Erirrhinina.\ BHYXCHOPHORA. 265 



with the suture at least clothed with short 



scales ; eyes rounded, subconvex .... THKYOGEKBS, Bedel. 

 II. Anterior femora toothed DOBTTOMUS, Steph. 



OHTHOCJETES. Germar. 



This genus comprises four or five species, which are confined to 

 Europe ; our single representative is a small dull insect, somewhat 

 elongate, with very strong raised setae on the alternate interstices of the 

 elytra, and with the shoulders not marked ; it is found at the roots of 

 plants and exactly resembles the ground on which it occurs, being in 

 fact often covered with an incrustation of dirt, somewhat after the 

 fashion of Georymis. 



O. setig'er, Beck. Oblong, pitchy brown, but usually covered with 

 mud and dust so that it appears dull grey ; rostrum rather long and 

 stout, carinate ; antennae red-brown ; head and thorax covered with 

 rough recumbent grey hairs, the latter subquadrate, rugosely punctured ; 

 elytra elongate-oval, with deep punctured strife, alternate interstices 

 raised, with a row of stout and erect whitish-yellow seta?. L. 2^ 2| 

 mm. 



At roots of low plants, especially Senecio jacobeea (Ragwort), Ramee acetosella, 

 &c., in sandy and chalky places ; also in moss ; very local but widely distributed and 

 not uncommon in some districts, especially in the Sontb ; Caterham, Croydon, Shirley, 

 Bos Hill, Wokiug, Ripley, Paversham, Mk-kleham, Gowley, Weybridge, Chatham, 

 Sheerness, Sonthend, Epping Forest ; Birdbrook, Essex ; Hertford ; Wicken Feu ; 

 Lhtlington, Cambridge (one specimen, Power); Kingsgate; Dover; Deal; Hast- 

 ings ; Lewes ; Holm Bush and Kemp Town, Brighton ; Hayling Island ; Portsmouth 

 district ; I>le of Wight, Ventuor, fo. ; Chesil Beach ; WVymonth ; Glanvilles 

 Woottou ; Whitsand Bay, Plymouth ; Woollacombe Sands, Deron ; Scotland, Tweed 

 and Forth districts (recorded on Murray's authority, Dr. Sharp having seen no 

 Scotch specimens); Ireland, Portmamock. Mr. Monereaffhas taken the species I'M 

 cop. on flowers of ragwort in April, and snys that in autumn and winter it is to be 

 met with iu dead leaves at the base of this plant. 



PSEUDOSTYPHIiUS, Tournier. 



This genus contains three European species ; the type P. pilumnus 

 has usually been included under Erirrhinus, but it differs considerably 

 from that genus and in size and general appearance more closely 

 res mbles Orthoc'Tsteg, from which it may be known by its well marked 

 shoulders ; the rows of coarse raised setas on the elytra will easily dis- 

 tinguish it from other allied species ; the antenna? have the second joint 

 of the funiculus much shorter than the first and somewhat rounded, 

 the tarsi are short with the second joint transverse, and the femora are 

 not toothed. 



P. pilumnus, Gyll. (setiger, Ferris.). Oblong-ovate, pitchy or 

 reddish brown, thickly clothed with pale grey depressed scales; head 



