Liparus. | RHYNCHOPHORA. 249 
The larva of LZ. coronatus is described by M. Valéry Mayet in Bedel’s 
Rhynchophora (l.c. p. 96):—Length 15-18 mm.; body elongate, foot- 
less, white with the exception of the head, with white hairs on each 
segment; stigmata nine on each side, ferruginous; head ferruginous, 
elliptical, vertex deeply furrowed ; prothorax emarginate for the recep- 
tion of the head ; meso- and metathorax very short with two transverse 
folds on the dorsal aspect, underside of all three thoracic segments with 
small warty locomotive triangular nipples; abdomen composed of nine 
segments, anal segment with four lobes, the lateral pair being much the 
most developed ; these larvee appear to take two years for the accom- 
plishment of their metamorphoses ; they live in the earth and attack 
the cultivated carrot and probably other Umbelliferz ; they are hatched in 
the summer or autumn and pass the winter in the root of their food plant ; 
in spring they leave it and appear to exist all the summer, according to 
M. Fallou, on their “réserves physiologiques,” not appearing until the 
following spring in the perfect state. 
I. Elytra almost glabrous, or at most with a few yellowish 
hairs on each; dise of thorax uniformly punctured ; 
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II. Elytra with patches of yellowish-grey pubescence 
scattered over their whole surface; disc of thorax with 
larger and smaller punctures intermingled; average 
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L. CORONATUS, Goeze. 
Z. coronatus, Goeze (anglicanus, Steph. ; germanus, Gyll. nec 
Goeze). Black, rather shining; head and rostrum distinctly, but not 
strongly punctured; antenne pitchy; thorax nearly as long as broad, 
with sides rounded just before apex, uniformly and distinetly punctured, 
with a more or less distinct smooth central line, base and apex with 
flavescent hairs, which are also present on four more or less distinct spots 
placed transversely, two on each side of disc ; elytra coriaceous, withort 
definite rows of punctures, nearly glabrous, but with a few yellowish hairs 
in fresh specimens ; abdomen on both sides with a series of flavescent 
spots, and the breast with yellowish hairs ; legs black, all the femora 
with an acute tooth. L. 12-15 mm. 
Male with the centre of base of abdomen and the last segment im- 
pressed. 
In moss, under stones, &c.; often found crawling about roads and on grass stems ; 
according to Bedel it is found on Umbellifere, especially Cherophyllum (Anthriseus) 
sylvestre (the Wild Chervil) ; the larva, as stated above, has been found in the roots 
ot Daucus carota ; very local, but not uncommon in some districts ; Chatham, Lee, 
Birch Wood, Darenth Wood, Dulwich, Forest Hill, Hammersmith, Shirley, Belvedere, 
Maidstone; Hertford ; Ashdown; Dover; Folkestone; Sandgate; Hayling Island ; 
Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth; Brading, Isle of Wight; Bath ; Swansea; Ireland, 
Portmarnock (rare). 
i. germanus, L. One of the largest, if not the largest, of all our 
indigenous Cureulionide ; black, rather shining, with yellow hairs dis- 
posed in three irregular patches on each side of thorax and a number of 
