312 RHYNCHOPHORA. [ Gymnetror. 
apex than at base, closely punctured; elytra subparallel, with rather 
strong punctured striz, interstices closely rugose ; antennz pitchy with 
apex black ; legs pitchy; in both this and the preceding species the 
antenne are inserted further in front of the base of the antenne in 
the male than in the female, and the abdomen is impressed at base. L. 
3-4 mm. 
On Linaria vulgaris; rare; Charlton Pits, Kent (S. Stevens); Norfolk 
(Stephens) ; Scotland, very rare, Forth district, “ Dalmeny Park, Dr. Greville,’’ 
Murray’s Cat. Dr. Sharp is however of opinion that this record may apply to 
M. campanule; Dr. Power’s specimens were partly bred by Mr. Rye and partly 
obtained from Mr. E. Brown of Burton-on-Trent. 
MECINUS, Germar. 
This genus comprises seventeen species of which fourteen oecur in 
Europe, and the other three have been described from Algeria, Egypt 
and Ceylon; they are extremely closely allied to Gymnetron, from which 
they differ in their longer and more cylindrical form and in having the 
posterior coxe less broadly distant and the sutural angles of the elytra 
less rounded ; in fact they have by some authors been included under the 
last mentioned genus, but their facies is so different that it seems best to 
keep them apart; our three species are attached to species of Plantago 
and the larve undergo their transformations in galls which they form in 
the seed-heads of the plant; in the males the rostrum is shorter and 
the antenne are inserted in the middle, whereas in the females it is 
longer and the antenne are inserted a little behind middle. 
I. Elytra without lighter border ; tibize black. 
i. Rostrum comparatively Jong and slender and 
strongly curved ; elytra more cylindrical and duller, 
with the strie deeper . . . . - - . . + - M. PYRASTER, Herbst. 
ji. Rostrum short and thick and scarcely curved ; 
elytra less cylindrical and more shining, with the 
strize shallower 3 c) = <1 we) -elle Jes) (MSeOLLARIS;: Germ: 
II. Elytra with a broad light border; tibie red . . M-circuLatus, Marsh. 
WE. pyraster, Herbst. Elongate, convex, subcylindrical, black, 
slightly shining, clothed with scanty and fine ashy-grey pubescence ; 
antenne pitchy-black with extreme base often red; rostrum moderately 
long and curved, thorax subquadrate, closely and distinctly punctured ; 
elytra long, with broad punctured strie, interstices about as broad as 
the striz, punctured in more or less distinet rows; legs black with 
the tarsi ferruginous, femora with a small sharp tooth. L. 3-3} 
mm. 
Male with the antenne inserted in the middle of the rostrum, which 
is shorter and punctured. 
Female with the antenne inserted a little behind the middle of the 
yostrum, which is longer and shining. 
On Plantago lanceolata, also on P. media; the larva appears to form a sort of 
