Crepidodera, | PHYTOPHAGA. 381 
allied to the preceding, which it resembles in colour and general 
appearance ; it is, however, smaller and distinctly more ovate, and may 
be easily known by the regular simple rows of strong punctures on the 
elytra; the thorax, also, is more finely punctured, and the anterior 
angles are less prominent ; the male is smaller, and has the last ventral 
segment of the abdomen distinctly impressed transversely at base. L. 
3-4 mm. 
On Urtica dioica, also on reeds, diy grass, &e.; often found with the preceding ; 
common and generally distributed throughout the kingdom. 
C. rufipes, L. (Derocrepis rujfipes, Weise). Oblong-ovate, convex, 
shining, with the head, antenne, thorax and legs red, and the elytra 
dark, nigro-cceruleous, cyaneous, or greenish; abdomen and _ breast 
black ; head scarcely punetured, thorax transverse, scarcely visibly 
punctured, broadest at or just behind middle, narrowed in front, with 
a distinct transverse furrow, bounded on each side by a strong trans- 
verse fold; elytra at base a little broader than thorax, with the 
shoulders marked, but rounded, punctured in rather strong and more or 
less regular rows, whieh are continued to apex ; the posterior femora 
are sometimes darker in the middle. L. 23-3} mm. 
On Malva, Orobus, and Vicia ; generally distributed throughout England, but 
more local further north; Scotland, local, Solway, Forth, Dee, and probably other 
districts ; Ireland, only recorded from near Belfast, but it most likely oceurs in 
many other places. 
C. ventralis, I]. (ahdominalis, Kiist. ; nigriventris, Bach. ; Ochrosis 
ventralis, Weise). Ovate, not very convex, testaceous or rufo-testaceous, 
rather shining, with the breast and abdomen black, elytra lighter than 
thorax ; head thickly and finely punctured, with a triangular smooth 
space between antenne, antennze more or less infuscate towards apex ; 
thorax almost twice as broad as long, with the sides almost straight, 
finely punctured, with an obsolete transverse impression at base, bounded 
on each side by a distinct longitudinal impression or fold; elytra de- 
pressed on disc, with shoulders marked, plainly broader at base than 
thorax, punctured finely in regular rows, which become obsolete towards 
apex which is nearly smooth ; legs testaceous, femora sometimes darker 
in middle. L. 2-23 mm. 
Chalky and sandy places ; by sweeping herbage; according to Weise, it occurs on 
Solanum dulcamara, but I have taken it in the Isle of Wight on Matricaria; it 
sometimes occurs in moss ; local, but not uncommon where it occurs; St. Mary 
Cray, Chatham, Faversham, Mickleham, Birdbrook (Essex), Shirley, Woking; 
Warlingham ; Shipley, near Horsham ; St. Faith’s, Norwich; Hastings; Sandown, 
Isle of Wight ; Seaton, Devon; Llangollex ; Bretby Wood, Repton; Heysham, near 
Lancaster ; Ireland, near Waterford (Power). 
This species closely resembles Ochrosis salicarie, from which it may 
be known at once by the obsolete transverse impression and distinct 
longitudinal folds at base of thorax; it is also, as a rule, of a lighter 
colour than that insect, and has the elytra longer and more depressed. 
