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underside more thickly scaled ; rostrum long ; antennae rather stout, 

 pitchy at base ; thorax convex, about as long as broad, scarcely con- 

 stricted in front, with the sides somewhat variably rounded in different 

 specimens, shallowly and rather closely punctured, with the spaces 

 between the punctures cross reticulate or finely rugose; elytra broader 

 at base thaii thorax, with the shoulders more or less marked, narrowed 

 to apex from posterior third, with plain and rather deep, scarcely visibly 

 punctured strise, interstices under a high magnifying power finely rugose; 

 legs stout, covered with fine scales, tarsi with the penultimate joint 

 strongly bilobed and the onychium short. L l|-2 mm. 



On Cuscuta europaa (Greater Dodder) and Cuscuta epithymum (Lesser 

 Dodder) ; the larva, according to Bedel, forms g;illa on the stems of the plant ; ntre ; 

 Birch Wood, Arundel Park, &c. (S. Stevens); Box Hill, near Eeigate (Power); 

 Chesil Bank (Gorham) ; Newton Abbott, Devon (Dak-). 



V. Cftamp&mw, Fowler. Rather larger than average specimens of 

 the type, with the .rostrum thicker and duller and the thorax more 

 thickly and coarsely punctured ; the shoulders also of the elytra are 

 rather more marked and broader. L. 2 mm. 



Folkestone (E. A. Waterhouse) ; between Folkestone and Dover (Champion). 

 This is the insect introduced into our lists by Mr. Champion as the true S. 

 Reichei. 



S. jungrermanniae, Reich, (cicur, Gyll. ; pygmceus, Curt., pars.). 

 Much smaller than the preceding, on an average, but closely resembling 

 it in many respects, so that it is rather hard to separate the largest 

 specimens from the smallest S. Reichei elongate-oval or oblong-oval, 

 narrower or broader (this difference may be sexual), thickly clothed in 

 fresh specimens with large scales as in the preceding species, and on the 

 underside and legs with fine scales ; thorax about as long as broad, 

 scarcely constricted before apex, with very shallow and more or less 

 diffuse variolose punctures, interstices ve-ry finely cross reticulate or 

 rugose; elytra and legs much as in the preceding species. L. \\-\\ 

 mm. 



On heath, probably on Cuscuta epithymum attacking heath; rare; as some 

 people may not agree with me in my synonymy or in joining the species, I give 

 localities under the separate names S. cicur and S. pygnueus. 



S. cicur, Gyll. By sweeping heath ; local and, as a rule, rare ; 

 London district, not uncommon ; Weybridge, Shirley, "VVoking, Esher, 

 and Chobham (Champion) ; Black Gang Chine, Isle of Wight, Wey- 

 bridge, &c. (S. Stevens) ; Boundstone (Surrey), St. Faiths (Norwich), 

 and St. Leonards (Power) ; Bournemouth ; 2s"ew Forest (Blatch). 



S. pygmcevs, Curtis. Chalky places ; by sweeping herbage ; rare ; 

 Caterham (Champion) ; Riddlesdown, nearCroydon ; Horsell and Wey- 

 bridge (Power) ; Chesil Bank ; Bournemouth and Surrey (Blatch) ; it 

 is very probable that some of these localities should be referred to 



