306 RHYNCHOPHORA. [ Miarus. 
strie, interstices rugose; legs black, posterior femora not toothed. 
L. 25-3 mm. 
Male with the last ventral segment of the abdomen deeply excavate 
and terminated by a tooth on each side; anterior tibize armed with a 
large hook. 
Female with the pygidium impressed with a small fovea at apex; and 
the anterior tibiz armed with a small hook. 
On the flowers of Campanula rotundifolia and C. glomerata; also on species of 
Phyteuma (Rampion); the larva undergoes its transformations in the seed-pods ; 
local ; London district, rather common; Barnes, Shirley, Esher, Caterham, Croydon, 
Mickleham, Gomshall, Boundstone, Sandhurst; Norfolk; Arundel; Portsmouth 
district ; New Forest; I-le of Wight; Dorset; Gloucester; Bromsgrove; Carlisle ; 
Scotland, rare, Dee district. 
M. graminis, Gyll. Very like the preceding in size and general 
appearance; it is, however, somewhat rounder and is very easily 
distinguished by the shorter thorax, strongly toothed posterior femora 
(the anterior and intermediate pairs being less strongly toothed), and 
the much coarser pubescence, which is somewhat raised on the elytra and 
at the sides of the thorax ; the rostrum is long and gently curved, and 
the antenne are pitchy with the base pitchy ferruginous ; head and thorax 
very closely and evenly, and rather strongly, punctured, the latter much 
broader than long, almost semicircular ; elytra with distinct punctured 
strie, and flat, somewhat rugose, interstices; legs black, pubescent ; 
last ventral segment of abdomen simple in both sexes. TL. 23-33 mm. 
Chalky hill sides; in the flowers of Campanula glomerata; very local, but 
occasionally common where it occurs; Cuxton, Kent; Mickleham ; Devil’s Ditch, 
Cambridgeshire (Power); Arundel (S. Stevens); Isle of Wight, Freshwater (S. 
Stevens & Gore); Ripley, Hertford and Cambridge (Stephens). 
IM. plantarum, Germ. In size and general appearance this species 
much resembles the preceding, but may at once be known by its longer, 
narrower and more oblong form, the sides of the elytra being sub- 
parallel until near apex; the longer thorax will easily separate it from 
the preceding species, and from J. campanule it may be known by its 
coarser and more raised pubescence, and the small tooth on the posterior 
femora ; rostrum gradually narrowed in front, moderately long ; thorax 
elongate, subconical, about as long as, or longer than, its breadth at base ; 
elytra with strong punctured striz and rather narrow distinctly sculptured 
interstices ; legs black or pitchy black. L. 25-8 mm. 
On Linaria vulgaris, Lotus, &c. ; very local, but not uncommon in some districts ; 
London district, not uncommon, Shirley, Caterham, Mickleham, Darenth, Cowley, 
Greenhithe, Dartford; Wrabness and Birdbrook (Essex) ; Wicken Fen; Littl.ngton 
and Ashwicken, Cambridge (taken by Dr. Power on one or two occasions in apple 
trees, in November and January, hybernating) ; Norfolk. 
(M. micros, Germ. Allied to the three preceding species, but 
distinguished by haying the striz of the elytra indistinct, and the 
average size smaller. Mr. Crotch describes the species as follows :— 
