Lonyitarsua.] PHYTOPHAGA. 349 



preceding by its darker and more or less ferruginous colour, smaller size, 

 rather stouter antennae, and more closely punctured thorax and elytra ; 

 the latter are much narrower, with the punctuation arranged in distinct 

 rows towards base, and have a less gelatinous appearance; from L. 

 favicornis and pellnddus it may be known by its smaller size and 

 much stouter antennae, of which the five or six apicnl joints are blackish ; 

 it is also much more coarsely punctured than the latter species. L. 1$~ 

 If mm. 



By sweeping herbage; very rare; Caterham (Champion); Mr. Rye also record* 

 two specimens from his own collection without locality ; it is very much to be 

 regretted that so many valuable localities are lost to us, owing to the fact that Mr. 

 Bye never labelled or numbered his specimens. 



Xi. cerinus, Foudr. Oblong-ovate, reddish or ferruginous-testaceous, 

 labrura brown, tinder-side ferruginous ; antennas testaceous, darker 

 towards apex ; thorax finely punctured ; wings present ; elytra mode- 

 rately strongly and somewhat rugosely punctured ; legs testaceous, 

 posterior femora darker at apex ; from the preceding spe ies it may be 

 known by its very finely punctured thorax, and from L. bal/ota, which 

 it considerably resembles, it may be distinguished by having the under- 

 side ferruginous instead of black, and by the somewhat less strong 

 punctuation of the elytra, which appears to be somewhat variable as 

 regards its arrangement. L. 1| mm. 



By sweeping herbage ; very rare; Mickleham (Eye); Dr. Ellis records it doubt- 

 fully from Wallasey, near Liverpool ; the character of the ferruginous under-side is 

 very misleading, as, unless the specimens are fully matured, those species which are 

 distinguished by having the under-side pitchy bltu-k appear to have this part more 

 or less reddish ; it must, then-fore, be rnly considered in conjunction with other 

 characters, and if possible in a number of specimens ; in species like the present, of 

 which only one or two British examples are recorded, it is extremely hard to deter- 

 mine with exactness their real identity. 



Xi. flavicornis, Steph. (rubiflinottus, Foudr.). Ovate, convex, upper 

 and under surface ferruginous, mouth pitchy, head antennae and legs 

 testaceous, posterior femora darker; antennae long, slightly paler at 

 base ; thorax a quarter broader than long, evenly rounded at sides, 

 convex, closely and strongly punctured; scutellum triangular; win^s 

 absent ; elytra at base scarcely wider than base of thorax, dilated in 

 middle, and narrowed behind, forming a regular oval, shoulders com- 

 pletely effaced, apices separately rounded, punctuation deep and strong ; 

 the entirely testaceous antennae and strong punctuation will separate 

 this species at once from all our other members of the genus. L. 2|- 

 2 mm. 



On Eupaforium cinnabinum, &c. ; rare ; Micklcham ; Cluygnte ; Cowley ; Ditch- 

 ingham, Suffolk; Wicken Feu; Hastings district; Lee Valley, North Devon; 

 li.irnwood, Gloucester ; Hepton. 



This is the last of the more coarsely punctured species ; in those that 

 fulluw the punctuation is either fine, very fine or almost absent, that of 

 L. rutilus alone being intermediate. 



