Haltica.| PHYTOPHAGA. 359 
rows on the anterior half, much more feebly, and confusedly, punctured 
behind, usually with a fovea on suture before apex ; legs dark, metallic. 
L. 33-41 mm. 
In the male the last abdominal segment is furnished with a trans- 
verse fovea near its apical margin, and sometimes with a shallow eentral 
furrow ; the apical margin of the intromittent organ is quite rounded. 
According to Weise, this species occurs on species of Hpilobiwm and Brassica, and 
also on Wnothera biennis ; there is so much confusion between this and the next 
species that I cannot be sure of the localities given, but I believe that it is by no 
means uncommon ; as before remarked, specimens standing under the name of H. 
ampelophaga in Dr. Power’s collection have been returned to me by Herr Reitter as 
this species, and all the records given for the last-mentioned insect must probably be 
referred to H. oleracea.* 
H. palustris, Weise. Suboval, rather short and broad, deep-blue 
or nigro-ceeruleous, not very shining ; frontal tubercles flat, terminated 
behind with a depression or punctured line; thorax scarcely half as 
broad again as long, rather convex, obsoletely punctured, with the 
anterior angles scarcely callose and subrotundate, basal transverse furrow 
not deep; elytra with rather coarse, but shallow, punctuation, humeral 
callosities small, but plainly prominent. L. 33-4} mm. 
Male with the first tarsal joint widened, and the last segment of the 
abdomen with a narrow impunctate and bare central line ; the intromit- 
tent organ, as in H. pusilla, is narrowed in front in almost straight lines 
and forms a large point, and the deep channelled middle stria on the 
under-side of the same is very broad. 
In damp places; local; taken in some numbers by Dr. Power at Wimbledon, and 
marked by him as probably a new species ; I have also received it from the South of 
England and from the Manchester district ; I believe that it stands in most of our 
collections under the name of H. helianthemi; the punctuation will easily distinguish 
the species ; in its dark blue colour it much resembles the var. montana of H. pusilla, 
with which it appears to be sometimes mixed. 
H. pusilla, Duft. (cognata, Kauts.; helianthemi, All.). Oblong 
ovate, convex, of an obscure greenish-bronze or bluish colour, shining ; 
head with small frontal tubercles, obsoletely separated behind by a line 
or punctured depression ; thorax half as broad again as long, a little 
rounded at the sides, narrowed in front, with the anterior angles rounded 
and obtuse and slightly callose, rather convex on disc, thickly and 
extremely finely punctured, transverse furrow, as a rule, less strong than 
in H, oleracea ; elytra at base only slightly broader than thorax, with a 
very small and not very distinct humeral callosity, gradually widened 
until behind middle, thickly and obsoletely punctured on disc, more 
plainly towards suture; in the male the last abdominal segment is flatly 
impressed in middle and impunctate, and the intromittent organ is 
narrowed in front in almost straight lines and fornis a large point, the 
angles at the sides being rounded ; Weise compares the species to 4 
* One of Dr. Power’s specimens has been named for me by Herr Reitter as v. nigra 
