298 RHYNCHOPHORA, [Tychius, 
quite divided; antenne red or ferruginous; thorax with the sides 
strongly dilated and rounded; elytra with the sculpture concealed ly 
the thick scales; femora black or pitchy red; tibiz and tarsi ferru- 
ginous, L. 3-43 mm. 
Male with the anterior femora furnished with a thick fringe of 
pubescence beneath. 
Female with the last ventral segment of the abdomen strongly im- 
pressed transversely at apex. 
On species of vetch, &c.; the larva has been observed on the Continent on Pisum 
arvense, Vicia angustifolia, Vicia sepium and Orobus tuberosus ; rare ; on vetch 
in a lane at Hampstead, also on vetch near Cambridge (S. Stevens) ;. Abbot’s 
Wood (Waterhouse) ; South Creek, Norfolk (Stephens) ; New Forest, Brockenhurst, 
&e. 
T. venustus, F. (vernalis, Reich. ; parallela, Ol.). Rather smaller 
on an average than the preceding, which it somewhat resembles, but it 
may be easily known by its duller scales, different markings, and by 
the very slightly rounded sides of the thorax ; oblong, not very con- 
vex, black, under surface clothed with white scales, upper surface with 
dark ashy-grey scales, thorax with the central line and _ sides, elytra 
with the suture and bands towards sides, white or whitish, giving the 
insect a banded appearance ; antenne and extreme apex of rostrum 
ferruginous ; thorax about as long as broad with the sides very slightly 
rounded ; elytra with fine punctured striz which are not covered by the 
scales ; femora obsoletely toothed, pitchy, tibiz and tarsi dusky ferru- 
ginous. L. 25-4 mm. 
The thorax is always banded but in some specimens the elytra are 
unicolorous; this is the var. genistw, Boh. 
Male with the anterior femora furnished with thick pubescence beneath, 
and the eyes less distant. 
On broom ; extremely local, but common where it occurs ; Shirley, near Croydon 
(two hundred specimens on broom, July 2nd, 1866 (Power)) ; Coombe Wood, Darenth 
Wood, Cowley, Weybridge, Sittingbourne, Birch Wood; Norfolk, Suffolk and 
Swansea (Stephens) ; Scotland, very local, Dee and Moray districts; it probably 
occurs in other parts of England, but has been overlooked owing to its being so 
very local. 
T. squamulatus, Gyll. (Kirbyz, Wat. ; flavicollis, Steph.?). Oval, 
slightly convex, black, with the rostrum, antenne and legs ferruginous, 
very thickly covered with broad and distinct scales, which are of a 
grey colour with a very faint yellowish tinge, so that the general tint is 
slightly eream coloured ; thorax subtransverse, narrower than elytra, 
with the sides slightly rounded, closely sculptured ; elytra oval, rather 
broad, with fine strie which are almost concealed by the scales; legs 
squamose, with the posterior femora armed with a small but distinct 
tooth. L. 2-25 mm. 
Male with the anterior tibiz curved at apex. 
Chalky places ; by sweeping herbage ; occasionally found in moss; the larva feeds 
in the pods of Lotus corniculatus ; local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; Cater- 
ham, Mickleham, Charlton ; Suffolk ; Eastbourne ; New Forcst ; Barmouth, 
