252 OLAVICORXIA. [Meligethes. 



M. incanus, Sturm. Dull black, of about the size of M. umlrosus, 

 of exactly oval outline, tbickly and finely punctured, with tine cross stria- 

 tion between the punctures, and clothed with fine and distinct greyish- 

 brown pubescence ; antennae black or brownish, with the first two joints 

 lighter ; thorax a fourth broader than long, narrowed in front, about as 

 broad at base as elytra ; legs pitchy, anterior tibiae reddish-brown, dilated 

 towards apex, with three or four rather strong irregular teeth near apex, 

 of which the last but one is usually the most prominent ; male with the 

 metasternum broadly impressed. L. 2|-2f mm. 



Only a single specimen is known as British, which was taken by Mr. G. R. Water- 

 house in Darenth Wood, in July, 1859, on Echium vulgare ; it also occurs on Solanum 

 dulcamara and species of Nepeta ; it is ratlier closely allied to M. ovatus, but is more 

 closely punctured and duller, and the pubescence is lighter. 



M. ovatus, Sturm (fuliyinosus, Er., ). Oval, convex, shining 

 black, rather thickly clothed with fine blackish pubescence; antenna: 

 black with the first three joints red ; thorax about a fourth broader than 

 long, narrowed in front, about as broad at base as base of elytra ; punc- 

 tuation of upper surface close, but stronger than in the three preceding 

 species ; legs stout, dark ferruginous or pitchy, anterior tibiae strongly 

 dilated with three or four large teeth at apex which are very variable ; 

 male with a strong tubercle at the extremity of the last segment of abdo- 

 men, and with the anterior tarsi conspicuously dilated ; according to 

 Lrisout, this species may easily be distinguished from its allies by the form 

 of the extremity of the elytra, the posterior margin of each being slightly 

 sinuate, with the sutural angle a little prolonged and rounded, but this 

 character in many cases appears not to be very evident. L. 2-2| mm. 



On Labiatce ; local ; London district, not uncommon and generally distributed ; 

 Suffolk ; Amberley ; Nettlecomb, Somerset ; Lee (North Devon) ; Chat Moss, on 

 flowers of Galeopsis ; banks of Bollin, Cheshire ; not recorded from the midland or 

 northern counties of England or from Scotland. 



M. fiavipes, Sturm (flavicornis, Mill.). Black, rather shining, 

 more or less oblong, somewhat thickly and finely punctured, with rather 

 thick and fine greyish pubescence ; antemue yellow or yellow-red ; thorax 

 at base quite as broad as elytra, only a quarter broader than long ; legs 

 brownish-yellow, anterior pair lighter ; anterior tibiae armed with fine 

 teeth, which become gradually larger towards apex, and are variable in 

 different specimens ; in fact these teeth are so much stronger in some speci- 

 mens that the species might perhaps with some reason be referred to 

 the preceding group ; on the whole, however, it is best placed here ; the 

 anterior tarsi of the male are strongly dilated. L. l|-2 mm. 



On LabiatcK, Umbelliferce, Ballota nigra, Melilotum, Cirsium lanceolatum, &c. ; 

 locally common ; London district, common and generally distributed; Whitstable ; 

 Deal; Eastbourne; Glanvilles Wootton ; Lancaster, on broom; Northumberland 

 district. 



Itt. picipes, Sturm. Short oval, rather convex, black, with a 



