266 RHVNCUOPHORA. 



short, depressed ; rostrum as long as head and thorax, curved, stout., 

 more or less distinctly rugose, rufo-testaceous or ferruginous ; antennae 

 red, with the club sometimes darker, pubescent; thorax about as long 

 as broad, more or less constricted in front, sides moderately rounded, 

 closely and deeply punctured ; elytra with the sides subparallel, narrowed 

 at apex, with rather fine punctured striae, alternate interstices slightly 

 elevated and furnished with scattered erect thick white setae ; legs 

 shortish, stout, pale ferruginous and pubescent. L. 3 mm. 



On Matricaria chamomilla very local, but not uncommon where it occurs; 

 Caterliam, Claygatc, Lee, Chatham, Sbeerness, Cow ley ; Stratford; Portsmouth 



(J. J. Walker) j Lumps Poud, Southsea (Moncreaff). 







PROCAS, Stephens. 



Five species from Europe and Northern Africa are recorded in the 

 Munich Catalogue as belonging to this genus, but they seem to have 

 been confused : according to Bedel one species occurs both in Europe 

 and Africa (P. armillatus, F.), one in Asia (P. liguttatus, Faust), and 

 a third in North America (P. Lecontei, Bedel) ; the first of these species 

 is very rare, and hardly shows itself except during the cold season ; all 

 day it remains buried in the ground without any indication of its 

 whereabouts being left on the surface ; the upper surface is almost with- 

 out scales; antennae geniculate, 12-jointed, rather long and slender, 

 inserted near apex of rostrum, club oblong-ovate, acuminate ; rostrum 

 long, rather slender, and curved; eyes depressed; thorax with the sides 

 rounded, the base bisinuate, and the disc convex ; scutellum minute, 

 rounded ; elytra oblong-ovate, rather long, much broader at base than 

 base of thorax, with the shoulders well marked; femora subclavate, 

 without a tooth. 



P. armillatus, F. (Steveni, Gyll. ; picipes, Marsh; granulicollis, 

 Walton). Black, almost without scales or pubescence, at most with 

 slight ashy pubescence on upper side and some ashy scales beneath ; 

 rostrum rugosely punctured wioh a more or less distinct central carina, 

 antennas red or ferruginous ; thorax very closely and rather strongly 

 punctured with a smooth central raised line; scutellum pubescent ; elytra 

 with distinct punctured striae, interstices finely granulate ; legs black or 

 pitchy black, pubescent, tarsi reddish, with joints 1-3 furnished beneath 

 with rather long hairs, apex of tibise more or leas thickly clothed with 

 whitish pubescence. L. 4-7 mm. 



Marshy places ; usually not far from the sea ; under stones, at the roots of trees, 

 in moss, &c., in winter and spring ; very rare ; Battersea Fields, Bristol and Norfolk 

 (Stephens) ; received from the late Mr. Hemming who took it near Brighton (S. 

 Stevens). 



V. granulicollis, Walton. This variety, which Walton considered a 

 separate species, is smaller than the type, and has the head foveolated, 



