Mr. J. Walton on the genera Pissodes, Hypera^ ^c. 299 



8. Hypera Plantaginis, DcGccr, Gyll., Stcph., Schcinh., Kirb. 



MSS. 



— villosula* (sec. Mus. Wilk.), Steph. 



— cordicollis, Kirb, MSS. 



Occasionally found in several localities by brushing amongst 

 grass, but never in any numbers. 



9. H. nigrirostris, Fab., et auct. plur. 



Common everywhere. 



10. H. trilineata, Marsh., sec. Mus. Steph. et Kirb. 



— Tri/olii, Staph., non Herbst. 



— stramineus var., Marsh., Steph. sec. ej. Man. 



— borealis, Germ. Mag. iv. p. 339. 



— higrirostris var., Gyll., Schonh. 

 Cure, dissimilis var. major, Herbst. 



Never clothed with brilliant green scales like Hy. nigrirostris, 

 and may further be distinguished from the varieties of that in- 

 sect by having a dark denuded stripe on the middle of each ely- 

 tron posteriorly, bordered within and without by a series of white 

 or fuscescent spots : as to the form, size and sculpture it very 

 closely resembles the foregoing. 



Although Gyllenhal and Schonherr have cited this insect as a 

 variety of the preceding, yet I concur with Germar that it is 

 sufficiently distinct. 



Common in the North of England on the different species of 

 Vicia, Trifolium and Medicago. 



11. H. variabilis, Herbst, et auct, plur. 



— sublineata (var. sec. Mus. Kirb.), Steph. 



— bimaculatus, Marsh., Steph. sec. ej. Mus. 



— villosula (sec. Mus. Wilk.), Steph. 



— stramineus, Marsh, sec. Mus. Kirb. 



— phceopa var. et rufipes var., Steph. sec. ej. Man. 

 Very abundant on the same plants as the last. 



12. H. meles, Fab. sec. ej. Mus., Germ., Schonh. 

 Rh. Tri/olii, Gyll. 



Cure. Plantaginis, Marsh, sec. Steph. Catal. 

 H. murina, Steph. 



— picipes var., Steph. sec. ej. Man. 



This insect differs from the preceding by having the thorax 

 very short, and much more dilated at the sides. 



There are foreign specimens which agree with it in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Kirby from Gyllenhal. 



Rare in the vicinity of London. Taken near lloss, Hereford- 

 ehire, by Mr. Spry. 



* This synonym is repeated under No. 11, because it is represented in 

 Wilkins's cabinet by two different insects. 



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