Orchestcs.~\ 



BHYNOHOPHORA. 



o.-i>ily distinguish the species; antennae reddish testaceous, with the club 

 pitchy, scape short, inserted towards base of rostrum ; thorax with the 

 sides slightly rounded and narrowed in front ; elytra with rather deeply 

 punctured striaB, interstices narrow and somewhat convex ; legs black, 

 pubescent, tarsi ferruginous, posterior femora angularly dilated beneath, 

 posterior tibiae somewhat enlarged on their inner side towards apex.* 

 L. 2-2imm. 



By sweeping thyme and other low plants ; especially on chalkv hill sides ; accord- 

 ing to Heeger th? larva has been found in the leaves of a species of Centaurea ; very 

 local, and as a rule rare, but occasionally found not uncommonly in certain localities"; 

 Chatham , Maids tone, Mieklehum, Reigate, Caterham, Chattenden, Buckden, Cow- 

 fold ; Hertford; Folkestone; Battl , near Histings, rare; Holin Bush, Brighton; 

 Fordlauds and Woodbury, Devon. ; Knaresboroug'u (Stephens). 



O. rusci, Herbst. (bifasciatus, Gyll. ; afinis, Steph.). Ovate, black, 

 clothed with scanty greyish-white pubescence ; antennae red with the 

 scape short and inserted towards base of rostrum ; thorax transverse, 

 rather strongly and not very closely punctured ; elytra with strongly 

 punctured striae, interstices rather shinfng, scarcely punctured, with u 

 longitudinal patch at base of suture before scutellnru, and two rather 

 regular bauds, one just before and one behind middle, of thick whitish 

 or yellowish-white hair-like scales; legs black, tarsi testaceous. 

 L. 2-2| mm. 



On hazel, birch, oak, &e., in woods; apparently generally distributed throughout 

 the kingdom and common from the midland districts southwards; it is, however, le-,3 

 common further north; Scotland, scarce, Solway, Tweed and Moray district? ; 

 Ireland, Armagh and Dublin and probably general. 



O. iota, F. Oblong-ovate, black, rather dull, clothed with short 

 bkck hairs ; antennas reddish testaceous, scape and funiculus sometimes 

 pitchy, the former short, inserted towards base of rostrum ; thorax com- 

 paiatively long, narrowed in front, closely and strongly punctured, with 

 a well marked central channel, setae at sides very distinct ; elytra with 

 broad and deeply punctured striae, interstices rugose, base of suture with a 

 well marked white longitudinal patch ; legs black, tarsi ferruginous. 

 L. 2-2^ mm. 



On Myrica Gale; in boggy places ; it has also been observed on the leaves of birch ; 

 rare or rather extremely local ; Cliobham ; New Forest, where I have taken it 

 abundantly about a mile from Brockeuhurst at the end of August; it has also been 

 found near Lyndhurst by Mr. Walker; Isle of Wight near Whitchurch, also near 

 Hartley Row, Hants (S. Stevens) ; on sweet gale, Gosport, not common June and 

 July (Moncreaft'j. 



The following four species belong to the genus Tachyerget, ScIu'mJi., 

 and are characterized by having the funiculus of the antennae composed 

 of seven joints. 



O. stig-ma, Germ. Oblong-ovate, moderately convex, black, with 

 very sparing greyish pubescence, which is sometimes thicker and forms a 

 spot at scutellum ; antennae black or pitchy black, with an elongate 

 club, scape long, inserted a little in front of the middle of rostrum in 



