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The larva of L. corcmatus is described by M. Valery Mayet in Bedel's 

 Khynchophora (I.e. p. 96): Length 15-18 mm.; body elongate, foot- 

 less, white with the exception of the head, with white hairs on each 

 segment; stigmata nine on each side, ferruginous; head ferruginous, 

 elliptical, vertex deeply furrowed ; prothorax emargiuate for the recep- 

 tion of the head ; meso- and metathorax very short with two transverse 

 folds on the dorsal aspect, underside of all three thoracic segments with 

 small warty locomotive triangular nipples ; abdomen composed of nine 

 segments, anal segment with four lobes, the lateral pair being much the 

 most developed ; these larvae appear to take two years for the accom- 

 plishment of their metamorphoses ; they live in the earth and attack 

 the cultivated carrot and probably other Umbelliferae ; they are hatched in 

 the summer or autumn and pass the winter in the root of their food plant ; 

 in spring they leave it and appear to exist all the summer, according to 

 M. Fallou, on their. " reserves physiologiques," not appearing until the 

 following spring in the perfect state. 



I. Elytra almost glabrous, or at most with a few yellowish 



hairs on each ; disc of thorax uniformly punctured ; 



average size smaller L. CORONATPS, Goeze. 



II. Elytra with patches of yellowish-grey pubescence 



scattered over their whole surface ; disc of thorax with 

 larger and smaller punctures intermingled ; average 

 size larger L. GEBMAJTTS, L. 



It. coronatus, Goeze (anglicanus, Steph. ; germanus, Gyll. nee 

 Goeze). Black, rather shining ; head and rostrum distinctly, but not 

 strongly punctured ; antennae pitchy ; thorax nearly as long as broad, 

 with sides rounded just before apex, uniformly and distinctly punctured, 

 with a more or less distinct smooth central line, base and apex with 

 navescent hairs, which are also present on four more or less distinct spots 

 placed transversely, two on each side of disc ; elytra coriaceous, without 

 definite rows of punctures, nearly glabrous, but with a few vellowish hairs 

 in fresh specimens ; abdomen on both sides with a series of navescent 

 spots, and the breast with yellowish hairs ; legs black, all the femora 

 with an acute tooth. L. 12-15 mm. 



Male with the centre of base of abdomen and the last segment im- 

 pressed. 



In moss, under stones, &c.; often found crawling about roads and on grass stems; 

 according to Bedel it is found on Umbelliferae, especially ChcerophyUum (Anthriscus) 

 sylvestre (the Wild Chervil) ; the larva, as stated above, has been found in the roots 

 of' Daucus carota ; very local, but not uncommon in some districts ; Chatham, Lee, 

 Birch Wood, Dareuth Wood, Dulwich, Forest Hill, Hammersmith, Shirley, Belvedere, 

 Maidstone; Hertford; Ashdovyn ; Dover t Folkestone; Sandgate; Hayling Island ; 

 i'ortsdown Hill, Portsmouth ; Brading, Isle of Wight ; Bath ; Swansea ; Ireland, 

 Portmarnock (rare). 



Ii. g-ermanus, L. One of the largest, if not the largest, of all our 

 indigenous Curculionidae ; black, rather shining, with yellow hairs dis- 

 posed in three irregular patches on each side of thorax and a number of 



