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Iwse testaceous, logs pitchy with the posterior femora cyaneous ; head 

 tinely punctured, antennae comparatively short and stout ; thorax twice 

 as broad as long, narrowed in front, finely punctured, the punctuation 

 '"ii>isting of larger and smaller punctures intermingled; elytra with 

 inoderate rows of punctures, interstices finely, but distinctly, punctured ; 

 in this and all the following species the posterior tibiae are short and 

 i -onsiderably arched on their under-side, and the posterior femora are 

 hroad. L. 3-3 mm. 



Chalky places ; on SoUinum dulcamara; local, but not uncommon where it oconr*; 

 Dart-nth, Esher, Croydon, Caterham, Mickleham, Wt-sterlmm, Jlaidstone, Dartford, 

 Chatham ; Hastings; Hayling Island; New Forest; (Jlanvillcs Wootton ; Homing 

 Fen, Norfolk ; Wicken Feu, Cambridge ; Ireland, near Waterford (Power). 



P. chalcomera, 111. (hyoseyami rar., Weise). Oblong-ovate, 

 subelliptical, of a deep blue colour above, antennae pitchy black, with 

 the base reddish-testaceous ; legs red or ferruginous with the posterior 

 femora nigro-aeneous ; thorax with double punctuation ; elytra with 

 rather strong rows of punctures, interstices finely but distinctly punc- 

 tured and somewhat nigose ; from the preceding species it may easily 

 bo known by its red legs, and from P. napi by its larger size and stronger 

 sculpture; it is considered by Weise (I.e. p. 821) to be merely a variety 

 of P. hyofcyami, and it certainly only diflcrs from that .-pecies in a few 

 slight particulars. L. 3-4 mm. 



On Carduus nutans and Circtea, lso on Nasturtium t^Jjicinalf ; local; London dis- 

 t'iot, not uncommon and widely distributed; Ha>tings ; Folkestone ; Kastbonrnc ; 

 Brighton : Hunstanton, Norfolk ; Yorkshire ; Scotland, Tweed and Fortb districts ; 

 it i robably occurs in many intervening localities; Ireland, Arroagb. 



P. hyoscyami, L. Very like the preceding, but of a bronze-green or 

 slightly coppery colour; \inder-side nigro-a-neous; antennae black with base 

 reddish-yellow ; legs reddish-yellow with posterior femora dark ; thorax 

 with the punctures smaller but thicker and closer than in P. etialcaniera ; 

 the punctured striae of the elytra are also, as a rule, but apparently not 

 always, deeper. L. 3-4 mm. 



On Hyoscyamus nv/er (Common Henbane) ; very rare as a rule, alt hongb occasion- 

 ally found in some numbers ; Shirley, near Croydon ( R\e) ; Merton, Surrey ( Power); 

 Manchester district, in some numbers (B. Cooke); Scotland, Fortb district, "Dal- 

 nifiiy, Mr. Greville," Murray's Cat. ; Ireland, Firhouse near Dublin. 



P. luteola, Miiller (projrint/uus, Redt. ; jtaUiila, Steph.). Elongate 

 ovate, entirely testaceous or femigino-testaceous, with the labruin, the 

 antenna. 1 towards apex, the breast and abdomen, and the posterior femora 

 in part, ferruginous or infuscate; head obsoletely punctured; thorax 

 transverse, rather thickly and very finely punctured ; elytra comparatively 

 narrow, depressed on disc, with regular rows of distinct but comparatively 

 fine punctures, which are less pronounced at apex ; the species some- 

 what resembles P. offinit, but may at once be known by its narrow and 

 more elongate form, testaceous head ar,d generally light* r colour, ami the 

 much finer punctuation. L, -i~2^ mm. 



