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long, three times as long as broad; length 12-17 
TEV tat ee cr ene ee en PEI LE ARE FLORES ORI TS ANGTRUB OD. 
(angustatus, I.) 
2. Thorax with a broad and distinct yellowish or 
whitish band at sides; first joint of funiculus of 
antenne relatively short, one and a half times as 
long as broad; length 53-123 mm. . teu). ob. ELOOKOR, Ol, 
II. Scape of antenne scarcely longer than the two first 
joints of the funiculus taken together; length 43-9 
Det see ener eh st kst  te et Se Nee ET RORMMSY He 
(elongatus, Goze.) 
L. paraplecticus, L. (pilellandrii, De G.; productus, Steph.). 
Elongate, very narrow, black or fuscous black, clothed with grey 
pubescence, and more or less distinctly sprinkled with a lutescent 
or greenish powder; margins and underside lighter and more thickly 
pubescent ; head obsoletely punctured, eyes rather prominent, rostrum 
glabrous at apex ; thorax much longer than broad, very slightly narrowed 
towards front, with two broad longitudinal flavescent streaks, which 
are usually indistinct ; elytra elongate, with plainly punctured strie, 
and terminating in two long dehiscent points; antenne ferruginous 
with club darker; legs black, pubescent. L. 11-16 mm. (including 
apical processes, but not rostrum), 
Marshy places; on Stwm latifolium, also on Phellandrivm ; rare; it is one of the 
fen species that seems to have disappeared before drainage ; it has, however, occurred 
in other localities ; “ Banks of Thames between Fulham and Barnes (very plentiful 
at times) ; Isle of Ely ; Holme Fen, Hunts; Halvergate, Norfolk ; near Carlisle, &c.” 
(Stephens); Brugh Marsh (Heysham); Horning Fen; formerly at Hammersmith 
(one specimen only, S, Stevens) ; the species was at one time very common in the 
fen districts ; Stephens (Illust. iv. 158) says ‘“ that the larva, which feeds on plants of 
Phellandrium and Sium, is said to be very injurious to cattle, when they happen to 
swallow it with their food.” 
(L. ividis, Ol. (turbatus, Gyll. ; gemellatus, Gyll.). Much broader than 
the preceding species, and of about the same size and general appear- 
ance as L. algirus, from which it is easily distinguished by the short 
points at the apex of the elytra; the colour is black with grey pubes- 
cence, powdered with yellow or greenish yellow, and the head and most 
of rostrum, margins of thorax and elytra, and part of underside, as well 
as two more or less distinct streaks on dise of thorax, are lighter; head 
finely punctured, antenne ferruginous, rostrum rather long ;_ thorax 
conical, gradually but sensibly narrowed towards front, longer than 
broad, closely punctured ; elytra with rows of distinct punctures, points 
at apex, if viewed from below, not longer than the anal segment; legs 
dark, with thick yellowish pubescence. L. 14-16 mm, 
On various Umbellifere ; the larva, according to Bedel, has been observed in France 
on Cherophyllium bulbosum, Cicuta virosa and Angelica sylvestris; very little 
indeed seems to be known with regard to this species as British; there is an old 
specimen, with the apex of the ely tra broken, in Dr. Power’s collection, labe led 36-2 ; 
on reference to his note-bcok I find that in the year 1836 he only mentions two 
localities, one ‘‘ Hornsea Fen,” June 6th, and the second “ Mildenhall,” from which 
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