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what oblong, and evidently more diffuse ; the elytra are a little more 

 ovate and somewhat dilated behind the shoulders ; the striae are 

 moderate and the interstices are furnished with single rows of feeble 

 punctures ; the colour appears to be, as a rale, of a darker blue than in 

 B. picicor-nis, but in this respect both species are variable. L. 2|- 

 3j mm. 



Marshy places ; especially on the sandy banks of rivers ; at the roots of Tanacetum 

 rulyare, <tc. ; also on Nasturtium sylvesfre and Lepidium latifolium ; very local; 

 London district, not uncommon, Putney, Hammersmith, Norwood, Egham, Walton- 

 on-Thames, Weybridge, Mickleham, Lewisham, Bearsted, Rasper, Catford, Tottenham, 

 Staines, Shooters Hill, Cowley, Horsell, Sunbury, Enfield, Chatham, &c. ; Shipley ; 

 Dover (Hall) ; Amberley ; Portsmouth district, in moss (Moncreaff) ; Seaton Down, 

 Devon (Power). 



B. chlorizans, Germ. Closely allied to B. picicornis, but rather 

 smaller, and with shorter elytra, which have the humeral angles more 

 prominent ; according to ^1. Bedel the interstices are at least three times 

 as broad as the striae, whereas in both the preceding they are only about 

 twice as broad ; this character, however, appears to be somewhat 

 variable ; the general form also is more ovate ; the closer punctuation 

 of the thorax will separate it from -B. lepidii. L. 2-3 mm. 



On CrucifercB belonging to the genus Brassica and its close allies ; the larva has 

 been observed in the lower part of the stems of B. oleracea ; extremely rare, and 

 apparently requiring further confirmation as British ; it has only hitherto been 

 recorded from Devizes by Mr. Sidebotham. 



B. analis, 01. Oblong, black, rather shining, apex of elytra broadly 

 and brightly red ; rostrum and head sparingly punctured ; thorax about 

 as long as, or a little longer than, broad, closely and strongly punctured, 

 with a smooth central line ; elytra with distinct stria?, interstices with 

 indistinct rows of punctures and a series of white hairs on each ; legs 

 punctured, with minute white hairs. L. 3| mm. 



In damp places ; extremely rare ; on Inula dysenterica ; Isle of Wight, first taken 

 by the Eev. G. J. Rudd near Ryde, and subsequently by Mr. Crotch and the Rev. A. 

 Matthews ; there is also a specimen in the York Museum ; no specimen had, however, 

 been captured for many years until Mr. Champion found one near Sandown on June 

 27th, 1887. 



B. scolopacea, Germ, (vettita, Ferris). Black or blackish. brown, 

 rather shining, sides of thorax and the elytra more or less thickly 

 variegated with whitish and brownish-yellow scales, underside with 

 rather sparing whitish scales ; the amount of scales is variable ; rostrum, 

 as long as head and thorax, punctured and furrowed ; thorax longer than 

 broad, very closely punctured, without smooth central line; elytra with 

 fine striae, interstices finely punctured ; legs black, tarsi pitchy ; my 

 specimens are much smaller than the average examples of any of the 

 preceding species, "but in this point the species appear to be variable. 

 L. 2-2f mm. 



Salt marshes; by sweeping Atriplex portulacoides (Sea Purslane), and other 



