232 RHYNCHOPHORA. [Hypera. 



locality is Deal sandhills where large numbers have been taken; S.mdwich ; Ports- 

 mouth district ; Swansea; Devon; " Isle of Thanet and in Norfolk; more coiutnou 

 in Scotland " (Stephens) ; Scotland, maritime, extremely local, Forth and Clyde 

 districts. 



K. arundinis, Payk. Black, densely clothed with compact greyish- 

 yellow or reddish-brown scales, which are rather brighter at sides of 

 elytra and cover both the upper and the underside ; thorax with three 

 lighter lines ; head convex, with a longitudinal impression between the 

 eyes ; rostrum rather long, pubescent, with the apex glabrous ; antennae 

 black with the base pitchy ; thorax subcylindrical ; elytra scarcely 

 broader than thorax, with faint punctured strife ; legs black, sparingly 

 pubescent. L. 7-7-| mm. 



On Sium latifolium ; the larva has been observed on this plant and on Slum 

 angustifolium in France ; very rare ; " taken in marshy places near Exeter, and I 

 believe in Norfolk," Stephens; Dover (Hall); Titchfield River, Portsmouth (Mon- 

 creafF) ; Dr. Power has a single specimen in his collection labelled " Lewis, 1861." 



XX. rumicis, L. Black, variegated with rather shining ashy- white 

 and yellowish-brown scales ; head thickly punctured, vertex squamose ; 

 rostrum almost straight ; antennae dull ferruginous, with the club darker ; 

 thorax subcylindrical, with two fuscous longitudinal bands; elytra with 

 fine punctured striae, thickly clothed with ashy- white and brownish 

 scales, with a subquadrate spot at scutellum, and some minute scattered 

 dots, fuscous or black, a patch on each elytron behind middle near 

 suture being immaculate ashy-white or at all events lighter than the 

 rest of the elytra ; legs pitchy. L. 4|-5^ mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae curved, the abdomen impressed at base, 

 and the club of the antennae elongate. 



Female with the anterior tibiae almost straight, the abdomen convex 

 at base, and the club of the antennae less elongate. 



. On species of Rumex (dock), also on Polygonum aviculave ; generally distributed 

 tiiid common throughout the greater part of the kingdom ; in some districts, how- 

 ever, it appears to be local ; Mr. Bold records it as rare in Northumberland and Dur- 

 ham, but it appears to be not uncommon in Scotland as far north as the Moray 

 district. 



XI. pollux, F. (adspersa, F.). Black, variegated with ashy-white or 

 yellowish-brown scales; head finely punctured, pubescent; rostrum 

 glabrous at apex, scarcely curved ; antennae red or ferruginous, with the 

 club darker ; thorax with the sides slightly rounded, subcylindrical, 

 closely and rather strongly punctured, with two fuscous lines; elytra 

 with fine punctured striae, interstices irregiilarly tessellated with small 

 subquadrate blackish spots, the third towards apex and one or two at 

 margin being more or less white ; legs black with the apex of the tibiae 

 and the tarsi somewhat ferruginous ; the colour is somewhat variable, 

 the prevailing tint being sometimes grey and sometimes a warm 

 yellowish-brown; this is also the case with other allied species. L. 

 S-Gg mm. 



