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also is more cylindrical and less strongly punctured : in general appear- 
ance it more closely resembles A. hematodes, but may be known by the 
punctured temples, the shape of the eyes and the stouter rostrum. 
L. 3-34 mm. 
On Rumec ; also, according to Mr. Champion, on sallows, and by sweeping in 
grassy fields, on the borders of woods, &c.; not common; Sydenham, Hampstead, 
Chatham, Claygate, Walton-on-Thames, Dulwich, Cowley, Birch Wood, Farne 
ham,. Sandhurst; Deal; Hastings; Arundel; Plymouth; Northumberland and 
Durham district ; Scotland; Solway, Tweed and Tay districts ; Ireland, near Water- 
ford. 
A. hematodes, Kirby ( frumentarium, Payk., L.?). Ofa pale san- 
guineous colour, which is, however, darker in some specimens than in 
others, slightly pubescent, dull ; head about as long as broad, finely and 
closely punctured, temples and throat impunctate behind, rostrum 
rather short, curved, shining, dark at apex ; thorax almost cylindrical, 
rather finely and very closely punctured; elytra oval, dilated, rather 
long, with punctured striz and subconvex interstices ; claws and apex 
of tibiz often black : it is a smaller species than either of the two pre- 
ceding. L. 21-25 mm. 
Male with the rostrum shorter and more pubescent. 
Sandy places; on Rumew acetosella; the larva, which is of an orange colour, lives 
in a gall on the central ridge or petiole of the leaf; also on Teucriwm scorodonia ; 
somewhat local, but not uncommon, and generally distributed throughout the king- 
dom as far north as the Orkney Islands. 
A.rubens, Steph. This species is easily distinguished from all the 
other red species by its smaller size, narrow and subparallel form and 
short broad head, as well as by its more evident pubescence ; the rostrum 
is comparatively slender, strongly curved, finely punctured and rather 
shining, dark at apex; thorax subtransverse, scarcely rounded at sides, 
finely and closely punctured, with an obsolete furrow before scutellum ; 
elytra with well marked shoulders, sub-parallel, with strong punctured 
striz, interstices convex; legs rather short, claws black. L. 2 mm. 
Male with the rostrum shorter and thicker than in the female. 
Sandy places, on Rumew acetosella, Teucrium scorodonia, &e.; local, but not un- 
common in some districts; Esher, Shirley, Weybridge, Wimbledon, Coombe Wood, 
West Wickham; Essex; St. Leonard’s; New Forest; Bournemouth; Shirley 
Warren, Southampton ; Glanvilles Wootton (abundant) ; Blackdown, Devon (rare) ; 
Swansea ; Barmouth; Knowle, near Birmingham; Ashwicken; Chat Moss; Sher- 
wood Forest ; Liverpool district (rare) ; Scotland, Balmuto, Fifeshire (Power). 
A. sanguineum, De G. Oblong-obovate, of the form of A. viola- 
ceum, finely pubescent, colour dull sanguineous ; head about as long as 
broad, more coarsely punctured than thorax, vertex not punctured at 
sides ; rostrum in the male shorter and thicker than in the female, rather 
dull, distinctly punctured to apex, almost straight ; in the female long, 
cylindrical, glabrous and shining, with scattered minute punctures, tip 
pitchy ; thorax longer than broad, feebly rounded at sides, more narrowed 
