100 COLEOFTERA. 



acutely produced, and its pygidium is not very much longer 

 than the apex of the abdomen, instead of being conspicuously 

 attenuated and elongated. 



Thomson gives another not very satisfactory character, in 

 the existence of a greater number of oblique lateral striae on 

 the tibiae and first joints of the tarsi of the posterior legs in 

 hrevicauda. 



145. Bruchus lentis, Bohem., Act. Mosq., 10; (Gyll.) 



Schon., Syn. Ins., i, 70; Redt., Faun. Austr., 671 ; 

 J. A. Power, Proc. Ent. Soc, 1 Nov., 1869; Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., vi, 172. 



ulicisj Muls., Op. Ent., 5S, 38 (Stein). 

 Taken by Dr. Power at Birch Wood and Gravesend 

 (three specimens in all) in May and June last. 



Of the British species it seems nearest to B. loti, and to 

 be somewhat depressed, with no tooth on the sides of the 

 thorax, and with brownish-grey and white spots, the first 

 four or five joints of the short antennae reddish, the anterior 

 legs entirely and the tibiae and tarsi of the middle legs red- 

 dish-yellow. 



It is stated to be destructive to lentils. 



146. Bruchus vici^, Oliv. ; Schon., 1. c, 100; Kraatz. 



nigripes, Gyll., Schon., 1. c, 66 ; J. A. Power, 1. c. 



Two specimens of this insect have been taken by Dr. 

 Power, in May last, at the Devil's Dyke, near Brighton. 



In this species the side of the thorax is slightly toothed ; 

 the legs are entirely black ; the first four joints of the an- 

 tennae are reddish, the second joint being distinctly smaller 

 than the third ; and the whole insect is black, with whitish- 

 grey pubescence disposed in spots. 



It is intermediate between luteicornis and loti, of our 



