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also is more cylindrical and less strongly punctured : in general appear- 

 ance it more closely resembles A. htematodes, but may be known by the 

 punctured temples, the shape of the eyes and the stouter rostrum. 

 L. 3-3| mm. 



On Rumex ; also, according to Mr. Champion, on sallows, and by sweeping in 

 grassy fields, on the borders of woods, &c. ; not common ; Sydenham, Hampstead, 

 Chatham, Claygate, Walton-on-Thames, Dulwich, Cowley, Birch Wood, Faru 

 ham, Sandhurst ; Deal ; Hastings ; Arundel ; Plymouth ; Northumberland and 

 Durham district ; Scotland; Solway, Tweed and Tay districts ; Ireland, near Water- 

 ford. 



A. haematodes, Kirby (frumentarium, Payk., L. ?). Of a pale san- 

 guineous colour, which is, however, darker in some specimens than in 

 others, slightly pubescent, dull ; head about as long as broad, finely and 

 closely punctured, temples and throat impunctate behind, rostrum 

 rather short, curved, shining, dark at apex ; thorax almost cylindrical, 

 rather finely and very closely punctured ; elytra oval, dilated, rather 

 long, with punctured strise and subcouvex interstices ; claws and apex 

 of tibise often black : it is a smaller species than either of the two pre- 

 ceding. L. 2^2| mm. 



Male with the rostrum shorter and more pubescent. 



Sandy places; on Rumex acetosella ; the larva, which is of an orange colour, lives 

 in a gall on the central ridge or petiole of the leaf ; also on Teucrium scorodonia ; 

 somewhat local, but not uncommon, and generally distributed throughout the king- 

 dom as far north as the Orkney Islands. 



A. rubens, Steph. This species is easily distinguished from all the 

 other red species by its smaller size, narrow and subparallel form and 

 short broad head, as well as by its more evident pubescence ; the rostrum 

 is comparatively slender, strongly curved, finely punctured and rather 

 shining, dark at apex ; thorax subtransverse, scarcely rounded at sides, 

 finely and closely punctured, with an obsolete furrow before scutellum ; 

 elytra with well marked shoulders, sub-parallel, with strong punctured 

 striae, interstices convex; legs rather -short, claws black. L. 2 mm. 



Male with the rostrum shorter and thicker than in the female. 



Sandy places, on Rumex acetosella, Teucrium scorodonia, &c.; local, but not un- 

 common in some districts; Esher, Shirley, Wey bridge, Wimbledon, Coombe Wood, 

 West Wickharn ; Essex ; St. Leonard's ; New Forest ; Bournemouth ; Shirley 

 Warren, Southampton ; Glanvilles Wootton (abundant) ; Blackdown, Devon (rare) ; 

 Swansea; Barmouth; Knowle, near Birmingham; Ashwicken ; Chat Moss; Sher- 

 wood Forest ; Liverpool district (rare); Scotland, Balmuto, Fifeshire (Power). 



A. sang-uineum, De G. Oblong-obovate, of the form of A. viola- 

 c?um, finely pubescent, colour dull sanguineous ; head about as long as 

 broad, more coarsely punctured than thorax, vertex not punctured at 

 sides ; rostrum in the male shorter and thicker than in the female, rather 

 dull, distinctly punctured to apex, almost straight ; in the female long, 

 cylindrical, glabroiis and shining, with scattered minute punctures, tip 

 pitchy ; thorax longer than broad, feebly rounded at sides, more narrowed 



