846 PHVTOPHAOA. [Longitareus. 



On low plants, bnt I do not know to what species it is attached ; it has, however, 

 been recorded as taken in Devon by sweeping heath ; it appears to be rare, and other 

 species often do duty for it in collections, especially T. suturellut, \&r.fuscicollis, from 

 which it may be at once known by its longer form, more pronounced shoulders, and much 

 more distinct punctuation ; London district, Merton, Bird brook, Ac. ; Weston, Oxon ; 

 Ulanvilles Woottou ; Swansea ; liepton ; Bold records it as rare in the Northumber- 

 1 ni'l and Durham district, and as most frequently occurring on the sea-banks ; 

 Scotland, " Kaehills, near Edinburgh " (Stephens) ; this record, however, is not noticed 

 by Dr. Sharp in his Scotch list. 



Xi. nasturtii, F. (circumscriptus, Bach.). Very closely allied to the 

 preceding, but distinguished by its smaller size and shorter form, and 

 the closer and finer punctuation of the elytra, but especially by having 

 all the margins of the elytra very narrowly, but distinctly, dark ; the 

 general colour of the antennae and legs is also somewhat darker ; in the 

 male the posterior tibiae are curved on their lower margin, and the fifth 

 ventral segment of the abdomen is furnished with a small tubercle at 

 apex. L. If-lf mm. 



Sandy places ; on JSchium vulgare, Ac. ; rare ; Shirley, Mickleham, Lee, Clay- 

 gate, Darenth, Birch Wood, Cow fold; Ditchinghum, Suffolk; Cambridge district; 

 Glanvilles Wootton ; Enowle, near Birmingham; near Burton-on-Trent ; Strensall, 

 York. 



Zi. piciceps, Steph. (atricapillus. Redt.; picipes, All.; Foudrasi, 

 Crotch). Oblong-ovate, not very convex, rather shining, with the head, 

 breast, abdomen, suture of elytra, posterior femora, tarsal claws and apex 

 of antennae black or fuscous, and the thorax, and elytra, except suture, 

 testaceous ; the thorax is often reddish ; antennae rather long and slender; 

 thorax very finely punctured, much narrower than elytra ; scutellum 

 small, black ; wings present ; elytra with shoulders very marked, almost 

 square, sides subparallel, apex rounded, punctuation very close and fine ; 

 under-side scarcely punctured. L. 2j mm. 



Male with the fifth ventral segment of abdomen furnished with a 

 central channel, which is dilated behind into a fovea. 



On Senecio j acobeea ; very local, but common where it occurs; Darenth Wood, 

 Chatham, Shirley, Mickleham, Cowfold, Caterham ; Repton; Northumberland 

 district, Hartley and Gosforth, rare. 



It is probable that this and several of the allied species occur in many 

 more localities than are at present known ; the nomenclature, however, 

 is so confused, and the species are so closely allied that collectors either 

 neglect the group altogether, or fall into errors for want of authentic 

 types ; the synonymy given above for the present species is that adopted 

 in the last European catalogue, but it is apparently not accepted by 

 Herr Kutschera, who says that the T. atricapilla of Waterhouse's 

 catalogue, to which apparently T. piciceps must be referred (although 

 Mr. Waterhouse omits that insect altogether from the catalogue), is the 

 species described by Foudras as T. atridlla, and certainly different from 

 T. picipes, Foudr., Kutsch. (atricapilla, Redt., 1st Ed.) ; in the European 



