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tinguished by its much shorter and broader head and much more pro- 

 minent eyes ; the rostrum is shorter and stouter and the thorax less 

 narrowed in front and more coarsely punctured ; the elytra also are 

 shorter and the size appears, on the average, to be smaller ; the male 

 lias the rostrum a little dilated in the middle, and slightly gibbose 

 beneath at the insertion of the antennae. L. fH-2| mm. 



On Yicia cracca and other LeguminostB ; local; London district, not common, 

 Chatham, Mickleham, Woking, Caterham, Ashtead, Horsell, Colney Hatch, Claygate, 

 Reigate, Birdbrook, Kingsbury Reservoir ; not recorded from the southern counties ; 

 Midland counties, general (\V. G. Blatch); Repton (Garneys); Bollin Valley, Cheshire ; 

 Spital, near Liverpool ; Northumberland and Durham district, Waliiugton, &c. ; 

 Scotland, Forth district, "near Edinburgh, A. Murray," Murray's Cat. 



A. meliloti, Kirby (bifoveolatum, Steph.). A rather large and 

 very elongate species,. with the elytra rather depressed; black with the 

 elytra bluish or greenish-blue, pubescence very fine and scanty ; head 

 rather narrow, strongly punctured, striated and somewhat depressed 

 between eyes, which are slightly prominent, hinder part near thorax 

 smooth and shining ; rostrum rather shining, slightly curved, moderately 

 long, plainly punctured, marked usually with striae between the antennas, 

 which are inserted about the middle ; thorax as long as broad, with sides 

 subparallel, very slightly rounded, coarsely punctured, posterior angles 

 sharp, stria before scutellum fine ; scutellum oval, furrowed ; elytra elon- 

 gate, with sides widened a little behind, and with punctured striae, and 

 plainly shagreened interstices which are broader than the striae ; legs 

 black, not long ; size very variable. L. 2-3| mm. 



Male with the rostrum shorter stouter and duller than in female. 



On ifeltiotus officinalis and If. arvensis , also on Trifolium officinale ; the 1-irva 

 mines the stems ; local, but common where it occurs ; Hammersmith, C'harlton, 

 Shirley, Bearsted, near Miudstone; Windsor; Arundel ; Cowes, Ryde, and Thorness 

 Bay. Isle of \Vi_'ht ; iJitcliingham, Norfolk; Knowle, near Birmingham ; Hopwas 

 Wood, Tain worth ; Trench Woods, Bromsgrove; Reptou ; recorded by Stephens from 

 Yorkshire, hut I know of no locality further north. 



A. scutellare, Kirby (Kii-byi, Germ., angustatum, Gyll.). This 

 species bear a strong superficial resemblance to the preceding, but may 

 at once be known by its colour, which is slaty black, and its more coarse 

 and strongly marked pubescence : the club of the antenna? is more elon- 

 gate, and the stria? between the eyes are finer and more numerous ; the 

 elytra have the shoulders more strongly marked, and the legs are more 

 strongly pubescent ; as in the preceding species the rostrum is shorter 

 and stouter in the male. L. 2|-3| mm. 



On furze. Ulex Europoeus and U". nanvs ; local, hut not uncommon in some districts ; 

 London district, not uncommon, Esber, Wokiug, Weybridge, Chailton, Shirley, Leith 

 Hill, Cobham, Coombe Wood ; Wimbledon and Horsell (Power), on Potentilla 

 tilla ; Guestling; Bournemouth; Lyndhurst ; Shirley Warren. Southampton; 

 Devonshire, Xewtoii and Exeter ; Yardley. Sutton, and Knowle, near Birmingham ; 

 Barrnouth ; Derbyshire, Hcptou, c. ; Yorkshire ; Bidston, near Liverpool ; not 



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