312 PHYTOPHAQA. [Phytodectci. 



Oil sallows and willows ; local ; London district, rather common, Wokinp, Hasle- 

 mere, Daren tb. Wc-t Wickbam und Coombe Woods, Epping Forest; Fimilium ; 

 Monks Wood; Brandon; New Forest; Lords Wood, Southampton ; Beivdley Forest ; 

 Burnt Wood, Staffordshire; Yorkshire; Durham; it is not iucluded in Dr. Sharp's 

 Scotch list, but the O. 10'functata, one of the vars. of 0. viminalis, is recorded by 

 Stephens from " Haehills," Kev. W. Little. 



P. olivacea, Forst. (s.g. S2wrtophila, Chevr.). Oval, very convex, 

 rather shining, rufo- testaceous, upper surface finely alutaceous, breast 

 and abdomen dark, often blackish ; head thickly and rather strongly 

 punctured, antennoe moderately long, infuscate towards apex ; thorax 

 rather finely punctured on disc, coarsely at sides, very transverse, with 

 the sides very slightly rounded ; elytra with strong and deep rows of 

 large punctures, interstices scarcely punctured ; the ordinary colour is 

 testaceous with the suture dark, but is variable ; legs rather stout, 

 anterior tibiae with the external tooth at apex very short and blunt. 

 L. 3|-4i mm. 



Male with the last joint of the maxillary palpi broad and securi- 

 form. 



There are three well-marked varieties of this insect which require 

 noticing : 



V '. flavirans, F., entirely rufo-testaceous or yellowish-red. 



V. litura, F., rufo-testaceous, with two spots on forehead, the suture 

 of elytra and a longitudinal band on each, and the breast and abdomen 

 black. 



V. niyricans, Weise, colour entirely black, or with the mouth parts, 

 base of antennae, forehead and legs rufescent. 



On the broom (Spartium sfoparium) locally common ; London district, common 

 and generally distributed; Hastings; Portsmouth district; Isle of Wight; Glan- 

 villes Wootton (on dyers' woad) ; Devon ; Swansea ; Barmouth ; Kuowle, near 

 Birmingham; Bewdley Forest; Stenson, near Repton ; Manchester, general; 

 Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, abundant, Solwny, Tiiy, Dee, 

 Moray, and probably other districts ; the black variety is uncommon, and occurs rarely 

 with the type in Scotland and one or two other localities. 



P. pallida, L. (s.g. Spartophifa, Chevr. ; Goniomena, Mots.). 

 Oblong-oval, convex, rufo-testaceous, rather shining, somewhat resem- 

 bling the pieceding species, but considerably larger; the antennae are 

 entirely testaceous, and the thorax is more diffusely and much more 

 coarsely punctured on disc ; the rows of punctures on the elytra are 

 nlso stronger, and the interstices are diffusely and very finely, but 

 usually evidently punctured ; the apex of the elytra is slightly produced 

 at suture ; the anterior tibiae are simple and not denticulate externally 

 at apex. L. 5-7 mm. 



On sallow, hazel, mountain ash, <tc. ; local ; London district, not common, Mickle- 

 ham, Cuterham, Coombe Wood, Reigate, West Wickham, Tilgate Forest ; Folkestone ; 

 Malvern; Bretby Wood, near Burton-on -Trent (taken in numbers on sallows by Mr. 

 E. Brown, but I never found it in the locality) ; Church Str.-tton j Halifax ; Ripon ; 

 Scarborough; Aruecliffe in Wharfedale; Northumberland and Durham district; 



