310 RUYNCHOPHORA« [Gymnetron. 
and are arranged in rows on the elytra; thorax rather small, transverse, 
with the sides rounded and narrowed in front, closely punctured ; elytra 
considerably wider than thorax, with rather deep punctured striz and 
the interstices punctured in rows; femora not very stout, simple. L. 
1;-2 mm. 
Damp places, by sweeping Matricaria, Achillea, and other plants; rare; Wey- 
bridge, Claygate, Caterham, Forest Hill, Faversham, Lee; Dorking, Bireh Wood, 
Chatham, Shirley ; Windsor Forest ; Hastings district ; New Forest ; Scotland, very 
rare, Forth district “near Edinburgh, Dr. Lowe,’’ Murray’s Cat. ; there may be some 
mistake as to the latter reeord. ‘The species may easily be known by its size and 
shape, the ereet sete and the colour of the tibiz. 
G. pascuorum, Gyli. This species much resembles at first sight 
one of the smaller species of Tychius; black, with or without an 
obseure variable reddish patch towards apex of elytra, rather closely 
covered with fine grey pubescence, which is thicker at the sides of thorax 
than on its disc; rostrum curved ; antenne dark, with the base red, or 
red with apex dark; thorax not much broader than long, narrowed in 
front, with the sides scareely rounded, closely and finely, but distinctly 
punetured ; elytra a little broader than thorax, with moderately deep 
punctured striz, interstices furnished with rows of erect white sete ; 
femora rather stout, black, tibiz and tarsi red, the latter with the claws 
and apex of onychium pitchy. L. 13-1}$ mm. 
Male with the antennz inserted a little behind the middle of the 
rostrum which is short, and with all the femora armed with a small 
sharp tooth. 
Female with the antenne inserted at the posterior third part 
of the rostrum which is long and slender, and with all the femora simple. 
Chalky and sandy places ; by sweeping herbage; aceording to P. Bargagli (quoted 
by Bedel) the larva has been found in the seed heads of Plantago lanceolata ; local 
but not uncommon and widely distributed from the Midland districts southwards ; 
Weybridge, Claygate, Caterham, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells; Pegwell Bay ; Deal; 
Folkestone ; Hastings district; Portsmouth district; New Forest; Isle of Wight; 
Glanvilles Wootton; Devon; Bewdley; Repton; Church Stretton, Cheshire ; 
Sherwovud Forest; Heysham, near Lancaster; very rare towards the north; not 
recorded from the Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, very rare, ‘Tweed 
distr:ct only. 
G. labilis, Herbst. (tricolor, Marsh). Oblong, slightly ovate, black, 
upper surface clothed with rather scanty ashy white pubescence, which 
is thick upon the scutellum and in fresh specimens ou a spot at base of 
thorax opposite seutellum; elytra with two oblique and irregular 
reddish transverse bands, interrupted at suture, and variable ; rostrum 
scarcely curved; antenne ferruginous with apex darker, club large; thorax 
transverse, with the sides rounded and only slightly narrowed in front, 
closely punctured ; elytra scarcely broader at base than base of thorax, 
with deep and rather close striz, interstices finely rugose ; femora stout, 
without teeth, dark, tibiee and tarsi red ; occasionally the elytra are dark 
with the apex only red. L, 2-23 mm, 
