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striated between eyes, the sculpture being, however, variable, eyes 

 rather prominent ; rostrum subcylindrical, rather stout, evidently punc- 

 tured, but somewhat shining in front ; antennae inserted just before 

 middle of rostrum; thorax distinctly longer than broad, parallel- 

 sided and cylindrical, diffusely finely and minutely punctured, with 

 a dorsal furrow before scutellum, which is variable in length and 

 breadth ; elytra obovate, with strong catenulately punctured sulcate 

 strise, interstices convex ; legs black, robust. L. 2 3^ mm. 



Male with the rostrum slightly curved, one and a half times as long 

 as the thorax; female with the rostrum twice as long as thorax. 



On Lotus major, L. cornic-ulaius and Orobus ; often found in moss in winter ; 

 local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; Shirley, Caterham, Mickleham, Coombe 

 Wood, Chatham, Whitstable, Dartford, Sheerness, Maidstone, Horsell, Claygate, 

 Dorking, Gravesend, &c. ; Littlington, near Cambridge ; Ashwicken ; Hertford : I?le 

 of Wight ; Exeter ; Gloucester ; Hopwas Wood, Tarn worth ; Trench Woods ; York- 

 shire ; Wallasey, Cheshire ; Walton says that he has taken it plentifully on Lotus 

 major in June and July in several places in the north and south of England. 



GROUP 16. 



Species small, Mack, without pubescence, rostrum long and slender, 

 femora pitchy at apex (probably on a leguminous plant). 



A. filirostre, Kirby (morio. Germ.). A small, rather shining, 

 black, glabrous species ; head finely striate between eyes, which are not 

 prominent; rostrum long, filiform, slightly curved, somewhat dilated at 

 the insertion of the antennae, finely pnnctuied; antennae inserted near 

 middle, slender ; thorax a little longer than broad, distinctly but rather 

 finely and not very deeply punctured, with a short and fine fovea or 

 stria before scutellum which is punctiform ; elytra rather convex but 

 depressed towards base, rounded at sides and widened in middle, with 

 broad and rather deep punctured striae, and slightly convex shagreenod 

 interstices ; legs rather long and slender, female sometimes with a broad 

 testaceous ring at the apex of the anterior femora. L. 1|-2| mm. 



Male with the rostrum longer than in female 



Chalky and sandy places ; by sweeping low plants ; occasionally found in moss ; it 

 probably lives on a leguminous plant; local and not common; Mickleham, Cater - 

 ham, Warlingham, Reigate, Dorking, Birch Wood, Charlton, Dartford, Chatham, 

 Riddlesdown, near Croydon, Bushey, Kusper, near Maidstone, &c.j Arundel; Brighton; 

 Exeter ; Suffolk ; Trench Woods, BromsgroYe. 



GROUP 17. 



Black, pubescent, species, rery strongly dilated behind, pear-shaped (on 

 furze and broom). 



A. striatum, Kirby (atrafitlum, Germ.). Short and broad, much 

 dilated behind, black, dxill, clothed with fine greyish pubescence ; head 

 rather broad, rugosely punctate between eyes, vertex with a smooth 



