Darenth Wood, 
Chatham, Shirley, Mickieham, Cowfold, Caterham; Repton; Northumberland 
district, Hartley and Gosforth, rare. 
It is probable that this and several of the allied species occur in many 
more localities than are at present known ; the nomenclature, however, 
is so confused, and the species are so closely allied that collectors either 
neglect the group altogether, or fall into errors for want of authentic 
types ; the synonymy given above for the present species is that adopted 
in the last European catalogue, but it is apparently not accepted by 
Herr Kutschera, who says that the 7. atricapilla of Waterhouse’s 
catalogue, to which apparently J. piciceps must be referred (although 
Mr. Waterhouse omits that insect altogether from the catalogue), is the 
species described by Foudras as 7. atrici/la, and certainly different from 
T’. picipes, Foudr., Kutsch. (atricapilla, Redt., Ist Ed.) ; in the European 
