Ajnon."] RHTXCHOPHORA. 149 



larger, with the forehead strongly striated between the eyes and the 

 thorax closely, strongly and rugosely punctured ; on the rostrum there 

 is a distinct central carina prolonged almost to the insertion of the 

 antennae, and the thorax is impressed behind on each side at base ; the 

 male may be distinguished from the same sex in A. apricans by its 

 short, almost subulate, rostrum and longer antennae, and the female may 

 be known by its more strongly arched rostrum ; all the femora are red 

 (the anterior coxae and trochanters being also of that colour) ; the 

 anterior tibiae are very dusky testaceous and the other tibiae are black. 

 L. 2f-3 mm. 



On Ononis spinosa and other species of Ononis ; cbiefly on the coast in Britain, 

 hut it is found throughout the greater part of Europe ; locally abundant ; Herne 

 Bay; Whitstablej Dover; Hastings; Shipley, near Horsham; I?le of Wight; 

 Wailasey, Cheshire ; Dr. Sharp has taken it in profusion on the South coast on 

 Ononis spinosa and 0. arvensis ; the larva lives in the pods of the plants. 



A. trifolii, L. (testicum, Germ., flacipes, Laicb, 1 F.). This 

 species is very closely allied to A. apricans, but maybe distinguished by 

 having the anterior trochanters pitchy and the four posterior trochanters 

 black, whereas in the latter species they are all rufous ; the antennae are 

 relatively shorter and are entirely black ; the rostrum is very little curved 

 in either sex, and the general form is shorter; the average size, moreover, 

 is considerably smaller. L. 1^-2 mm. 



On the red clover ; nnt so abundant as the preceding, but generally distributed and 

 more or less common from the midland comities southwards; rarer further north. 

 Northumberland and Durham district, rare ; Scotland, Sohvay district, " llaebills, 

 Her. W. Little, Murray's Cat." ; it probably occurs commonly in Ireland. 



A. B-yei, Blackburn. This species may be an extreme form of one 

 of the closely allied species, and requires further confirmation ; according 

 to the description given in the Entomologist's Monthly Magiizine 

 (xi. 128), it may be separated from all the rest in the group with the 

 femora and anterior tibia? alone reddish-yellow, by its short, broad, 

 sparingly punctured thorax, which is scarcely, if at all, longer than 

 broad, and has its sides very evidently rounded ; it is most nearly allied 

 to A. apricans (fagi), from which it difters in its shorter and more 

 strongly bent rostrum, and in its antenna?, which have a darker base. 

 L. 2^ mm. 



Taken sparingly by Mr. C. Lilley and the Rev. T. Blackburn in the Shetland 

 Islands, in July, 1874. 



A. dichroum, Bedel (flavipet, Brit. Cat., 1 F.). This and the 

 succeeding species are easily distinguished from all the others in the 

 group by having all the tibiae entirely red or reddish-yellow ; from A. 

 nigritarze the present species may be known by its larger size, and also 

 by having the rostrum black in both sexes, and the anterior coxae yellow- 

 red in the male and black in the female ; the forehead is plainly striated 

 between the eyes, and the thorax is subcylindrical, very closely and 



