Gymnetron.] 



REIYNCHOPHORA. 



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By sweeping herbage, in woods, on cha'ky hill sides, <fcc. ; local, bat not uncommon 

 where it occurs; Dorking, Chattenden, Chatham ;. Norfolk ; Suffolk; Ashwicken 

 and Littlington, near Cambridge ; Folkestone ; Hastings ; Arundel ; Holm Bnsh, 

 Urigbton ; Portsmouth district ; Glanvilles Wootton ; Leicestershire; North Wales; 

 Scarborough ; Mahberley, Cheshire, rare, Morecambe, common (Chappell); Heyshaui, 

 near Lauea-ter ; Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, scarce, Solway, 

 Tweed, Forth and Clyde districts; Ireland, Armagh, rare (Rev. W. F. Johnson) ; 

 the species appears to be very rare in the Midland counties. 



G. antirrhini, Payk. (noctis, Brit. Cat.). This and the two 

 following species much resemble in general appearance the species of 

 Miarut, but may easily be known by the shorter rostrum ; oblong- 

 ovate, black, densely clothed with short erect greyish and whitish pilose 

 pubescence ; rostrum short and straight, abruptly subulate from the 

 insertion of the antennae ; antennae pitchy ; thorax transverse, with the 

 sides rounded and narrowed in front, closely sculptured, almost granu- 

 late ; elytra broader at base than base of thorax, with distinct punc- 

 tured striae, interstices flat, finely rugose ; femora gradually thickeued, 

 posterior pair obsoletely toothed. L. 2|-3 mm. 



On Linaria vulgar is ; very local, but often common where it occurs; Mickleham, 

 B;rch WooJ, Dartford, Crohamhurst, Chatham; Bnshey ; Norfolk; Brandon, 

 Suffolk; Ashwicken, near Cambridge ; Birchington ; Deal; Hastings; Brighton; 

 Portsmouth district ; Shirley Warren, Southampton (abundant, Gorham); Portland; 

 Glanvilles Wootton; Devon; Reptou, Burton-on-Trent, in flood refu-e, Twyford 

 Road (W. Garneys). Ireland, near Dublin; it has not been recorded from the uorth 

 of England or from Scotland. 



G-. collinus, Gryll. Broad, oblong, slightly ovate, thickly clothed 

 with coarse fulvous grey pubescence, which is arranged in more or less 

 distinct rows on elytra; rostrum rather short, feebly curved, not 

 subulate at apex ; antennae reddish with the apex dark ; thorax very 

 transverse, with the sides rounded, closely punctured, with a more or less 

 distinct raised central line ; elytra scarcely broader at base than thorax, 

 with rather strong punctured striae, interstices flat, rugose ; legs black 

 or pitchy, intermediate and posterior femora strongly toothed, anterior 

 femora with much smaller teeth. L. 3-4 mm. 



On Linaria vulgaris ; the larva undergoes its metamorphosis in a gall at the 

 roots of the plant ; apparently very rare; C hail ton pits, Kent (S. Stevens) ; in Dr. 

 Power's collection there are two specimens from Mr. Walton's collection, and it has 

 also I believe been taken by Mr Scott, but I do not know the localities. Mr. 

 Waterhouse refers the B/iinu?a collina of Stephen's Manual (p. 218), recorded as 

 taken in Yorkshire, to O. pascuarum, but the description appears to accord with the 

 present species. 



Cr. linariae, Panz. Extremely like the preceding but very easily 

 distinguished by the fact that the femora are simple and not furnished 

 with teeth and b}' the greyer pubescence ; broad, oblong, slightly ovate, 

 somewhat depressed, black, scantily clothed with grey pubescence, which 

 is more distinct on the interstices of the elytra ; rostrum scarcely curved ; 

 thorax short, very transverse, with the sides rounded, scarcely narrower at 



