72 COLEOPTERA. 



Oil the head and thorax ; and the anterior tibiae are not 

 so strongly denticulated, the teeth being finer and blunter. 

 Erichson himself seems at one time to have doubted the 

 specific distinctness of this insect from M. difficilis. 



39. Meligethes ochropus, (Schiipp.) Sturm, Ins. 



Deutsch. xvi, 23, 10, Tab. cccvi, fig. h. H. i. ; Er, 



Ins. Deutsch. iii, 180, 13 ; T. J. Bold, Ent. Mo. 



Mag. vol. iii, p. 47. 



Mr. Bold records the capture of this sfjecies in May, 1855, 



near Hartley ; and I possess specimens taken in the London 



district, identical with Mr. Bold's insect, which has long 



been known to Mr. Waterhouse, but was not brought forward 



by him on account of certain discrepancies between it and 



the Erichsonian types. 



40. Meligethes Marrubii, Brisout, in Grenier's Cat. 



Col. de France et Mat., &c. 54, 70; G. R. Crotch, 



Cat. Brit. Col. ed. 2. 



Mr. Crotch (Ent. 32, p. 121) records the capture of a 



single specimen of this insect at Weston ; stating it to be 



about the size and form of M. se^^ripes, hut at once known by 



the very strong setae of the intermediate tibiae. 



According to M. Brisout (who lays no particular stress on 

 the intermediate tibiae) its thorax is longer than in that 

 species, and less sinuated at the base. 



41. Meligethes ebeninus, Forst., Uebers. des Kaf. 15; 



G. R. Crotch, Cat. Brit. Col. ed. 2; id. Ent. 32, 

 121 ; Proc. Ent. Soc. 19 Nov. 1866. 

 Mr. Crotch (Entom.) states that this species belongs to 

 the luguhris group, but is very distinct from its sparse punc- 

 tuation and very black appearance. Having only seen two 



