300 RHYNCHOPHORA. 



to the south ; the larva has been observed by Ferris in France on Melilotus macro- 

 rhiza, living in a gall on the central nervure of the leaves. 



T. lineatulus, Steph. nee Brit. Cat. (Schneideri, Brit. Cat. nee 

 Herbst.). Black or fuscous black, upper surface clothed with grey 

 pubescence, which is not very close and allows the upper surface to be 

 in part visible, so that the insect appears to be of a leaden-grey colour ; 

 sides of thorax, and a narrow central line, pale, suture broadly white ; 

 antennae red with the apical portion dark ; thorax subtransverse with 

 the sides slightly but distinctly rounded, sculpture close ; elytra with 

 rather fine striae ; legs dark with the tarsi ferruginous, tibiae sometimes 

 reddish. L. 2| mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae furnished with a small tooth on their 

 inner margin. 



Chalky places ; by sweeping herbage, &c. ; occasionally found in moss; not common ; 

 Darenth Wood; Chatham; Herne Bay; Eastbourne; Arundel Park; Portsmouth 

 district ; Isle of Wight ; New Forest ; Portland ; Devon ; Filey, Yorks (one specimen 

 taken by myself in August, 1878) ; Scarborough; it appears to be very rare further 

 north than the London and Southern districts. 



T. junceus, Reich, (curtus, Bris.). Black, Avith the upper surface 

 closely covered with rather fine but distinct oblong grey scales, which 

 are whiter on the underside and sometimes on suture of elytra ; an- 

 tennas and apex of rostrum red ; thorax almost as long as broad, with 

 the sides moderately rounded ; elytra with fine stria3 which are not 

 concealed by the clothing of the upper surface ; legs red, with the 

 femora sometimes darker. L. 2-2 j mm. 



Male with the anterior femora furnished with a distinct fringe of 

 pubescence beneath. 



By sweeping vetch and clover (Lotus and Trifoliuni), especially in chalky places; 

 local, but not uncommon where it occurs; Caterham, Mickleham, Claygate, Reigate, 

 Woking, Charlton, Horsell, West Wickham, Charlton, &c. ; Hastings; Devon. 



T. tomentosus, Herbst. Very like the preceding, but distin- 

 guished by having the clothing consisting of narrower scales or pube- 

 scence, which in fresh specimens more or less cover the striae of the 

 elytra ; the colour is somewhat variable, being sometimes grey and some- 

 times brownish grey ; the thorax is unicolorous, but the elytra have 

 occasionally a rather lighter line at suture ; the antennae, apex of 

 rostrum, and the legs are red, and the femora are simple ; the thorax 

 is as long as broad with the sides moderately rounded, the breadth being 

 a little less than that of the elytra, which are rather broad and some- 

 what cordiform. L. 2-2^ mm. 



Male with the anterior tibiae slightly curved at apex and without a 

 small tooth on their inner margin. 



Chalky and sandy places ; by sweeping vetch and other plants; local, but not un- 

 common where it occurs; Caterham, Claygate, Mickleham, Chatham, Reigate, 

 Purley, Tonbridge, &c. ; Windsor; Arundel ; Lewes; Portsmouth district; Glan- 

 villes Wootton ; Swansea; Suffolk; Knowle, near Birmingham. 



