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place this specimen apparently came ; there is no reason why it should not be a 

 British species, and it is better, therefore, not to omit it altogether; it occurs locally 

 in Norway and Sweden and France). 



Zi. alg-irus, L. (angustatus, F.). A large and conspicuous, robust, 

 and rather broad species ; cylindrical, black, with fine and scanty grey 

 pubescence, which is thicker on the underside and very sparsely 

 powdered with yellow or yellowish grey ; head finely punctured, eyes 

 flat ; rostrum moderately long and stout, slightly curved, rather coarsely 

 punctured, with a small longitudinal channel between the insertions of 

 the antennae ; thorax rugose, slightly narrowed in front, anterior margin 

 smoother, base with a more or less prolonged longitudinal channel before 

 scufellum ; elytra depressed at seutellura, with distinct rows of punc- 

 tures, without process at apex. L. 12-17 mm. 



On thistles; also according to Bedel on various species of low-growing Malvacece: 

 very local ; London district, very rare, Sydeuham (Stephens) ; Shoreham, Hickstead, 

 &c., Sussex (Stephens) ; Pairlight, Hastings, local (Power, S. Stevens, &c. ); Faygate, 

 near Rusper (Gore). 



It. bicolor, 01. (vilis, Rossi ; lateralis, Steph.). Elongate; black, 

 with grey or brown pubescence and thickly powdered with a yellowish or 

 yellowish-chestnut powder which, together with the pubescence, is very 

 easily rubbed off, so that good specimens are difficult to procure ; rostrum 

 with a central cariria ; eyes depressed ; antennae red or pitchy red, club 

 often darker ; thorax longer than broad, with sides very slightly rounded 

 and narrowed in front, rugnsely punctured, with a broad yellowish Avhite 

 band at margins, which in quite fresh specimens is continued as a 

 light brownish yellow band on the margins of the base of the elytra ; 

 elytra with fine punctured striae ; apex of each obtusely rounded ; legs 

 black, with thick pubescence ; size very variable. L. 5|-12| mm. 



Sandy places near the const; beneath and at roots of Erodium cicutarium ; ex- 

 tremely local ; the chief locality is Deal sandhills, on which considerable numbers 

 have been taken ; Isle of Thanet, near Sandwich, in June (Stephens) ; Sandwich, 

 sandhills (Gorham); Portsmouth district (one specimen by sweeping, Moncreaff ); 

 there is also a doubtful record from Plymouth. 



Zi. filiformis, F. (elongatus, Goeze, nee Germ ). One of the smaller 

 species ; elongate, black, with grey pubescence powdered with yellow ; 

 thorax with four yellow lines ; rostrum almost as long as thorax, closely 

 punctured, iudis-tinctly channelled at base ; antennae ferruginous, scape 

 scarcely longer than the two first joints of the funiculus taken to- 

 gether; thorax conical, with a deep transverse impression in front, very 

 closely punctured ; pubescence of the dorsal bands almost woolly : 

 elytra scarcely impressed at base, separately rounded at apex, with the 

 pubescence uniform (var. rufitarsis, Boh.) or condensed in uneven 

 patches ; legs dark, with the tarsi ferruginous. L. 4|-9 mm. 



On various species of thistles, especially Carduus nutans and crispvs : one ex- 

 ample only was found by Mr. Sidebotham, when beating oak or birch, in a planta- 

 tion on the side of Roundwey Hill, near Devizes, Wiltshire, early in June, 18G4. 



