Strophosomus. | RHYNCHOPHORA. 191 
the forehead channelled; antennze fuscous, reddish at base ; thorax 
rather short, feebly bisinuate at base, coarsely punctured ; elytra obovate, 
with rather deeply and coarsely punctured striz, raised at base, long in 
proportion as compared with all the preceding species ; legs robust, black 
or ferruginous. L. 6-65 mm. 
Male with the posterior femora strongly excised before apex, and the 
fifth ventral segment of the abdomen slightly impressed and glabrous at 
apex; in the female the posterior tibie are slightly sinuate before 
apex. 
At roots of grass and low plants, in moss, &c.; the larva has been found in turn- 
ing over sods; occurs in dry sandy and chalky places and in marshes; _ local ; 
London district, Kent and Surrey, generally distributed and common (Champion) ; 
Rudham, Norfolk ; Deal ; Dover ; Hastings ; Southampton; Dorsetshire ; Falmouth; 
Whitsand Bay, Plymouth; Bath; Bristol; Malvern Hills; Findern near Repton ; 
Dunham Park, Manchester; Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, 
doubtful ; Murray records it as ‘‘ not uncommon,” but Dr. Sharp has never taken it 
in Scotland, nor is he aware of any recorded locality. 
S. lateralis, Payk (Jimbatus, F.). A very distinct species ; shining 
black, upper surface almost glabrous ; head coarsely punctured, antenne 
pitchy ; thorax short, coarsely punctured, with a distinct central furrow, 
with more or less evident scanty silvery scales ut sides, base quite trun- 
cate ; elytra obovate, raised at base, with coarsely and deeply punctured 
strize, and more or less scanty fine erect sete, and with a broad margin 
of silvery scales at sides, which are also present at the base of the suture ; 
legs pitchy. L. 43-6 mm. 
On Erica and Calluna (heath and ling) ; very common and generally distributed 
in all heathy districts from the New Forest to the north of Scotland and probably 
in Ireland. 
EXOMIAS, Bedel. 
The insects contained in this genus were formerly comprised under 
Barypeithes Duval, but as Bedel has placed Duval’s type, B. sulcifrons, 
under the Phyllobiina, a new name becomes necessary ; they are small 
black, brownish or reddish yellow insects, in outline somewhat resem- 
bling Otiorrhynchus ovatus, but very much smaller and more elongate ; 
the antennz are long and slender, the punctuation coarse, and the femora 
more or less clavate, All the known species are found in Europe and 
occur in moss and at the roots of low plants; two inhabit Britain. 
I, Elytra almost glabrous; thorax more diffusely 
punctured . . . . . s. « «= « . » . « H. ARANEIFORMIS, Schrank. 
(brunnipes, Ol.). 
IT. Elytra thickly set with long outstanding greyish 
hairs ; thorax more thickly punctured. . . . E. PELLUCIDUS, Boh. 
E. araneiformis, Schrank. (brunnipes, Ol.). Oblong-ovate, elon- 
gate, black, pitchy or pitchy brown, shining, almost glabrous, with very 
short and scanty greyish pubescence; rostrum broad, rugose, with a 
central furrow ; antenne long and slender, red; thorax at least as long as 
