356 RHYNCHOPHOEA. [Ceutlwrrliynchu*. 



thicker towards base of suture, underside thickly clothed with greyish 

 white scales ; thorax rather long, closely punctured, with a fine central 

 furrow, and with distinct lateral tubercles, rather broadly constricted 

 before apex which is not much raised ; elytra oval, with the shoulders 

 rounded, with deep punctured striae and rather convex interstices, 

 feebly roughened at sides and apex; legs rather robust, femora not 

 strongly toothed. L. 2-2| mm. 



On nettles; rare; Caterham, Micldeham, Bearsted, Maidstone, Boundstone; 

 Avnberley, near Arundel ; Portsmouth district; Llangollen; received from Mr. 

 Walton, taken, I believe, in Yorkshire (S. Stevens). 



C. rug-ulosus, Herbst. (gallicus, Gyll.; melanostigma, Marsh). Short 

 ovate, rather convex, but depressed on disc, black or brownish-black, with 

 the antennae, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous ; underside thickly clothed with 

 greyish scales ; thorax with a central line, and two other lines parallel 

 to this, of greyish scales, often more or less abraded ; elytra with lines 

 and dashes of whitish scales, which are thicker on parts of suture, and 

 with a central sutural black patch ; the pattern, however, is indistinct ; 

 thorax short, very strongly constricted before apex, with an indistinct 

 central furrow and a small tubercle on each side ; elytra short and 

 broad with rather fine striae and broad interstices, which are muricate at 

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



Male with the posterior tibiae armed with a hook and the last ventral 

 segment impressed. 



Marshy places : by sweeping herbage and often in moss and at roots of grass ; it is 

 found on CorymbifertB ; the larva has been observed in the stems of Matricaria 

 chanwmilla and Chamomilla nobilis ; local, but not uncommon ; Claygate, Norwood, 

 Forest Hill, Warlingham, Dartford, Lee, Cowley, Horsell, Birch Wood, Dulwich, 

 Faversham, Chatham, Sheerness ; Drayton, variity with hardly any markings; 

 Dagenham ; Hastings; Eastbourne; Brighton; Worthing; Isle of Wight; Ports- 

 mouth district ; Portland; Bristol; Swansea; Knowle ; Windsor Forest ; Twyford, 

 near Repton ; Northumberland and Durham district, rare ; Scotland, rare, Tweed 

 district only. 



C. melanostictus, Marsh, (concinnus, Gyll. ; lycopi, Gyll.). 

 Rather elongate, black, base of antennae, tarsi, and often more or less of 

 tibiae, reddish-testaceous or brownish yellow, underside with closely set 

 whitish scales, upper surface with brownish white, brownish and dark 

 scales, which form a distinct variegated pattern on elytra, the suture 

 being whitish except at middle where it is interrupted by a longitudinal 

 dark patch ; thorax long, scarcely constricted in front, with the central 

 line and sides pale, anterior margin only slightly raised, lateral 

 tubercles small ; elytra oblong, subqnadrate, with fine punctured stria;, 

 interstices rather flat ; femora distinctly toothed. L. 2-| mm. 



In damp places, especially in woods ; on species of Labiates, particularly Z,ycoput> 

 and Mentha ; the larva has been observed at the roots of Lycopus europceus and. 

 Mentha silvest ris ; local, and not common; Shirley, Woking, Surbiton, Lee, Bal- 

 combe, Mcrton, Cowley, Bearsted ; Folkestone Warren ; Hastings ; Anuidel ; 



