Strophosomus.] RHTNCHOPHOBA. 191 



the forehead channelled; antennae fuscous, reddish at base ; thorax 

 rather short, feebly bisinuate at base, coarsely punctured ; elytra obovate, 

 with rather deeply and coarsely punctured stiine, raised at base, long in 

 proportion as compared with all the preceding species ; legs robust, black 

 or ferruginous. L. 6-6| mm. 



Male with the posterior femora strongly excised before apex, and the 

 fifth ventral segment of the abdomen slightly impressed and glabrous at 

 apex ; in the female the posterior tibiae are slightly sinuate before 

 apex. 



At roots of grass and low plants, in moss, &c.; the larva has been found in turn- 

 ing over sods ; occurs in dry sandy and chalky places and in marshes ; local ; 

 London district, Kent and Surrey, generally distributed and common (Champion) ; 

 Rudham, Norfolk ; Deal; Dover; Hastings; Southampton; Dorsetshire; Falmoutli; 

 Whitsand Bay, Plymouth; Bath; Bristol; Malveru Hills; Pindern near Repton ; 

 Dunham Park, Manchester ; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, 

 doubtful ; Murray records it as " not uncommon," but Dr. Sharp has never taken it 

 in Scotland, nor is he aware of any recorded locality. 



S. lateralis, Payk (limbatus, F. ). A very distinct species ; shining 

 black, upper surface almost glabrous ; head coarsely punctured, antennae 

 pitchy ; thorax short, coarsely punctured, with a distinct central furrow, 

 with more or less evident scanty silvery scales ;it sides, base quite trun- 

 cate ; elytra obovate, raised at base, with coarsely and deeply punctured 

 striae, and more or less scanty fine erect setae, and with a broad margin 

 of silvery scales at sides, which are also present at the base of the suture ; 

 legs pitchy. L. 4|-6 mm. 



On Erica and Calluna (heath and ling) ; very common nnd generally distributed 

 in all heathy districts from the New Forest to the north of Scotland and probably 

 in Ireland. 



EXOMIAS, Bedel. 



The insects contained in this genus were formerly comprised under 

 Bartjpeitlies Duval, but as Bedel has placed Duval's type, It. $ulcifro?i*, 

 under the Phyllobiina, a new name becomes necessary ; they are small 

 black, brownish or reddish yellow insects, in outline somewhat resem- 

 bling OtiorrhyncTius ovatus, but very much smaller and more elongate ; 

 the antennae are long and slender, the punctuation coarse, and the femora 

 more or less clavate, All the known species are found in Europe and 

 occur in moss and at the roots of low plants ; two inhabit Britain. 



I. Elytra almost glabrous ; thorax more diffusely 



punctured E. ARAXEIFORMIS, Schrank. 



(brvnnipes, QL). 



II. Elytra thickly set with long outstanding greyish 



hairs ; thorax more thickly punctured . . . . E. pELLrctotrs, BoJi. 



E. araneiformis, Schrank. (Irunnipes, 01.). Oblong-ovate, elon- 

 gate, black, pitchy or pitchy brown, shining, almost glabrous, with very 

 short and scanty greyish pubescence ; rostrum broad, rugose, with a 

 central furrow ; antennae long and slender, red ; thorax at least as long as 



