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central furrow extending for its whole length ; scutellum small ; elytra 

 oval and convex, broadest about or a little behind middle, with strong 

 punctured striae and shagreened flat interstices which are about the 

 breadth of the striae ; legs black, long and slender. L. 2-2^ mm. 



Male with the rostrum longer, stouter and more strongly pubescent 

 than in female. 



Ou Onnnis spinosa and var. campestris ; the larva lives in the pods; locally 

 abundant and generally distributed, but apparently more common in the south and 

 near the coast than in inland and midland districts ; Scotland common, Solway, 

 Tweed, Forth and other districts ; in Ireland it is most likely general. 



A. Spencei, Kirby (tfifrtMtffn, Gyll.). Oval, rather short, convex, 

 black with the elytra blue or greenish-blue, tinely pubescent, sometimes 

 almost glabrous, rather dull ; head broader in male than in female, 

 vertex punctured and striated and with a strong fovea between eyes 

 which are convex and prominent ; rostrum stout, curved, dull and 

 punctured at base and more shining in front ; antennre filiform, black 

 with the base often ferruginous, inserted at about the middle of rostrum ; 

 thorax slightly transverse, narrowed in front, coarsely but not deeply 

 punctured, with a central furrow reaching beyond middle and deepened 

 behind; seutelluui large, furrowed ; elytra rather short, widened behind 

 middle, with the shoulders well marked and with broad punctured 

 strias, interstices flat, about as broad as the striae, finely shagreened ; 

 legs black, rather long and slender. L. 2j-2^ mm. 



M:ile with the rostrum shorter than in the female, the vertex of head 

 more plainly impressed, and the body more pubescent. 



On Vicia wacca ; local; London district, not common, Cootnbe Wood, Horsell, 

 Shirley, Kingsbury (Middlesex), Hampstead, &c. ; Henley; Suffolk; Margate; 

 Hastings; Hampshire ; Thoruess Bay, Isle of Wight ; Glanvilles Wootton ; Devon ; 

 Chat Moss ; Repton, not uncommon ; Harrogate, Scarborough, and o f her places in 

 Yorkshire; Bidston and Wallasey, near Liverpool, common; Northumberland and 

 Durham district ; Scotland, Solway, Tweed, Forth and Tay districts. 



A. ervi, Kirby ($ lathyri, Kirby). Oval, short, dull-black, very 

 finely pubescent ; head broad, striated between eyes which are large 

 and projecting and bordered with white hairs ; rostrum curved, thicker 

 at base than in front, base shagreened and dull, front part shining ; 

 antennae slender, inserted about the middle of rostrum ; thorax a little 

 longer than broad, plainly narrowed in front, with strong close punctua- 

 tion and an abbreviated central furrow ; elytra oval, enlarged behind, 

 with plainly punctured striae and flat interstices, which are scarcely 

 broader than the stria?; legs black, elongate. L. 2-2| mm. 



Male with the rostrum duller, straighter, shorter and ttouter than in 

 female, and with the antennae entirely yellowish-red ; in the female 

 the antennae are dark towards apex and have the basal joints yellowish- 

 red. 



On Lathyrus pratensis and species of T't'c/a ; common and generally distributed, 

 throughout the kingdom. 



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