304- RHYNCHOPHOTCA. [Sibiin'a. 



yellowish brown bands which meet, or almost meet, in front ; elyl.ia 

 with a large common spot of the same colour behind scutellum, which 

 reaches at least to middle, and is usually contracted in middle and more 

 or less dumb-bell shaped ; striae fine, concealed by the scales ; legs 

 squamose or pubescent. L. 2 2| mm. 



Sandy places near the coast; very local, but sometimes in great abundance where 

 it occurs ; on and at the roots of Arenaria maritima ; Sheeruess ; Harwich ; 

 Hastings district; Portsmouth district, Southsea ; New Forest ; Lymingtou Salterns 

 (in profusion at the roots of Arenaria, at the end of August in hot sun after a thunder 

 shower) ; Isle of Wight, Black Gang Chine, Chale, Ventnor ; Chesil Beach ; Devon ; 

 it is sometimes found at the roots of grass in September and October. 



S. primitus, Herbst. Extremely like a small specimen of the 

 preceding, which it resembles in the general colour and in the mark- 

 ings of the thorax and the elytra ; it may, however, be known by its 

 narrower and considerably smaller form, and by having the whole of 

 the antennae and rostrum black or pitchy- black ; if we compare ordinary 

 specimens of both species, the scales of S. primitus appear to be darker 

 and more coppery, whereas those of S. arenarice are of a more greyish- 

 yellow tint. L. l|-2 mm. 



Sandy places; by sweeping herbage; often found in sand pits and in moss; very 

 local; "London district, not uncommon, Norwood, Shirley, Esher, Micklehain, 

 Birch Wood, Horsell, Caterham, Wimbledon, Ashtead, Chatham, Maidstone, Sheer- 

 ness, Dartford ; Ashwicken, Cambridge; Dover; Hastings district; Southsea; 

 Shirley Warren, Southampton ; Glauvilles Wootton j Yardley, near Birmingham 

 (Blatch). 



S. sodalis, Germ, (cretaceus, Bris. ; statices, Moncreaff). Oblong- 

 ovate, black or dark ferruginous, densely and entirely clothed, when 

 fresh, with short and rather broad scales which are greyish-brown with 

 a slight reddish tinge, especially on thorax, and with an indistinct 

 sutural and a still more indistinct humeral line composed of slaty-grey 

 scales, which are also scattered about the elytra ; the scutellum is 

 greyish- white and the legs, rostrum and antennae more or less ferru- 

 ginous ; underside with whitish-grey scales ; rostrum moderately long, 

 curved ; thorax transverse, with the sides rounded, constricted before 

 apex ; elytra a little broader than base of thorax, with fine punctured 

 striae (which are more or less hidden by the scales), interstices flat, with 

 rows of short white setae. L. 2-2 f mm. 



In flowers of Armfria vulgaris ; very local; taken in plenty at the Island of Portsea 

 by Mr. Moncreaff, who discovered it in the summer of 1866. 



GYMNETBJNA. 



The Gymnetrina, like the Cionina, may be distinguished by having the 

 funiculus of the antennae composed of five joints ; from the latter tribe 

 they may be known by the formation of the ventral segments of the 

 abdomen and the fact that the pygidium is more or less exposed ; 



