354 FHYTOPHAGA, [Lonjittirsiis. 



New Forest; Barn wood, Gloucester j Ilepton ; Northumberland and Durham district, 

 not uncominon; Scotland, Forth district, and probably general in the South; Ireland, 

 near VVaterford. 



Zi. pellucidus, Foudr. (testaceus, All.). Allied to the preceding, 

 from which it may be known by its more prominent shoulders, and the 

 more distinct punctuation of the elytra, as well as by having the 

 posterior femora more broadly ferruginous, and the breast and abdomen 

 pitchy, the latter being obscurely testaceous at apex ; the antennae are 

 long, scarcely darker at apex, and the apex of the labrum is infuscate; 

 thorax rather distinctly punctured ; wings absent or rudimentary; elytra 

 not strongly but distinctly punctured, with the shoulders distinct, 

 although rounded, and the sutural apical angles very obtuse ; under-side 

 somewhat variable in colour, the colour being as above described in 

 mature specimens, but lighter in those that are immature. L. lf-2 mm. 



On Trifulium and Mentha ; local, and, as a rule, not common ; Mickleham. Darenth 

 Wood, Croydon, Birdbrook (Essex), Maidstonc, Wbitstable, Sheerness ; Ditching- 

 ham, Suffolk ; Hunstauton, Norfolk ; Wicken Fen ; Isle of Wight ; near Reptou 

 (W. Garneys). 



Thomson records twenty-six species of this genus from Norway and 

 Sweden, but only nine are mentioned in Dr. Sharp's Scotch list; a 

 few have been found in Scotland besides these, and Dr. Sharp remarks 

 that the species are probably more numerous than those he records ; it 

 is evident, however, that the genus is rare in Scotland, and only sixteen 

 have apparently occurred in Northumberland and Durham. 



HAZiTICA, Geoffrey. (Graptodera, Chevrolat.) 



This genus contains rather more than a hundred species, which are 

 very widely distributed, representatives being found in almost all the 

 temperate and tropical regions of the world ; they are characterized by 

 having the anterior coxal cavities open behind, and the thorax furnished 

 at base with a transverse furrow, which is, however, not bounded by a 

 longitudinal fold on each side ; the head is furnished with distinct 

 frontal tubercles ; the general form is oblong, and the species are always 

 winged ; the colour is blue or greenish-blue ; there are about a dozen 

 European species, of which six or seven are British ; they are, however, 

 in several instances so closely allied that it is very difficult to determine 

 the m with accuracy, and, in spite of its being so small in point of numbers, 

 the genus is really one of the most difficult that we have to deal with ; 

 the shape of the male iutromittent organs seems to afford important 

 points of difference, but they are in many cases obscure, and require to 

 be studied, if possible, in fresh specimens, or in specimens that have been 

 mounted with this organ exserted in such a position that it can easily be 

 examined; I have, therefore, not made much use of the characters to be 

 drawn from them, but a complete table is given by Weise (Naturgesichte 

 der Insecten Deutschlands, vol. vi. part v. page 829), to which the 

 student of the group is referred ; the chief distinctions lie in the presence 



