2-iS CLAVicoRNiA. [MeU(jef7ies. 



distinct, that 'of elytra; strong, evidently stronger tlian on tlioras ; an- 

 terior legs yellow or reddish-yellow, jwsterior jxiirs slightly darker, Avith 

 outside margins of tibiie usually dark brown, roiind&d ; anterior tibiae 

 furnished at apex with, three or four rather conspicuous sharp teeth; 

 male with metasternum strongly depressed, with a tubercular prominence 

 on each side of the depression about the middle ; the female presents 

 the same characters in a less degree. L. 1|-2| mm. 



Locally common on Lahlatcp, cspeciiilly Lamiiun album and StacTii/s si/Iuatica ; it 

 iilio IS found on Si/mphi//um officiiia/c, '&c. ; Loudon district, generally di.stributcd ; 

 Amljcrley ; Ihirtlebury ; llcpton ; LliuigoUen ; Staffordshire; Cliesliire ; Lincoln; 

 Mancliesttn- district; not recorded from the extreme northern counties of England 

 or from Scotland. 



2VI. HLunzei, Er. Yery like the preceding, but larger with the an- 

 terior tibiae less strongly toothed, the punctuation of the elytra rather 

 more diifuse, and the tirst three joints lighter red, instead of tAvo only ; 

 the colour is black and never shows a trace of the greenish reflection 

 which is often so noticeable in M. dijjicilis ; the pubescence, which is 

 very scanty, is whitish instead of blackish, as in the latter species ; the 

 mctasternuni of the male, which is furnished with two conspicuous 

 tubercles in M. dlfficllis, is in this species simple. L. 2^ mm. 



On Limhtm album, Stack i/s si/hmt'ica, Agraphis nutans, M elampyrum pratense, 

 i\ud ]\lerrHrMlis pereiinis ; rare; Chatham, Keigate, Mickleham, Caterham, Shirley, 

 Horsell, E istry ; Llangollen ; Reptcn ; Cheshire; Manchester district. 



This species is by many authors considered a variety of the preceding ; 

 if, however, we are to keep M. vlduatus and pedicidarius, and other 

 species as distinct, we cannot but regard M. Kimzei as distinct also, if 

 A\'e have regard merely to the male characters. 



M. morosus, Er. A very difficult species, concerning which there 

 feems to be considerable doubt ; it comes very close to M. memno7iius, 

 from which it is said to be distinguished by having the anterior margin 

 of the forehead emarginate, and the punctuation not quite so strong, and 

 also by having the first and second joints of the antennae reddish, instead 

 of the second only ; this character, hoAvever, cannot be depended on, as 

 is plain from Mr. G. E. Waterhouse's notes (Ent. Ann. 1874,. 61), 

 taken at the time he examined Erichson's collection at Berlin, in wliich 

 he says, "■Morosits and memnonius wqy}' mnch. alike and difficult to dis- 

 liu'^uidh ; morosus, however, has rather a shorter form, and the antennre 

 are pale throughout, Avhilst in vieimionivs they are dusky at base and 

 apex." As regards the emargination of the forehead, on the strength of 

 which Reitter places the two species in separate divisions, this author 

 himself alloAvs that it is slight in M. morosus, and as M. memmmms 

 has the anterior ^margin not ahvays ipiite straight, a confusion might 

 easily arise. L. 2 mm. 



Ou Caltha ixdustris and Laliatcs ; rare ; I have several specimens from Ucptou 



