Smicronyx.| RHYNCHOPHORA. 283 
underside more thickly scaled ; rostrum long; antenne rather stout, 
pitchy at base; thorax convex, about as long as broad, searcely con- 
stricted in front, with the sides somewhat variably rounded in different 
specimens, shallowly and rather closely punctured, with the spaces 
between the punctures cross reticulate or finely rugose ; elytra broader 
at base than thorax, with the shoulders more or less marked, narrowed 
to apex from posterior third, with plain and rather deep, scarcely visibly 
punctured striz, interstices under a high magnifying power finely rugose ; 
legs stout, covered with fine scales, tarsi with the penultimate joint 
strongly bilobed and the onychium short. L. 1;-2 mm. 
On Cuscuta europea (Greater Dodder) and Cuscuta epithymum (Lesser 
Dodder) ; the larva, according to Bedel, forms galls on the stems of the plant 5 rare ; 
Birch Wood, Arundel Park, &c. (S. Stevens); Box Hill, near Reigate (Power) ; 
Chesil Bank (Gorham) ; Newton Abbott, Devon (Dale). 
V. Championis, Fowler. Rather larger than average specimens of 
the type, with the rostrum thicker and duller and the thorax more 
thickly and coarsely punctured ; the shoulders also of the elytra are 
rather more marked and broader. UL. 2 mm. 
Folkestone (E, A. Waterhouse); between Folkestone and Dover (Champion). 
This is the insect introduced into our lists by Mr. Champion as the true S. 
Reichei. 
S. jungermanniz, Reich. (cicur, Gyll.; pygmeus, Curt., pars.). 
Much smaller than the preceding, on an average, but closely resembling 
it in many respects, so that it is rather hard to separate the largest 
specimens from the smallest S. Reichei ; elongate-oval or oblong-oval, ° 
narrower or broader (this difference may be sexual), thickly clothed in 
fresh specimens with large scales as in the preceding species, and on the 
underside and legs with fine scales; thorax about as long as broad, 
scarcely constricted before apex, with very shallow and more or less 
diffuse variolose punctures, interstices very finely cross reticulate or 
rugose ; elytra and legs much as in the preceding species. L. 1{-13 
mm. 
On heath, probably on Cuscuta epithymwm attacking heath; rare; as some 
people may not agree with me inmy synonymy or in joining the species, I give 
localities under the separate names—S. cicur and S. pygmeus. 
S. cicur, Gyll. By sweeping heath ; local and, as a rule, rare; 
London district, not uncommon ; Weybridge, Shirley, Woking, Hsher, 
and Chobham (Champion); Black Gang Chine, Isle of Wight, Wey- 
bridge, &e. (S. Stevens) ; Boundstone (Surrey), St. Faiths (Norwich), 
and St. Leonards (Power); Bournemouth ; New Forest (Blatch). 
S. pygmeus, Curtis. Chalky places; by sweeping herbage; rare ; 
Caterham (Champion) ; Riddlesdown, near Croydon ; Horsell and Wey- 
bridge (Power) ; Chesil Bank ; Bournemouth and Surrey (Blatch) ; it 
is very probable that some of these .localities should be referred to 
