380 RHYNCHOPHORA. [ Baris. 
A. Thorax with round, rather closely set, 
pufictures! « -s dae torte ye peli Kon ah, BPloreoRnis, Marek 
(abrotani, Germ.) 
B. Thorax with somewhat oblong and much 
more diffuse punctures Stee een ee 
2. Interstices of elytra broader; thorax closely 
punctured ; body oval. . . .. . . . . 3B. CHLORIZANS, Germ. 
iii. Elytra black, with the apex broadly red . . . B. ANauis, Ol. 
IJ. Thorax and elytra covered with somewhat scanty, 
but very distinct, greyishscales . . . . . . . 3B. ScoLOPACEA, Germ. 
B. LEPIDII, Germ. 
B. laticollis, Marsh (picina, Germ., glabra, Munich Cat., nec 
Herbst.). Oblong, comparatively broad, black, shining; upper and 
under surface glabrous; rostrum rather thick, punctured ; thorax longer 
than broad, sparingly and finely punctured, with a more or less distinct 
smooth central line; elytra with fine, obsoletely punctured, striz, inter- 
stices with rows of punctures ; femora robust. L. 33-4 mm. 
On species of Crucifere ; at roots of Sisymbrium officinale ; the larva has been 
observed in the stems of the cultivated cabbage ; very local; London district, rare ; 
Battersea and Southend (Stephens) ; Charlton (S. Stevens); Suffolk ; Deal; Folke- 
stone (common) ; Rye; Shirley Warren, Southampton; Isle of Wight, Ventnor (one 
specimen taken by myself on a wall) ; Portsmouth, abundant (J. J. Walker); Port- 
land; Mr. Moncreaff bas found the species abundant at Southsea “in galled roots of 
Sisymbrium officinale—as many as fifty from one root—July and August ;” the 
species appears to be entirely confined to the Southern and South-Hastern counties. 
In Mr. Waterhouse’s catalogue Stephens’ specimens, named by him as 
B. artemisie, are referred to this species ; he expressly says, however 
(Manual, p. 217), that they were taken at roots of Artemisia vulgaris, 
whereas B. laticollis is attached to Cruciferw ; the species are allied, 
but cannot well be confounded, as the true B. artemisie of Herbst. has 
the thorax coarsely and rather closely punctured, whereas in B. laticollis 
the punctuation is fine, shallow and ditfuse; it is quite possible that the 
former species may be found in Britain as it is widely distributed 
throughout Northern Europe and Siberia. 
B. picicornis, Marsh (alrotani, Germ.). Oblong, black or blue- 
black, with the elytra blue or greenish-blue ; rostrum about as long as 
thorax, punctured; thorax longer than broad, distinctly and rather 
closely punctured, the punctures being round ; elytra with moderately 
fine, but variable striz, interstices with rows of punctures; legs black. 
L, 3-385 mm. 
Chalky places; on Reseda lutea; the larva lives at the base of the stalks and in 
the roots ; very local, but sometimes common where it occurs ; Caterham, Mickleham, 
Darenth Wood, Reigate, Gravesend, Maidstone, Eastry, Headley Lane, Riddlesdown, 
&e.; Chatham (in great profusion, Champion and J. J. Walker); Lowestoft ; 
Kingsgate; Folkestone (common); Portsmouth district; Glanvilles Wootton ; 
Cromer ; Brandon, Suffolk (common, J. J. Walker). 
B. lepiaii, Germ. Very like the preceding, but easily distinguished 
by the punctuation of the thorax, which has the punctures larger, some- 
