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legs also appear to be somewhat lighter in this sex, all the tibiae and the 

 anterior femora being more or less pitchy-brown or pitchy-testaceous. 



Chalky districts; on Tevcrium scorodonia, and species of Mentka ; the larva has 

 been found in the centre of the stem or at the roots of Meniha rotvndifolia ; very 

 local, but not uncommon in some places where it has occurred ; Mickleham, Cater- 

 haui, R"igate, Bearsted, near Maidstone, Faversham, Chatham, Gravesend, Chatten- 

 den; Mickleham and Riddlesdown on Origanum vulgare (Power); Arnndel ; 

 Crohamhurst. 



A. annulipes, "Wenck. (millum, Bach.). In general appearance 

 this species resembles the preceding, but differs in its shorter thorax, 

 the colour of the legs and the very robust femora ; head short and broad, 

 vertex depressed, forehead rugose] y punctured, eyes slightly prominent ; 

 rostrum about as long as head and thorax, finely punctured, shining ; 

 antennae inserted towards the base of rostrum ; thorax transverse, some- 

 what narrowed in front," less closely punctured than in A.flavimanum; 

 scutellum small, foveolate ; elytra somewhat depressed with the shoulders 

 obliquely rounded but with the humeral callosity well marked, sides 

 subparallel and very obtusely produced at apex ; interstices less dull 

 than in the preceding species ; legs robust. L. 1| 2 mm. 



Male with the antenna entirely testaceous, except the club, and with 

 all the tibiae marked with testaceous before the base and on the inner 

 side, and the femora (especially the anterior pair) very robust. 



Female with the antennae reddish at base and with the legs entirely 

 black. 



Chalky hill sides and in woods ; by sweeping herbage ; the food plant is unknown, 

 bat according to Bedel is probably one of the Labiate; very rare ; Chatham, Mickle- 

 ham and Caterham (Champion); Chattenden ; Mickleham, and Parkhurst Forest, 

 Isle of Wight (Power) ; Mickleham (S. Stevens) ; the only male taken in Britain 

 has been captured by Dr. J. W. Ellis near Liverpool, probably at Wallasey. 



A. vicinum, Kirby (incrassatum, Germ., loti, Gyll., nee Kirby). 

 Rather short and broad, convex, dull black, with rather close grey 

 pubescence which in fresh specimens gives the insect a grey appearance, 

 but is very easily rubbed; head broad and short; rostrum slender, 

 curved, a little thicker at the insertion of the antennae ; antennae inserted 

 towards base, rather slender, black with the base obscurely lighter; 

 thorax transverse rather strongly narrowed in front, gently rounded at the 

 sides, strongly and closely punctured, with a short stria before scutellum ; 

 elytra short, oval, convex, much broader at base than thorax, slightly 

 dilated behind middle, with the shoulders plainly marked, and with broad 

 strongly punctured striae which are of about the samo width' as the 

 interstices : these latter are finely shagreened ; legs black, moderately 

 stout. L. 2| mm. 



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



On Thymux serpyllum, Mentha aquatica, &c. : rare; Claygate Lane, near Esher 

 (Power) ; Windsor ; Wicken Fen ; Pegwell Bay (T. Wood) ; Southampton fBlatcb) ; 

 Ueysham, near Lancaster (Keston) ; London district, Suffolk and Yorkshire 



