283 PHYTOPHAQA. [Griocerimt. 



F. Tarsal claws toothed ; eyes feebly emarginate .... ZRCTQOPHORA, Kunze. 

 II. Tiirsul claws simple ; eyes evidently emarginate. 



i. Tursal claws connate at base, scutellum plainly truncate 



at apex LKMA, F. 



ii. Tarsal claws not connate; scutellum not, or scarcely, 



truncate at apex CBIOCBBIS, Geoff". 



Z.EUGOPHORA, Kunze. 



This genus contains about twenty species, of which four are found in 

 Europe, and the remainder have been described from North America, 

 the Amur district, Assam, and C.-ylon ; they are characterized by having 

 the upper surface sparingly pubescent, the eyes slightly emarghiitte, and 

 the thorax furnished at sides with a strong, sharp tubercle ; the last 

 joint of the tarsi is short, and the tarsal claws are armed with a blunt 

 tooth; the thorax is much narrower than the elytra, which are oblong, 

 subparallel, and very strongly punctured. 



I. Elytra dark. 



i. Head entirely reddish -yellow Z. SPBSPINOSA, F. 



ii. Forehead and vertex of head black Z. FLAVICOLLH, Marsh. 



II. Upper surface entirely testaceous Z. TCENEUI, Power. 



Z. subspinosa, F. Black, with the first four joints of the antennae, 

 the head, thorax, and legs red; head rather strongly punctured, eyes 

 prominent, antenna} short; thorax strongly punctured, with a large blunt 

 Literal tubercle on each side, much narrower at base than elytra ; 

 elytra subparallel, strongly margined, very coarsely punctured ; legs 

 muderatcly stout ; the mesosternum is sometimes red. L. 3 mm. 



On young aspens, in woods, rather local, hut not uncommon; London district, 

 generally distributed; Whitstiible ; Hastings; Hampshire; Bewdley Forest; 

 Knowle ; Wicken Fen ; Westoii, Oxfordshire ; Bretby, near Repton ; Chat Moss ; 

 Langworth \Wod, Lincoln ; Manchester and Liverpool districts; it has not been re- 

 corded from the extreme northern counties of England, or from Scotland. 



Z. flavicollis, Marsh. Very like the preceding, from which it may 

 be at once known by the colour of the head, which has the part before the 

 eyes yellow and the remainder black; the lateral tubercles of the 

 thorax are larger and spiniform, and the posterior femora are fuscous ; 

 the elytra also are more sparingly punctured. L. 2|-3| mm. 



In woods; very rare ; Bexley and Ashford (Kent); Kimpton, Hants; Seal Wood, 

 Leicestershire (J. T. Harris) ; Manchester district ; one specimen from H. Adams, 

 Kcndal (Power). 



Z. Turner!, Power (rufo-testacea, Kr.). Rather more elongate than 

 either of the preceding species, and easily distinguished by its colour, which 

 is entirely rufo-testaceous, with the eyes, mesosternum, metasternum, and 

 abdomen black ; in general form it much resembles Z. sulspinosa, but 

 the head is more closely and deeply punctured, and not so much con- 

 tracted behind the eyes, which are less prominent, and the thorax is 



