300 RHYNCHOPHORA. | Tychous. 
to the south; the larva has been observed by Perris in France on Melilotus macro 
rhiza, living in a gall on the central nervure of the leaves. 
T. lineatulus, Steph. nec Brit. Cat. (Schneideri, Brit. Cat. nec 
Herbst.). Black or fuseous black, upper surface clothed with grey 
pubescence, which isnot very close and allows the upper surface to be 
in part visible, so that the insect appears to be of a leaden-grey colour ; 
sides of thorax, and a narrow central line, pale, suture broadly white ; 
antennz red with the apical portion dark ; thorax subtransverse with 
the sides slightly but distinctly rounded, sculpture close ; elytra with 
rather fine strie ; legs dark with the tarsi ferruginous, tibiz sometimes 
reddish, L. 25 mm. 
Male with the anterior tibie furnished with a small tooth on their 
inner Margin. 
Chalky places ; by sweeping herbage, &c. ; occasionally found in moss; not common ; 
Darenth Wood; Chatham; Herne Bay; Eastbourne; Arundel Park ; Portsmouth 
district ; Isle of Wight ; New Forest; Portland; Devon; Filey, Yorks (one specimen 
taken by myself in August, 1878); Scarborough ; it appears tobe very rare further 
north than the London and Southern districts. 
T, junceus, Reich. (curtus, Bris.) Black, with the upper surface 
closely covered with rather fine but distinct oblong grey scales, which 
are whiter on the underside and sometimes on suture of elytra; an- 
tenne and apex of rostrum red ; thorax almost as long as_ broad, with 
the sides moderately rounded ; elytra with fine strizs which are not 
concealed by the clothing of the upper surface; legs red, with the 
femora sometimes darker. L, 2-2} mm. 
Male with the anterior femora furnished with a distinct fringe of 
pubescence beneath. 
By sweeping vetch and clover (Zotws and Trifoliwm), especially in chalky places ; 
local, but not uncommon where it occurs; Caterham, Mickleham, Claygate, Reigate, 
Woking, Charlton, Horsell, West Wickham, Charlton, &c.; Hastings ; Devon, 
T. tomentosus, Herbst. Very like the preceding, but distin- 
guished by having the clothing consisting of narrower scales or pube- 
scence, which in fresh specimens more or less cover the strize of the 
elytra ; the colour is somewhat variable, being sometimes grey and some- 
times brownish grey; the thorax is unicolorous, but the elytra have 
occasionally a rather lighter line at suture; the antennz, apex of 
rostrum, and the legs are red, and the femora are simple; the thorax 
is as long as broad with the sides moderately rounded, the breadth being 
a little less than that of the elytra, which are rather broad and some- 
what cordiform. L. 2-2} mm. 
Male with the anterior tibie slightly curved at apex and without a 
small tooth on their inner margin. ; 
Chalky and sandy places ; by sweeping vetch and other plants; local, buf not un- 
common where it occurs; Caterham, Claygate, Mickleham, Chatham, Reigate, 
Purley, Tonbridge, &c.; Windsor; Arundel; Lewes; Portsmouth district; Glan- 
villes Wootton ; Swansea; Suffolk; Knowle, near Birmingham. 
