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conspicuous ; eyes flat ; rostrum with a plain central furrow ; thorax 

 about as long as broad, very closely punctured, with the sides almost 

 straight and the anterior margin raised ; elytra with fine, but distinct, 

 punctured striae, gradually narrowed for posterior third ; antennae and 

 legs red, club of the former, and the femora pitchy or black. L. 

 4-4j mm. 



By sweeping vetches and other plants ; occasionally in moss in winter; not uncom- 

 mon and generally distributed in the London and southern districts ; common in the 

 Midlands and as far north as Yorkshire ; less common further north ; Scotland, not 

 common, Solsvay, Tweed and Forth districts ; it is probably widely distributed in 

 Ireland. 



As Mr. Eye observes (Ent. Monthly Mag. I. p. 230), the smaller size, 

 more depressed eyes, and longitudinal bands of colour, distinguish this 

 species from S.flavescens, with which it agrees in many points of struc- 

 ture. Its depressed eyes, metallic hue, and shorter, more robust, and 

 less parallel elytra separate it from S. lineatus; and the very prominent 

 eyes of S. tilrialis at once distinguish the latter insect, which resembles 

 in markings the greenish-grey specimens of S. suturalis : S. suturalis, 

 when.quite fresh, is sometimes a very brilliant insect, of a coppery red 

 colour, and is the prettiest of all our species, but it is very easily abraded 

 and not often seen in its best condition. 



S. ononidis, Sharp (guttulatus, Chevr.). Closely allied to the 

 preceding species, but differing in being rather larger, less cylindrical, 

 not so convex, and clothed with scarcely metallic scales ; its eyes, more- 

 over, are a little less prominent, not so circular in outline, but more 

 elliptical; the elytra are not so strongly punctate-striate and the inter- 

 stices are quite flat, instead of being slightly convex ; underside clothed 

 with greyish scales. L. 4-4| mm. ' 



On Ononis spinosa ; very local; first recorded by Dr. Power from Herne Bay in 

 September, 1865, and subsequently by Dr. Power and Mr Champion ; Whitstable 

 (Champion) ; St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight (one specimen taken by myself in the early 

 spring of 1882); Heysham and Lancashire (Keston); Dr. Power had apparently 

 taken the species at Herne Bay in 1854, and it was most probably mixed with his 

 suturalis. 



S. lineatus, L. Black, upperside clothed with fuscous scales, 

 which are lighter on three lines on thorax, and on the elytra are more or 

 less lineated, but the latter are very variable, and sometimes quite uni- 

 colorous ; head with a central furrow, eyes moderately prominent, an- 

 tennae rather long and slender, red or ferruginous ; thorax transverse^ 

 with the sides moderately but evidently rounded, anterior margin some- 

 what raised, finely and very closely, but rather distinctly punctured ; 

 elytra long and parallel, with rather fine, but distinct, punctured striae ; 

 legs moderately long, femora dark, tibiae and tarsi red or ferruginous ; 

 underside thickly clothed with ashy or greyish scales. L. 4-5 mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae curved, and armed with a small hook, 

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