370 PHYTOPHAGA. \_ApJit '!n>i,a. 



testaceous with the suture more or less pitchy black (the colour, how- 

 ever, never reaching base or apex), very finely and obsoletely punctured; 

 breast and abdomen black ; legs testaceous, posterior femora sometimes 

 a little darker. L. 1| mm. 



On Geranium pratemte (Crane't-bill) ; extremely locnl; first taken by Mr. J. T. 

 Harris, of Burton, at Eggington, on the banks of the Trent near Burton, and sub- 

 sequently in profusion at the same place, fit the end of August, by Mr. Harris, Mr. 

 Rye, and Mr. W. Garneys ; Dr. Power has taken it at Cowfold in the London district, 

 Hud alto met with it in profusion at Kircaldy, Scotland, at the end of August, 1869. 



A. nonstriata, Goeze (coerulea, Payk. ; pseudacori, Marsh ? ?/ 

 Foudr.). Oblong-oval, convex, upper surface bright blue; head with 

 the side-pieces of the forehead convex, antennae pitchy black with 

 the five basal joints (except base of the first) mostly testaceous ; thorax 

 transverse, with sides slightly rounded, very finely punctured, almost 

 smooth, shining; elytra with the shoulders projecting, broadest behind 

 middle, with irregular rows of thick and somewhat rugose punctuation, 

 interstices plainly and rugosely punctured, so that the upper surface ia 

 somewhat dull; legs long, with the posterior femora dark, except at base, 

 and the base of the anterior and intermediate femora and the tarsi often 

 more or less infuscate ; in the descriptions given by several authors 

 the anterior and intermediate femora are said to be entirely reddish- 

 testaceous, but this is by no means always the case ; under-side black. 

 L. 2-3i mm. 



Marshy places * on Iris pseudacorus; local, but common where it occurs ; it 

 appears to be very widely distributed throughout the greater part of the kingdom. 



A. venustula, Kuts. (euphorbia, All. ; cyanella, Foudr., nee Redt.). 

 Short oval, convex, very shining, upper surface nigro-coeruleous, under- 

 side black ; head small with two rather distinct obtuse tubercles 

 between eyes, antennae reddish-testaceous, fuscous towards apex; thorax 

 transverse, almost impunctate ; elytra with the shoulders strongly 

 projecting, much broader at base than thorax, with fine and not close 

 punctuation, which is often somewhat obsolete, interstices almost 

 smooth; legs reddish- testaceous with the posterior femora, and more 

 or less of the anterior and intermediate femora dark. L. lf-2 mm. 



On Euphorbia, especially Euphorbia amygdaloides (Wood-spurg-e); locally com- 

 mon ; London district, generally distributed ; St. Peter's, Kent ; Hastings ; Ports, 

 month district; Isle of Wight, abundant about Ventnor at the end of April ; 

 Devon ; Swansea ; Gloucester ; Bewdley Forest ; Need wood, Staffordshire ; Ireland, 

 near Dublin. 



A. atro-coerulea, Steph. (cyaneJla, Redt., nee Foudr.). Ovate, 

 short and rather broad, shining, black, elytra dark violaceous ; head 

 smooth between eyes, antennae dark with base testaceous; thorax 

 transverse, slightly narrowed in front, almost impunctate ; elytra 

 considerably broader at base than thorax, with the shoulders strongly 

 marked, with rows of moderate punctures in front, which become confused 



