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ham, but it appears to me that they ought rather to be referred to 

 L luridus. 



It. pulex, Schrank. (obliteratus, Rosh.). Oblong-ovate, deep black 

 or pitchy black ; antennae longer than half the body, pale testaceous 

 With the last joints darker; thorax very closely punctured, somewhat 

 shagreened, often with a slight bronze reflection ; scutellum transverse, 

 rounded ; wings absent or rudimentary ; elytra convex, obtusely rounded 

 at apex, rather distinctly and substriately punctured; legs testaceous- 

 yellow, posterior femora pitchy black; under-side pitchy, smooth, and 

 scarcely punctured. L. lj-lj mm. 



Chalky places; on Teucrium tcorodonia (Wood-sajje), TJiymut ttrpyllttm, Ac. 5 

 very local, but common where it occurs; Mickleham, Heigate, Catcrham, Chatham, 

 Seveuoaks, Bearsted ; Dover; Folkestone; Swansea; Ireland, Armagh. 



Zi. anchusee, Payk. Larger than the preceding, from which it may 

 also be known by its much stouter antennae and darker legs, and by the 

 fact that the elytra do not completely cover the abdomen; antennas 

 pitchy with base ferruginous ; thorax closely and very finely punctured ; 

 scutellum rounded, smooth; wings absent, at all events in the males; 

 elytra obliquely rounded at shoulders and dilated just behind middle, 

 very obtuse and separately rounded at apex, dehiscent at sutural angle, 

 moderatel) strongly punctured, not covering pygidium ; legs testaceous 

 or ferruginous with the posterior femora black, and the anterior and 

 intermediate femora infuscate except at apex. L. lf-2 mm. 



Chalky and sandy places ; on Echium vulffire, Cynoglossum, Anchusa, &c. ; local, 

 but common where it occurs ; Micklt-hum, Daren tb \Voo.l, Hammersmith, Claygato, 

 Headley Lane, Bearcted, Maidstone ; Bognor; Portsdown, near Portsmouth, abundant 

 in June (Moncreaif) ; Bristol ; Northumberland and Durham district, Sweethope 

 and Wall ing ton (Power). 



Zi. ater, F. (parculiis, Payk.). Ovate, pitchy-br >wn, or black, with 

 a slight bronze reflection, under-side black; antennae longer than half 

 the body, pitchy with base testaceous ; thorax very finely punctured ; 

 scutellum small, triangular ; wings present ; elytra rather broad, very 

 finely punctured, a point that will separate the species from L pulex, 

 which it much resembles ; legs long, testaceous, posterior femora pitchy, 

 anterior and intermediate femora often infuscate at base ; occasionally 

 the bronze colour is very marked. L. 1-1^ mm. 



On low plants, and also, according to Alliird, abundantly on thft common horn- 

 beam (Carpinus belulus) ; very local; London district, rare, Chatham, Dulwich ; 

 WhiUtable ; Birch ing Urn ; Deal ; Ditcliingbam, near Bunpiy, Suffolk, iibtnulant 

 (Power); Ashwicken and Wicken Fen; Markfield. Leicester ; Portsmouth ilistrut ; 

 Seaton Down, Devon; Ireland, Kathkurby, near Watertord (Power); Belfast 

 (Haliday) and Armagh (Johnson). 



Zi. abainthii, Ruts. Closely allied to L. anchuse, but distinguished 

 by its colour which is slightly bluish, and by the more strongly punc- 

 tured elytra which are less rounded at apex, and have two obscurely 

 testaceous spots on each one at apex and another at shoulder, which aru 



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