Longitarsus.'] PHYTOPUAOA. 343 



diffusely, confusedly and rather strongly punctured, with the apices 

 separate ly and obtusely rounded ; legs brownish-testaceous with the 

 posterior femora pitchy black, posterior tibiae armed at apex with a very 

 short and rather stout spur ; in some specimens the suture of the 

 elytra appears to be only slightly reddish, in others broadly pitchy. L. 

 mm. 



On Scrophularia aquafica and 5. nodosa ; rare ; Headley Lane, Micklebam ; 

 Bearsted, near Maidstone ; Snodland and Staple (Kent); Bulcombe ; Hollington, 

 near Hastings ; the species WHS first described by Mr. Rye from specimens taken at 

 Micklebam in September, 1863 ; but there is a very old specimen on a point in Dr. 

 Power's collection, and there were also specimens in Mr. Laundy Brown's old collec- 

 tion, wbicb were taken near Norwich or Horning. 



Zi. auturellus, Duft. (thoracictts, Steph., All. ; fuscicollis, var., 

 Steph ). Ovate, rather short and convex, very finely punctured ; head 

 and thorax black or pitchy black, elytra testaceous with the suture 

 broadly black, under-side pitchy black, diffusely punctured ; antennae 

 fuscous with the three basal joints ferruginous ; thorax convex, shining, 

 extremely finely punctured ; wings present ; elytra much broader than 

 thorax, short ovate, with shoulders obliquely rounded, very finely but 

 somewhat distinctly punctured ; legs ferruginous, femora brown, posterior 

 pair pitchy. L. lf-2 mm. 



Male with the fifth ventral segment furnished with a smooth central 

 line. 



The var. fuscicollis, Steph., has the thorax pitchy, sometimes reddish. 



By sweeping Seneelo jacobcea and other plants ; local, bnt not uncommon and 

 generally distributed throughout the greater part of England ; Mr. Gorhara records 

 it as abundant in the Isle of Wight, and Mr. Bold as very plentiful in the Northum- 

 berland and Durham district ; the only Scotch record, however, is from the Solway 

 district. 



This species is allied to T. suturalis, from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by its shorter and broader elytra, which are more finely 

 punctured, and have the shoulders obliquely rounded, and also by the 

 much darker colour of the antennae and legs ; from L. atricillus it may 

 be separated by its shorter form and finer punctuation, and the colour 

 of the thorax which is, as a rule, much darker, and presents scarcely a 

 trace of metallic reflection. 



Zi. atricilluB, L. (fuscirollis, Foudr., nee Steph.). Oblong-ovate, 

 shining, rather convex, head pitchy, thorax red with a strong metallic 

 reflection, elytra ferruginous-testaceous, with the suture dark, under-side 

 pitchy ; antennae dark with the four or five basal joints testaceous; 

 thorax short, closely and finely, but distinctly, punctured ; scutellum 

 small, rounded ; wings present, absent or rudimentary ; elytra a little 

 broader at base than thorax, rather long, closely and distinctly punctured ; 

 legs ferruginous or reddish-testaceous with the apex of the posterior 

 femora broadly black or pitchy black ; under-side closely punctured. L. 

 l-2* mm. 



