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central furrow extending for its whole length ; scutellum small ; elytra 
oval and convex, broadest about or a little behind middle, with strong 
punctured striz and shagreened flat interstices which are about the 
breadth of the striz ; legs black, long and slender. L. 2-24 mm. 
Male with the rostrum longer, stouter and more strongly pubescent 
than in female. 
On Ononis spinosa and var. campestris; the larva lives in the pods; locally 
abundant and generally distributed, but apparently more common in the south aud 
near the coast than in inland and midland districts ; Scotland common, Solway, 
Tweed, Forth and other districts ; in Ireland it is most likely general. 
A. Spencei, Kirby (intruswm, Gyll.).. Oval, rather short, convex, 
black with the elytra blue or greenish-blue, finely pubescent, sometimes 
almost glabrous, rather dull; head broader in male than in female, 
vertex punctured and striated and with a strong fovea between eyes 
which are convex and prominent; rostrum stout, curved, dull and 
punctured at base and more shining in front ; antenne filiform, black 
with the base often ferruginous, inserted at about the middle of rostrum ; 
thorax slightly transverse, narrowed in front, coarsely but not deeply 
punctured, with a central furrow reaching beyond middle and deepened 
behind ; scutellum large, furrowed ; elytra rather short, widened behind 
middle, with the shoulders well marked and with broad punctured 
striz, interstices flat, about as broad as the stri, finely shagreened ; 
legs black, rather long and slender. lL. 24-24 mm, 
Male with the rostrum shorter than in the female, the vertex of head 
more plainly impressed, and the body more pubescent. 
On Vicia eracca; local; London district, not common, Coombe Wood, Horsell, 
Shirley, Kingsbury (Middlesex), Hampstead, &e.; Henley ; Suffolk; Margate ; 
Hastings ; Hampshire ; Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight ; Glanvilles Wootton ; Devon ; 
Chat Moss; Repton, not uncommon; Harrogate, Scarborough, and other places in 
Yorkshire; Bidston and Wallasey, near Liverpool, common; Northumberland and 
Durham district ; Scotland, Solway, Tweed, Forth and Tay districts. 
A. ervi, Kirby (3 Jathyri, Kirby). Oval, short, dull-black, very 
finely pubescent ; head broad, striated between eyes which are large 
and projecting and bordered with white hairs ; rostrum curved, thicker 
at base than in front, base shagreened and dull, front part shining ; 
antenne slender, inserted about the middle of rostrum; thorax a little 
longer than broad, plainly narrowed in front, with strong close punctua- 
tion and an abbreviated central furrow ; elytra oval, enlarged behind, 
with plainly punctured striz and flat interstices, which are scarcely 
broader than the striz ; legs black, elongate. L. 2-25 mm. 
Male with the rostrum duller, straighter, shorter and stouter than in 
female, and with the antenne entirely yellowish-red ; in the female 
the antennz are dark towards apex and have the basal joints yellowish- 
red, 
On Lathyrus pratensis and species of Vicia; common and generally distributed 
throughout the kingdom, 
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