Ifiiltica.'] FHYTOPHaGA. 357 



Male with the first joint of the anterior torsi dilated, almost as broad 

 as the third joint, and with the last segment of the abdomen sparingly 

 punctured and pubescent in middle, with a shallow impression which is 

 deeper towards apex ; the intromittent organ is subtruncate and rounded 

 at apex, and is produced m the middle of the apical margin into a small 

 point. 



Marshy places; on Epitob'ium, and according to Weise on Lylhrum *a'icara; 

 lot-ally common; Esher, Suodland, Chatham, Soutliend, Cowley, Bearted near 

 Maidstone ; Norfolk Fens ; New Forest ; Ryde ; Glanvilles Wootton ; De?on ; 

 Swansea ; Barmouth ; Knowle, near Birmingham; Hunts; not mentioned in Dr. 

 Sharp's Scotch list, but recorded by Stephens from Edinburgh (it is, however, quite 

 possible that the record applies to another species) ; Ireland, near Belfast. 



Varieties of this species occur, not uncommonly, in which the elytra 

 are obsoletely snlcate longitudinally, or are furnished with two or three 

 sharply raised, and more or less distinct, costse, which are sometimes 

 interrupted. 



B. ericeti, All. Oblong ovate, with the sides of the elytra sub- 

 parallel until behind middle, and thence gradually narrowed to apex, 

 upper surface greenish-blue, with the elytra more shining than in the 

 preceding species ; head with the vertex scarcely punctured, and 

 furnished with a small impression, frontal tubercles distinct, antenna 

 dark, with the third joint twice as long as second ; thorax transverse, 

 with sides slightly rounded and narrowed in front, very finely punctured 

 on disc, more plainly at sides and towards anterior angles, which project 

 and are moderately callose ; the transverse furrow before base is scarcely 

 continued obliquely at each side as in H. lythri; elytra not much 

 broader at base than thorax, with the humeral callosities not strongly 

 marked, with the punctuation stronger than in the preceding species, 

 but somewhat variable, and with the interstices of the elytra more 

 finely alutaceous, so that the upper surface is more shining ; legs dark, 

 metallic. L. 4^-6 mm. 



The male is said to be the H. longicollis of Allan! ; it differs in having 

 the thorax only a quarter broader than long, and the transverse furrow 

 before its base shorter ; the thorax is extremely finely punctured, and 

 the punctuation of the elytra, as a rule, is finer than in the female ; 

 this point, however, is variable ; the basal joint of the anterior tarsi is 

 strongly dilated triangularly ; owing to the greater length of the thorax, 

 the elytra appear to be comparatively short ; the intromittent organ it> 

 shaped at apex as in //. lythri. 



On heath (Erica tetralit, Ac.) ; local ; Wimbledon, Esher, Mickleham, Woking, 

 Chobbatn ; Hastings ; New Forest ; Bournemouth ; Kepton ; Chat MOM ; York 

 (Crotch) ; Scotland, local, Solway and Moniy districts ; Ireland, near Waterford. 



Herr Weise, in his table of species (I.e. p. 831), mentions this species 

 as an inhabitant of Southern Europe, and gives no further description of 

 it ; on p. 845 he mentions the Graptodera Imgicolli* of Allan! as a 

 variety of H. okracea ; Allard's (/. ericvti, however (and Weise refers 



