Hypera.~\ RHYNCHOPHORA. 231 



Iflted iu front and strongly contracted 



behind H. PLANTAGINIS, De O. 



bj. Size smaller ; thorax with the sides 

 very slightly rounded and scarcely 

 contracted behind H. TRILINEATA, Marsh. 



cf. Elytra without any marked variega- 

 tion ; antenna; entirely red ; thorax 

 transverse oval ; rostrum with a dis- 

 tinct channel opposite the upper border 

 of the scrobes H. MELES, F. 



df. Elytra closely covered with uniform 

 green, sometimes brown, scales ; size 



small H. NIGR1EOSTBI3, F. 



H. punctata, F. The largest of our species ; broad and robust, 

 dull- black, clothed with greyish brown or grey scales, which are Iroadly 

 lighter on the sides -of thorax and elytra; rostrum short and broad; 

 thorax slightly widened in front, but with the sides nearly straight, 

 thickly punctured, with a more or less obscure central line of lighter 

 scales ; elytra ovate, much broader at shoulders than thorax, interstices 

 alternately obscurely lighter and darker, sometimes with fascicles of 

 darker scales, every other one slightly raised, punctured striae rather 

 deep, erect setae distinct ; antennae red, legs dark with tibiae obscurely 

 red. L. 7-10 mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae rather strongly and the intermediate 

 tibia? slightly curved #nd armed at apex with a rather distinct hook ; 

 abdomen slightly impressed at base and apex. 



Female with the anterior tibiae scarcely curved and the intermediate 

 straight and armed with an obsolete hook ; abdomen even. 



On species of Trifolium ; in moss, at roots of plants, &c. ; otten found crawling 

 on walls and palings, and occasionally by sweeping herbage; common and generally 

 distributed throughout the kingdom. 



H. fasciculata, Herbst. (fasciculosa, Steph.). Black, densely 

 clothed with white ; fuscous, grey or yellowish-grey, with small black 

 patches and markings, which cause the upper surface to appear strongly 

 variegated; head short, covered with white scales, antennae ferruginous ; 

 thorax with the sides rather strongly rounded in front and contracted 

 behind, with three lines of light scales, disc thickly punctured ; elytra 

 with rather deep, but obsoletely punctured, striae, and convex interstices, 

 furnished especially towards apex with rows of setae, very prettily varie- 

 gated, with an immaculate more or less distinct semicircular spot 

 (sometimes reduced) in middle of sides, and another at shoulders (often 

 obscuie), lighter; the suture is light, chequered with black fascicles, of 

 which there is a longer one at apex, and these fascicles are present on 

 other interstices ; legs long, more or less ferruginous, femora squamose 

 and variegated. L. 6 mm. 



Sandy places near the sea ; under Erodinm cicrtarium ; according to Scb-odto on 

 Geranium molle ; extremely local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; the ch-.ef 



