370 PHYTOPHAGA, [Aphthona. 
testaceous with the suture more or less pitchy black (the colour, how- 
ever, never reaching base or apex), very finely and obsoletely punctured; 
breast and abdomen black ; legs testaceous, posterior femora sometimes 
a little darker. L. 13 mm. 
On Geranium pratense (Crane’s-bill) ; extremely local; first taken by Mr. J. T. 
Harris, of Burton, at Eggington, on the banks of the Trent near Burton, and sub- 
sequently in profusion at the same place, at the end of August, by Mr. Harris, Mr. 
Rye, and Mr. W. Garneys; Dr. Power has taken it at Cowfold in the London district, 
and also met with it in profusion at Kirealdy, Scotland, at the end of August, 1869. 
A. nonstriata, Goeze (cwrulea, Payk.; pseudacort, Marsh? nec 
Foudr.). Oblong-oval, convex, upper surface bright blue; head with 
the side-pieces of the forehead convex, antenne pitchy black with 
the five basal joints (except base of the first) mostly testaceous ; thorax 
transverse, with sides slightly rounded, very finely punctured, almost 
smooth, shining; elytra with the shoulders projecting, broadest behind 
middle, with irregular rows of thick and somewhat rugose punctuation, 
interstices plainly and rugosely punctured, so that the upper surface is 
somewhat dull; legs long, with the posterior femora dark, except at base, 
and the base of the anterior and intermediate femora and the tarsi often 
more or less infuscate; in the descriptions given by several authors 
the anterior and intermediate femora are said to be entirely reddish- 
testaceous, but this is by no means always the case ; under-side black. 
L, 2-3; mm. 
Marshy places; on Iris pseudacorus; local, but common where it occurs; it 
uppears to be very widely distributed throughout the greater part of the kingdom. 
A. venustula, Kuts. (ewphorbia, All. ; cyanella, Foudr., nec Redt.). 
Short oval, convex, very shining, upper surface nigro-cceruleous, under- 
side black ; head small with two rather distinct obtuse tubercles 
between eyes, antenne reddish-testaceous, fuscous towards apex; thorax 
transverse, almost impunctate; elytra with the shoulders strongly 
projecting, much broader at base than thorax, with fine and not close 
punctuation, which is often somewhat obsolete, interstices almost 
smooth; legs reddish-testaceous with the posterior femora, and more 
or less of the anterior and intermediate femora dark. L. 1{-23 mm. 
On Euphorbia, especially Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood-spurge); locally com- 
mon; London district, generally distributed ; St. Peter’s, Kent ; Hastings; Ports- 
mouth district; Isle of Wight, abundant about Ventnor at the end of April; 
Devon ; Swansea; Gloucester ; Bewdley Forest ; Needwood, Staffordshire ; Ireland, 
near Dublin. 
A. atro-ccerulea, Steph. (cyanella, Redt., nee Foudr.). Ovate, 
short and rather broad, shining, black, elytra dark violaceous ; head 
smooth between eyes, antenne dark wich base testaceous; thorax 
transverse, slightly narrowed in front, almost impunctate; elytra 
considerably broader at base than thorax, with the shoulders strongly 
marked, with rows of moderate punctures in front, which become confused 
