356 RHYNCHOPHORA, [ Ceuthorrhynchu:. 
thicker towards base of suture, underside thickly clothed with greyish 
white scales ; thorax rather long, closely punctured, with a fine central 
furrow, and with distinct lateral tubercles, rather broadly constricted 
before apex which is not much raised ; elytra oval, with the shoulders 
rounded, with deep punctured striz and rather convex interstices, 
feebly roughened at sides and apex; legs rather robust, femora not 
strongly toothed. L. 2-25 mm. 
On nettles; rare; Caterham, Mickleham, Bearsted, Maidstone, Boundstone ; 
Amberley, near Arundel; Portsmouth district; Llangollen; received from Mr. 
Walton, taken, I believe, in Yorkshire (S. Stevens). 
Cc. rugulosus, Herbst. (qallicus, Gyll.; melanostigma, Marsh). Short 
ovate, rather convex, but depressed on dise, black or brownish-black, with 
the antenne, tibize and tarsi ferruginous ; underside thickly clothed with 
greyish scales ; thorax with a central line, and two other lines parallel 
to this, of greyish scales, often more or less abraded; elytra with lines 
and dashes of whitish scales, which are thicker on parts of suture, and 
with a central sutural black patch; the pattern, however, is indistinct ; 
thorax short, very strongly constricted before apex, with an indistinet 
central furrow and a small tubercle on each side ; elytra short and 
broad with rather fine striz-and broad interstices, which are muricate at 
apex ; legs rather stout, femora strongly toothed. L. 2mm. 
Male with the posterior tibize armed with a hook and the last ventral 
segment impressed. 
Marshy places: by sweeping herbage and often in moss and at roots of grass ; it is 
found on Corymbifere ; the larva has been observed in the stems of JMJatricaria 
chamomilla and Chamomilla nobilis ; local, but not uncommon; Claygate, Norwood, 
Forest Hill, Warlingham, Dartford, Lee, Cowley, Horsell, Bireh Wood, Dulwich, 
Faversham, Chatham, Sheerness; Drayton, variety with hardly any markings; 
Dagenham; Hastings; Eastbourne; Brighton; Worthing; Isle of Wight; Ports- 
mouth district; Portland; Bristol ; Swansea; Knowle; Windsor Forest ; Twyford, 
near Repton ; Northumberland and Durham district, rare; Scotland, rare, ‘Tweed 
district only. 
C. melanostictus, Marsh. (concinnus, Gyll.; lycopt, Gyll.). 
Rather elongate, black, base of antenne, tarsi, and often more or less of 
tibiz, reddish-testaceous or brownish yellow, underside with closely set 
whitish scales, upper surface with brownish white, brownish and dark 
scales, which form a distinct variegated pattern on elytra, the suture 
being whitish except at middle where it is interrupted by a longitudinal 
dark patch ; thorax long, scarcely constricted in front, with the central 
line and sides pale, anterior margin only slightly raised, lateral 
tubercles small; elytra oblong, subquadrate, with fine punctured striae, 
interstices rather flat ; femora distinctly toothed. L. 24 mm. 
In damp places, especially in woods; on species of Labiate, particularly Lycopus 
and Mentha; the larva has been observed at the roots of Lycopus europeus and 
Mentha silvestris; local, and not common; Shirley, Woking, Surbiton, Lee, Bal- 
combe, Merton, Cowley, Bearsted; Folkestone Warren; Hastings; Arundel; 
