248 RHYNCHOPHORA. | Livsoma. 
L. oblongulum, Boh. Very closely allied to the preceding, which 
at first sight it closely resembles, but longer and narrower, with the 
rostrum longer and more coarsely and deeply punctured, and not quite 
so stout or so much curved downwards, and the antenne longer, the 
difference being especially noticeable in the scape; the sides of the 
thorax are said to be straighter, but this character is not very evident ; 
the punctures of the elytra are a little larger, forming rows, but 
apparently not placed in impressed lines, and the underside is more 
strongly and remotely punctured ; the metasternal depression of the male 
is wider and better defined ; the chief character, however, lies in the fact 
that the femora are not furnished with a tooth. L. 25-3 mm, 
Chalky and sandy places; in moss and by sweeping herbage ; rare, but perhaps over- 
looked; Caterham and Haslemere (Champion); Chatham and Faversham (J. J. 
Walker); Wrabness, Essex (Walker) ; Guestling, near Hastings; Sharpness, Glou- 
cestershire (T. Wood); Buddon Wood, Leicestershire ; Ireland, Galway, one example 
(Walker). 
L. troglodytes, Rye. A small, short species; in shape resem- 
bling Z. ovatulum, but smaller, with the femora untoothed, and with 
lighter legs, the femora being pitchy, and the tibie and tarsi ferruginous ; 
the anterior tibie are also straighter, the rostrum less stout and much 
more strongly punctured, and the thorax more opaque and much more 
closely punctured, with the interstices alutaceous, and in parts almost 
converted into wrinkles; the sculpture of the thorax, together with its 
smaller size and broader build, the more evident humeral angles and 
more marked striz of the elytra will distinguish it from L. oblongulum ; 
the antenn, also, are situated further from the apex of the rostrum 
than in the latter species, L. 2-25 mm. 
Chalky banks; in damp moss in spring; very rare; Chatham and Faversham (a 
few examples taken by J. J. Walker) ; Fareham (Walker); Guestling, near Hast- 
ings; Mr. 8S. Stevens has a specimen taken at Leith Hill in 1850. Mr. Rye first 
described the species on oue of Mr. Walker’s examples in 1873. 
LIPARWS, Olivier (Molytes, Schénherr). 
The species belonging to this genus are among the largest of the 
European Cureulionide ; they are all peculiar to Northern and Central 
Europe ; they are black, more or less glabrous, and in several cases 
variegated with patches of yellowish pubescence; the rostrum is 
moderately long and dilated at apex; the antenne are moderately 
long, with the scape reaching eyes, which are vertically oval ; thorax 
with a row of hairs at base and closely applied to the base of elytra ; 
scutellum scarcely visible ; elytra broader than thorax, dilated behind, 
more or less confusedly sculptured ; prosternum emarginate at apex ; 
metasternum very short; legs moderately long, tibiae with a strong tuft 
at apex externally ; in the males the anal segment of the abdomen is 
broadly and very shallowly impressed, 
