298 RHYNCHOPHORA. [Tychius, 



quite divided ; antennae red or ferruginous ; thorax with the sides 

 strongly dilated and rounded ; elytra with the sculpture concealed 1 y 

 the thick scales ; femora black or pitchy red ; tibiae and tarsi ferru- 

 ginous. L. 3-4| mm. 



Male with the anterior femora furnished with a thick fringe of 

 pubescence beneath. 



Female with the last ventral segment of the abdomen strongly im- 

 pressed transversely at apex. 



On species of vetch, &c. ; the larva has been observed on the Continent on Pisum 

 arvense, Vicia angustifolix, Vicia sepium and Orobua tuberosus ; rare ; on vetch 

 in a lane at Hampstead, also on vetch near Cambridge (S. Steven-) ; Abbot's 

 Wood ( Waterhouse) ; South Creek, Norfolk (Stephens) ; New Forest, Brocken hurst, 

 &c. 



T. venustus, F. (vernalig, Reich. ; parallela, Ol.). Rather smaller 

 on an average than the preceding, which it somewhat resembles, but it 

 may be easily known by its duller scales, different markings, and by 

 the very slightly rounded sides of the thorax ; oblong, not very con- 

 vex, black, under surface clothed with white scales, upper surface with 

 dark ashy-grey scales, thorax with the central line and sides, elytra 

 with the suture and bands towards sides, white or whitish, giving the 

 insect a banded appearance ; antennas and extreme apex of rostrum 

 ferruginous ; thorax about as long as broad with the sides very slightly 

 rounded ; elytra with fine punctured stria? which are not covered by the 

 scales ; femora obsoletely toothed, pitchy, tibiae and tarsi dusky ferru- 

 ginous. L. 2|-4 mm. 



The thorax is always banded but in some specimens the elytra are 

 unicolorons; this is the var. genistce, Boh. 



Male with the anterior femora furnished with thick pubescence beneath, 

 and the eyes less distant. 



On broom ; extremely local, but common where it occurs ; Shirley, near Croydon 

 (two hundred specimens on broom, July 2nd, 1866 (Power)) ; Coombe Wood, Darenth 

 Wood, Cowley, Weybridge, Sittingbourne, Birch Wood ; Norfolk, Suffolk and 

 Swansea (Stephens) ; Scotland, very local, Dee and Moray districts; it probably 

 occurs in other parts of England, but has been overlooked owing to its being so 

 very local. 



T. squamulatus, Gyll. (Kirbyi, Wat. ; flavicollis, Steph. 1). Oval, 

 slightly convex, black, with the rostrum, antennae and legs ferruginous, 

 very thickly covered with broad and distinct scales, which are of a 

 grey colour with a very faint yellowish tinge, so that the general tint is 

 slightly cream coloured ; thorax subtransverse, narrower than elytra, 

 with the sides slightly rounded, closely sculptured ; elytra oval, rather 

 broad, with fine striae which are almost concealed by the scales ; legs 

 squamose, with the posterior femora armed with a small but distinct 

 tooth. L. 2-2| mm. 



Male with the anteiior tibiae curved at apex. 



Chalky places; by sweeping herbage ; occasionally found in moss ; the larva feeds 

 in the pods of Lotus corniculatus ; local, but not uncommon where it occurs ; Cater- 

 ham, Mickleham, Charlton ; Suffolk ; Eastbourne ; New Forest ; Barmcuth. 



