324 PHYTOPHAGA. [Lupems. 



I. Second joint of antennae as long as, or only 

 slightly shorter than third ; elytra with sparingly 

 distributed upright hairs on its hinder halt' 



(s.g. Calomicrvt, Sti-ph.) L. NIGBOFASCIATTTS, Goeze 



(circumfusui, Marsh.) 



II. Second joint of antennae much shorter than 



third ; elytra glabrous or almost glabrous. 



i. Thorax black in both sexes L. BUFIFES, Scop. 



ii. Thorax yellow or reddish-yellow in both 



sexes L. FLAVIPES, L. 



Xi. nigrofasciatus, Goeze (circumfusus, Marsh. ; Spartii, Koch). 

 Subparallel, not very convex, shining, with the greater part of the elytra 

 and the anterior part of thorax yellow ; head together with eyes nearly 

 as broad as thorax, antenna? long, pitchy with testaceous base ; thorax 

 transverse with sides slightly rounded, very finely punctured, with the 

 black portion irregular in front; scutellum black; elytra thickly and 

 finely punctured, with suture and sides more or less broadly black ; legs 

 long, testaceous, more or less infuscate. L. 3-4 mm. 



Male with the antennae rather longer than in the female. 



On the gorse, Ulex Europ&us, also on Spartium scoparium, Genista tinctoria, and 

 Calluna vulgaris ; usually in sandy places ; local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; 

 London district, rather common in some localities, Keigate, Esher, Woking, Bipley 

 (Surrey), Westerham, Boundstone, &c. ; Hastings ; Brighton ; Shirley Warren, 

 Southampton ; New Forest ; Portsmouth district; Parkhurst Forest and Sundown, 

 Isle of Wight ; Bournemouth ; Weymouth; Glanvilles Wootton ; Devon (on broom) ; 

 Swansea; there is one Northumberland record, Prestwick Carrs ((}. Wailes), in 

 Bohl's catalogue, but it is not recorded from any midland or northern locality of 

 England or from Scotland ; I have never found it further north than the New 

 Forest. 



Zi. rufipes, Scop, (longicornis, F. ; betulinus, Joann.). Black, 

 shining, with the tirst four joints of the antennae and the legs rufo- 

 testaceous, the tarsi and apex of tibiae being sometimes a little infus- 

 cate, and the base of the femora being usually dark ; head and antennae 

 variable in the sexes, thorax broadest before middle, sparingly and ex- 

 ceedingly finely punctured, disc almost smooth; elytra confusedly and 

 distinctly punctured ; legs moderately long. L. 4-5 mm. 



Male narrower and more parallel, with the antennae longer than the 

 body, and the head broader. 



Female broader and more widened behind, with the antennae shorter 

 and the head narrower. 



On birch, willow, alders, Ac. ; usually in damp places, somewhat local but rather 

 common and generally distributed throughout the greater part of England and Scot- 

 land, and probably of Ireland. 



Xi. flavlpes, L. Very closely allied to the preceding, but easily dis- 

 tinguished by having the thorax yellow or reddish-yellow in both sexes, 

 and the legs, as a rule, but not always, much more iufuscate ; the thorax 

 is very smooth and shining, scarcely visibly punctured, and the elytra are 





