310 RiiYXCnoruoRA. \Gijmnetron. 



and are arranged in rows on the elytra ; thorax rather small, transverse, 

 Avith the sides rounded arid narrowed in front, closely punctured ; elytra 

 considerably wider than thorax, with rather deep punctured striae and 

 the interstices punctured in rows ; femora not very stout, simple. L. 

 lj-2 mm. 



Damp | laces, by sweeping Matricaria, Achillea, and other plants; rare; Wey- 

 bridge, Claygate, Caterham, Forest Hill, Faversham, Lee, Dorking, Birch Wood, 

 Chatham, Shirley ; Windsor Forest ; Hastings district ; New Forest ; Scotland, very 

 rare, Forth district "near Edinburgh, Dr. Lowe," Murray's Cat. ; there may be some 

 mistake as to the latter record. The species may easily be known by its size and 

 shape, the erect setse and the colour of the tibiae. 



Cr. pascuorum, Gyll. This species much resembles at first sight 

 one of the smaller species of Tycliius ; black, with or without an 

 obscure variable reddish patch towards apex of elytra, rather closely 

 covered with fine grey pubescence, which is thicker at the sides of thorax 

 than on its disc; rostrum curved ; antennae dark, with the base red, or 

 red with apex dark ; thorax not much broader than long, narrowed in 

 front, with the sides scarcely rounded, closely and finely, but distinctly 

 punctured ; elytra a little broader than thorax, with moderately deep 

 punctured striae, interstices furnished with rows of erect white setae ; 

 femora rather stout, black, tibiae and tarsi red, the latter with the claws 

 and apex of onychium pitchy. L. 1|-1| mm. 



Male with the antennas inserted a little behind the middle of the 

 rostrum which is short, and with .all the femora armed with a small 

 sharp tooth. 



Female with the antennae inserted at the posterior third part 

 of the rostrum which is long and slender, and with all the femora simple. 



Chalky and sandy places ; by sweeping herbage; according to P. Bargagli (quoted 

 by Bedel) the larva has been found in the seed heads of Plantago lanceolata , local 

 but not uncommon and widely distributed from the Midland districts southwards ; 

 Weybridge, Claygate, Caterham, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells; Pegwell Bay ; Deal ; 

 Folkestone; Hastings district; Portsmouth district; New Forest; Isle of Wight ; 

 (ilauvilles Woo i ton ; Devon; Bewdley ; Repton ; Church Stretton, Cheshire; 

 Sherwood Forest; Heyshaui, near Lancaster; very rare towards the north; not 

 recorded from the Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, very rare, Tweed 

 distr.ct only. 



G, lab ills, Herbst. (tricolor, Marsh). Oblong, slightly ovate, black, 

 upper surface clothed with rather scanty ashy white pubescence, which 

 is thick upon the scutellum and in fresh specimens on a spot at base of 

 thorax opposite scutellum; elytra with two oblique and irregular 

 reddish transverse bands, interrupted at suture, and variable ; rostrum 

 scarcely curved; antennae ferruginous with apex darker, club large; thorax 

 transverse, with the sides rounded and only slightly narrowed in front, 

 closely punctured ; elytra scarcely broader at base than base of thorax, 

 with deep and rather close striae, interstices finely rugose ; femora stout, 

 without teeth, dark, tibiae and tarsi red ; occasionally the elytra are dark 

 with the apex only red. L. 2-2 mm. 



