354 EHYNCHOPHORA. [Ceuthorrkynchus. 



moderately strongly punctured, with the anterior margin scarcely raised, 

 broadly and not strongly constricted before apex, with a deep central 

 furrow and small lateral tubercles ; elytra with comparatively fine and 

 distinctly engraved striae, interstices rather broad, flat, interstices rugose, 

 not strongly muricate at apex ; femora with small and inconspicuous 

 teeth. L. 3-3| mm. 



Male with a rather blunt hook at apex of posterior tibiae. 



On Sisymbrium officinale ; local and usually rare ; Barnes and Lee (Champion) ; 

 Lee (Sharp) ; Tottenham (AVaterhouse) ; Putney ; Hammersmith and Belvedere (S. 

 Stevens and Power ; Dr. Power took twenty-two specimens at the former place on 

 August 18, 1867) ; Lewisham; Portsmouth district (Moncreaff). 



C. verrucatus, Gyll. (Uguttatus, Boh.). Kather a large and con- 

 spicuous species ; oblong-ovate, rather depressed on disc, dull black, with 

 the underside and a spot at base and another at apex of elytra thickly 

 clothed with whitish scales, remainder of upper surface with brown scales ; 

 single white scales are also dotted over the interstices ; rostrum mode- 

 rately long ; antennae inserted before middle of rostrum, more or less 

 ferruginous ; thorax rather long, with a central greyish-brown line, 

 strongly constricted before apex, anterior margin raised, finely and very 

 closely punctured, with indistinct central furrow and small lateral 

 tubercles ; elytra with fine and narrow, scarcely punctured, striae, inter- 

 stices broad and flat, only slightly muricate at apex; legs in part 

 reddish-brown, femora dark, toothed. L. 3-4 mm. 



On the Horned Poppy or Sea Poppy (Glaucium lufeumj ; very local, but common 

 where it occurs; Southend ; Bopeep, near Hastings; Worthing; Hayliug Island, 

 common in autumn ; Mr. Moncreaff, who has taken it in this locality, says that it is 

 found at the roots among the dried leaves of the plant, and that it feigns death for a 

 long time, so that much patience has to be exercised in searching for it ; Seaton 

 Beach, Devon, in abundance (Power) ; it appears to be confined to the south- 

 eastern and southern coast, where it probably occurs wherever the food plant is 

 found. 



C. resedas, Marsh. Black, depressed on disc, with scanty light- 

 fuscous scales above and thick brownish-grey scales beneath ; tibiae, 

 tarsi and apex of femora reddish ; at the base of suture there is a shiny 

 spot of light scales ; the sides of the thorax are also more thickly clothed 

 with scales, as also are certain parts of the elytra ; rostrum long ; thorax 

 rather long, constricted in front, closely and strongly punctured, with 

 a central furrow marked by a line of scales, and small lateral tubercles ; 

 elytra with fine striae and broad flat interstices, muricate at sides and 

 apex ; legs rather stout, femora strongly toothed. L. 2| mm. 



On Reseda luteola and R. lutea ; very local and, as a rule, rare; Gravesend ; 

 Greenhithe; Strood ; Chatham; Dover; Deal; Arundel; Eastbourne; Portsmouth 

 district ; Freshwater, Isle of Wight ; Swansea ; Suffolk ; Cromer, Norfolk (abundant, 

 J. J. Walker). 



C. punctigrer, Gyll. Short oval, black, sparingly clothed with fine 

 cinereous scales above, and with a conspicuous patch of white scales at 



