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Xi. gracilia, Kills. Oblong ovate, rather depressed, dinning, of a 

 whitish-testaceous colour, with the head, breast and abdomen pale 

 ferruginous and the mouth pitchy ; antennae rather long, dark with the 

 base light ; thorax very finely punctured, or almost smooth ; wings 

 present ; elytra ovate, semi-transparent, with the shoulders moderately 

 transparent, and the apices separately rounded, very finely and con- 

 fusedly punctured, the punctures being sometimes almost obsolete ; legs 

 testaceous, with posterior femora sometimes slightly darker, posterior 

 tibiae with a short spur at apex, last joints of tarsi and the claws pitchy. 

 L. l|-lf mm, 



Male with the fifth ventral segment of abdomen furnished with a 

 thin longitudinal line, and bisinuate at apex. 



On Senecio jacobeea ; locally common; Micklehum, Caterliam, Daren th Wood, 

 Bearsted near Maidstone, Bushey, Wootton, Reipate, Whitstable, Southern! ; Ulting, 

 Ktfsex ; VVicken Fen ; Hastings j Lee Valley, Devon ; Chat Moss ; Bowdon, Man- 

 chester ; Northumberland district, Sweethope (Power) ; Ireland, near Waterford 

 (Power). 



This species much resembles L. ochroleucus, but may be distinguished 

 by the absence of the black colouring at the apex of the posterior tibiae ; 

 the thorax also is broader than in that species. 



A species was described by Allard, and named by him Thyamig Poiceri 

 as closely resembling T. gracilis, but differing from that species in 

 having the vertex, scutellum, sutural margins of the elytra, breast and 

 abdomen brown, the joints of the antennae longer, the seven apical joints 

 being darker, and the punctuation of the thorax closer and more distinct, 

 and of the elytra more evident ; four specimens were taken by Dr. 

 Power at Mickleham ; Eye referred the species to T. gracilis, and says 

 that neither of the two specimens which he had seen possessed all the 

 characters given by M. Allard, which at most are not very pronounced ; 

 in the European catalogue the species is given as synonymous with 

 T. piciceps, Steph. Rye is, however, probably right in referring Dr. 

 Power's specimens to T. gracilis. 



Xi. Isevis, Duft. Oblong ovate, almost obovate, convex, shining, of 

 a pale testaceous colour, with the labrum fuscous black, under-side and 

 apex of posterior femora light ferruginous ; antennae very long, nearly as 

 long as the body, testaceous, with the last two or three joints darker ; 

 thorax convex, nearly smooth, or with a few very tine scattered punc- 

 tures ; wings absent ; elytra with the shoulders rounded and efl'aci-d, 

 almost impunctate or very finely punctured, the punctuation being more 

 visible at base; under-side obsoletely punctured; posterior tibiae with a 

 small very short spine at apex. L. 1^-2 mm. 



Male with the fifth ventral segment of the abdomen furnished in the 

 centre with a very smooth and shining blackish line. 



On Chrysanthemum, Artemisia, Ac. ; locally common and very widely distributed ; 

 Dulwich, Weybridge. Mickleham, Chatham, Shoernera, \Vhit -.table ; Dagenliain, 

 KMCX; Wicken Fen 5 Deal j Dover; Hasting*; St. Leonards Forest) Eastbourne; 



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