266 RHYNCHOPIIORA, [ Poeudustyphlus. 
short, depressed ; rostrum as long as head and thorax, curved, stout, 
more or less distinctly rugose, rufo-testaceous or ferruginous ; antenne 
red, with the club sometimes darker, pubescent; thorax about as long 
as broad, more or less constricted in front, sides moderately rounded, 
closely and deeply punctured ; elytra with the sides subparallel, narrowed 
at apex, with rather fine punctured striz, alternate interstices slightly 
elevated and furnished with scattered erect thick white sete; legs 
shortish, stout, pale ferruginous and pubescent. L. 3 mm. 
On Matricaria chamomilla; very local, but not uncommon where it occurs; 
Caterham, Claygate, Lee, Chatham, Sheerness, Cowley; Stratford; Portsmouth 
(J. J. Walker) ; Lumps Pond, Southsea (Moncreaff). 
PROCAS, Stephens. 
Five species from Europe and Northern Africa are recorded in the 
Munich Catalogue as belonging to this genus, but they seem to have 
been confused: according to Bedel one species occurs both in Europe 
and Africa (P. armillatus, F.), one in Asia (P. biguttatus, Faust), and 
a third in North America (P. Lecontei, Bedel) ; the first of these species 
is very rare, and hardly shows itself exeept during the cold season ; all 
day it remains buried in the ground without any indication of its 
whereabouts being left on the surface ; the upper surface is almost with- 
out scales; antenne geniculate, 12-jointed, rather long and slender, 
inserted near apex of rostrum, club oblong-ovate, acuminate ; rostrum 
long, rather slender, and curved; eyes depressed ; thorax with the sides 
rounded, the base bisinuate, and the disc convex; scutellum minute, 
rounded ; elytra oblong-ovate, rather long, much broader at base than 
base of thorax, with the shoulders well marked; femora subclavate, 
without a tooth. 
P. armillatus, F. (Steveni, Gyll. ; pictpes, Marsh; granulicollis, 
Walton). Black, almost without scales or pubescence, at most with 
slight ashy pubescence on upper side and some ashy scales beneath ; 
rostrum ragosely punctured with a more or less distinct central carina, 
antenne red or ferruginous; thorax very closely and rather strongly 
punctured with a smooth central raised line; scutellum pubescent ; elytra 
with distinct punctured strize, interstices finely granulate ; legs black or 
pitchy black, pubescent, tarsi reddish, with joints 1-3 furnished beneath 
with rather long hairs, apex of tibiz more or less thickly clothed with 
whitish pubescence, L. 4-7 mm. 
Marshy places ; usually not far from the sea ; under stones, at the roots of trees, 
in moss, &c., in winter and spring; very rare; Battersea Fields, Bristol and Norfolk 
(Stephens) ; received from the late Mr. Hemming who took it near Brighton (S, 
Stevens). 
V. granulicollis, Walton. This variety, which Walton considered a 
separate species, is smaller than the type, and has the head fovevlated, 
