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distinct, that 'of elytra strong, evidently stronger than on thorax an- 

 terior legs yellow or reddish-yellow, posterior pairs slightly darker, with 

 outside margins of tibia; usually dark brown, rounded ; anterior tibiae 

 furnished at apex with three or four rather conspicuous sharp teeth ; 

 male with inctasternum strongly depressed, with a tubercular prominence 

 on each side of the depression about the middle ; the female presents 

 the same characters in a less degree. L. 1^-2| nun. 



Locally common ou Labiatte, especially Lamium album and Stachys sylvatica ; it 

 alto is found ou Symphytum ojficinale, &c. ; London district, generally distributed ; 

 -Amlx'rlev j Hartlebury ; llepton ; Llangollen ; Staffordshire ; Cheshire ; Lincoln ; 

 Manchester district; not recorded from the extreme northern counties of England 

 or from Scotland. 



TO- Xtunzei, Er. Very like the preceding, but larger with the an- 

 terior tibia? less strongly toothed, the punctuation of the elytra rather 

 more diffuse, and the first three joints lighter red, instead of two only ; 

 the colour is black and never shows a trace of the greenish reflection 

 which is often so noticeable in M. difficilis ; the pubescence, which is 

 very scanty, is whitish instead of blackish, as in the latter species ; the 

 metasternum of the male, which is furnished with two conspicuous 

 tubercles in M. difficilis, is in this species simple. L. 2| mm. 



On Limium album, Stachys sylvatica, Agraphis nutans, Melampyrum pratense, 

 and Mercurialis perennis ; rare; Chatham, Ueigate, Hickleham, CaterLam, Shirley, 

 Horsell, Eistry ; Llangollen; Reptcn ; Cheshire; Manchester district. 



This species is by many authors considered a variety of the preceding ; 

 if, however, we are to keep M. viduatus and pedicularius, and other 

 species as distinct, we cannot but regard 'M. Kunzei as distinct also, if 

 we have regard merely to the male characters. 



TO. morosus, Er. A very difficult species, concerning which there 

 reeuis to be considerable doubt ; it comes very close to M. memnonius, 

 from which it is said to be distinguished by having the anterior margin 

 of the forehead emarginate, and the punctuation not quite so strong, and 

 also by having the first and second joints of the antennae reddish, instead 

 of the second only ; this character, however, cannot be depended on, as 

 is plain from Mr. G. R. Waterhouse's notes (Ent. Ann. 1874. 61), 

 taken at the time he examined Erichson's collection at Berlin, in which 

 he says, "Morosus and memnonius very much alike and difficult to dis- 

 linguish ; morosus, however, has rather a shorter form, and the antennas 

 are pale throughout, whilst in incmnonius they are dusky at base and 

 apex." As regards the emargination of the forehead, on the strength of 

 which Reitter places the two species in separate divisions, this author 

 himself allows that it is slight in M. morosus, and as M. memnonius 

 has the anterior 'margin not always quite straight, a confusion might 

 easily arise. L. 2 mm. 



Ou Caltka palustrls and Labialcs ; rare; I have several specimens from IJcpton 



