.\I>}tthona.] PHYTOPHAOA. 371 



towards apex, interstices almost smooth ; legs testaceous, posterior fnn.i i 

 infuscate. L. H-H nun. 



Hy sweeping herbage ; often found in hay-stack refuse, most, Ac. ; according to 

 Weise, it occurs on specie* of Euphorbia, especially . etnla, a plant that it probaUy 

 not indigenous to Britain, but which lias established itself in a few localities on the 

 banks of the Tweed, and in a few localities in Southern Scotland ; locally common ; 

 London district, generally distributed ; Hustings ; Dorchester ; Hayling Inland ; 

 Bristol; Llangollen ; Wicken Fen j Hertford; Knowle, near Birmingham; 

 Northumberland and Durham district, Snnderland, Hartlepool, Wellington, Ac.; 

 Scotland, Sol way district. 



A. virescena, Foudr. (hilaris, Steph. ^ euphorbia, Schrank, Gyll., 

 ttste Weise). Oblong oval, upper surface aeneous-green, rarely bluish, 

 shining, undor-side black ; head finely wrinkled transversely, antennae 

 fuscous testaceous towards base ; thorax broader than long, slightly 

 dilated in tho middle of sides, with fine and close punctuation which is 

 plainer at sides than on disc ; elytra with the shoulders very prominen', 

 much broader at base than thorax, a little dilated behind, and separately 

 rounded at apex, with rather distinct punctuation, interstices smooth; 

 legs testaceous, posterior femora dark. L. 1^-2 mm. 



Marshy places ; by sweeping low plants ; local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; 

 Micklehain, Birdbrook, Maidstone ; Ditchingham, Suffolk ; Deal ; Folkestone ; 

 Hastings ; Featon Down, Devon ; Leigh Woods, Bristol ; Cotswold Hills ; Wicken 

 Fen, Cambridge ; Hunstanton, Norfolk ; Matlock ; Ireland, near Waterford ^ Power): 

 according to Weise, it occurs on Euphorbia cifparissia*, Beta wlgarit, aud Linum 

 luitatisgimum, and extends in range from North Africa to Siberia. 



There is some doubt as to the name that ought to be applied to this 

 insect; it does not answer to Stephens' description (111. iv. 316), 

 who describes his insect as " very black ; " I have provisionally 

 adopted Foudras' name, which is a description in itself, and avoids 

 confusion, as there is considerable doubt also as regards what is the true 

 A. euphurbice, 



A. atratula, All. 01 'long-ovate, rather narrow, black, shining ; 

 head rather broad, smooth ; antennae with the first six joints and the base 

 of the seventh reddish-yellow, and the rest black; the fifth to the tenth 

 joints are somewhat dilated at apex; thorax distinctly transverse, mode- 

 rately convex, with the sides slightly rounded, lim-ly and rather closely 

 punctured: elytra scarcely broader at base than thorax, with the shoulders 

 rounded, strongly and rather closely punctured, separately rounded at apex; 

 : iTuginous testaceous, posterior femora black : the upper surface 

 appears often to have a slight metallic reflection. L. li-lf mm. 



Chalky places; by sweeping TVucrtum, Helianthrrnvm, Ac.; very loc.il ; London 

 district, common, Caterliam, Micklcham, Croydou, Keigate, Wiirlirnrlrim. S-vt-iionLs, 

 Chutliuua ; Margate; Dover; Swuurge ; Ireland, Itathkuruy near Wutcribni l Power). 



A. herbigrrada, Curt. (ctimfKinn/fr, Redt.). Oblong-ovate, rather nar- 

 row and elongate, of an aeneous-green colour, more rarely bluish or b. 



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