313 EHYNCHOPIIORA. [Gi/mnetron. 



apex than at base, closely punctured; elytra subparalleJ, with rather 

 strong punctured striae, interstices closely rugose ; antennse pitchy with 

 apex black ; legs pitchy ; in both this and the preceding species the 

 antennae are inserted further in front of the base of the antennae in 

 the male than in the female, and the abdomen is impressed at base. L. 

 3-4 mm. 



On Linaria vulgaris ; rare ; Charlton Pits, Kent (S. Stevens) ; Norfolk 

 (Stephens) ; Scotland, very rare, Forth district, " Dalmeny Park, Dr. Grcville," 

 Murray's Cat. Dr. Sharp is however of opinion that this record may apply to 

 M. campanula; Dr. Power's specimens were partly bred by Mr. Bye and partly 

 obtained from Mr. E. Brown of Burton-on -Trent. 



XVXECINTJS, German 



This genus comprises seventeen species of which fourteen occur in 

 Europe, and the other three have -been described from Algeria, Egypt 

 and Ceylon ; they are extremely closely allied to Gymnetron, from which 

 they differ in their longer and more cylindrical form and in having the 

 posterior coxae less broadly distant and the sutural angles of the elytra 

 less rounded ; in fact they have by some authors been included under the 

 last mentioned genus, but their facies is so different that it seems best to 

 keep them apart ; our three species are attached to species of Plantago 

 and the larva? undergo their transformations in galls which they form in 

 the seed-heads of the plant ; in the males the rostrum is shorter and 

 the antennas are inserted in the middle, whereas in the females it is 

 longer and the antennse are inserted a little behind middle. 



I. Elytra without lighter border ; tibiae black. 



i. Rostrum comparatively long and slender and 



strongly curved ; elytra more cylindrical and duller, 



with the strise deeper M. PYR ASTER, Herbst. 



5i. Rostrum short and thick and scarcely curved ; 



elytra less cylindrical and more shining, with the 



strise shallower . M. COL1AEIS, Germ. 



II. Elytra with a broad light border ; tibiae red . . M. CIBCULATUS, Marsh. 



1*1. pyraster, Herbst. Elongate, convex, subcylindrical, black, 

 slightly shining, clothed with scanty and tine ashy-grey pubescence ; 

 antennae pitchy-black with extreme base often red; rostrum moderately 

 long and curved, thorax subquadrate, closely and distinctly punctured ; 

 elytra long, with broad punctured strise, interstices about as broad as 

 the striae, punctured in more or less distinct rows ; legs black with 

 the tarsi ferruginous, femora with a small sharp tooth. L. 3-3| 

 mm. 



Male with the antennae inserted in the middle of the rostrum, which 

 is shorter and punctured. 



Female with the antenna? inserted a little behind the middle of the 

 rostrum, which is longer and shining. 



On Plantago lanceolata, also on P. media; the larva appears to form a sort of 



