272 BHYXCHOPHOPA. [Tlti'yofjenes. 



different in form ; the second joint of the funiculus is shorter in pro- 

 portion to the first, and the third and following ones somewhat monili- 

 form or transverse ; the thorax is less finely punctured and almost 

 without scales on disc, and the elytra have a spot before the white 

 patch behind middle more evidently denuded, and the white patch 

 itself, as a rule, more distinct; the second joint of the tarsi, moreover, 

 is shorter and sub-transverse. L. 3|-4| mm. 



Marshy places ; by sweeping reeds, &c. ; local, but common where it occurs ; Clay- 

 gate, Norwood, Shirley, Wok'mg, Sheerness, YVhitstubl , Gr.iveseud, Faversham ; 

 Norfolk; Birchington ; Shipley, near Horsham, and Rusper ; Deal; Sandwich; 

 Hastings ; Eastbourne ; Southseu and Portsmouth district ; Sandown, I-le of Wight ; 

 New Forest; Glanvilles Wootton ; Bewdley Forest; Portishead ; Swansea; Bar- 

 inouth ; Knowle, near Birmingham ; Needwood; Wellington, uear Burton-on-Treut ; 

 Horning Fen; Oxford; Yorkshire; Northumberland and Durham district, Twlzell 

 (Selby) ; Ireland, near Belfast ; the species has not apparently been found iu Scot- 

 land ; it appears to become very scarce further north than the south-midland 

 counties but to be generally locally common in the south-eastern and southern 

 districts. 



T. scirrhosus, Gyll. Very like the two preceding species, from 

 which it may be known by the clothing of the elytra which is chietiy 

 pilose, the suture being furnished with a band of scales, and by the 

 evidently stronger crenate strite on the disc of the elytra ; it is smaller 

 than the ordinary specimens of J. festucce, but in size appears to be 

 somewhat intermediate between the two species ; in the striation of 

 the rostrum it resembles the last-mentioned species, but this character 

 is much more strongly marked, and it differs moreover in having the 

 ]oints of the funiculus of the antennae and the second joint of the 

 tarsi relatively shorter ; from T. Nereis it may be known by the much 

 duller and more strongly sculptured rostrum and the more deeply and 

 closely punctured thorax, as well as by the characters before mentioned. 

 L. 3|-5 mm. 



Marshy places, by sweeping aquatic plants; not common; Esher, Horsell, Barnes, 

 Shearuess, Eltham, Mertou, Colney Hatch, Kingsbury ; Hammersmith Marshes and 

 Notting Hill (formerly); Pegwell Bay; Mopeep, near Hastings; New Forest; 

 Sutton Park, near Birmingham ; Church Stretton ; Ireland, near Dublin (McNab's 

 List). 



DORYTOMUS, Stephens. 



The members of this genus are about forty in number and are 

 peculiar to Europe, Northern Asia, and the more northern parts 

 of North America ; one or two have been described from Southern 

 Africa ; they may be recognized from the two preceding genera 

 by having the anterior legs, which are approximate at base, more 

 or less elongated, the anterior femora toothed and the thorax 

 constricted in front ; about thirty species are found in Europe, of 

 which thirteen or fourteen have been recorded as British ; they usually 

 frequent willows, sallows, aspens and poplars ; the larvee attack 

 the catkins or terminal shoots ; the sexual characters are in many cases 



