210 Mr. J. Walton u7i the genus Bruclius. 



the thorax, the colour of the joints of the antenna, and the pale 

 intermediate legs. 



I am indebted to Dr. Germar for two foreign male specimens 

 of this species, and these, upon comparison, I find agree (with 

 the exception of a slight difference of size) with certain British 

 specimens, viz. a male and female, captm-ed on Cove Common, 

 Hampshire, in the middle of July last, a specimen in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Samuel Stevens, and one in my own collection ; that be- 

 longing to Mr. Stevens was found at Coombe Wood. 



6. B. Lathyri (Kirb. MSS. et Mus.), Steph. 



— Lotil Payk., GylL, Steph., Schonh. 



Thorax transverse, at the sides slightly but visibly sinuated, 

 and behind the middle, on each side before the sinus, with a very 

 minute tooth or tubercle, which in some examples is scarcely ob- 

 servable without a powerful lens ; elytra immaculate ; posterior 

 femora acutely dentate. This species varies considerably in bulk, 

 the largest being nearly twice the size of the smallest. (Length 

 1— li line.) 



I have very little doubt that B. Loti of Paykull and Gyllenhal 

 is identical with this insect : this opinion is based upon the de- 

 scription given in Schonherr^s. ' Syn. Ins.^ v. p. 88, compared with 

 my specimens ; but as I have not at present any means of pro- 

 ving this, by the examination of a Swedish tj'pe, a note of inter- 

 rogation is put to the name. Dr. Germar observes upon the spe- 

 cimens sent to him : " Br. Lathyri, a peculiar species, new to my 

 collection.^' Of this species I have in my cabinet a fine series of 

 eight specimens, seven of which I found on the Lathyrtis pra- 

 tensis in the first week of August last, near Cowes in the Isle of 

 Wight ; they agree with the two examples now in the collection 

 of Mr. Kirby, taken by him according to his MS. from the same 

 plant. 



7. B. [S) pectinicornis, Linn. (Mus. Linn.), Fab. 



— ( $ ) Theobromatis , Linn. ? 



— ( c? ? ) scutellaris, Schonh. 



— ( $) scutellaris, Fab., Steph. Man. 



— (?) analis, Fab., Mus. Banks. 



Mr. Stephens, by inserting this species in his ' Manual of Bri- 

 tish Coleoptera,' appears to consider it as indigenous to England; 

 he states, " On Heracleum Sphondylium (fl.) : Penge Wood." Mr. 

 Waterhouse took it at Old Brompton crawling upon a gate ; 

 but I believe it has been introduced with its food. B. pectini- 

 cornis has a very extraordinary wide geographical range, being 

 found, according to authors, in China, Barbary, East and West 

 Indies, Cape of Good Hope, Japan, Brazil and Mexico, and by 



