212 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
3. BRACHYPTERUS URTICJE. 
Kugellan, in Schneid. Mag. 561. 2 (1794). Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 231.5 (1843). Sturm, Deutschl. 
Faun. xv. 28. 5. taf. 291. fig. C (1844). Erichs. Naturg. Ins. Deutschl. iii. 132. 5 (1848). 
Dermestes Urtice, Fabr., Payk. 
Cateretes Urtice, var. 8, Illig. Kaf. Preuss. 395. 2 (1798). 
; Gyll, Duftschm., Steph., Heer, Schónh. 
Strongylus abbreviatus, Herbst, Kaf. iv. 190 (1792). 
Scaphidium scutellatum, Panz. Faun. Germ. 4. 11. 
Meligethes erythropus, Marsh., Steph. 
Cercus rufilabris (Dej. Cat. 136, ed. 1837). 
Piceo-subzeneus, nitidus, tenuiter griseo pubescens, punctatus, antennis pedibusque rufis ; 
prothorace lateribus postice sinuatis. Long. $-1 lin., lat. $ lin. 
Habitat in Europa frequentissimus. 
Var. A. Totus piceus, prothorace lateribus postea minus sinuatis et minus reflexis. 
Habitat in America boreali. 
Convex, brown, with a slight brassy tinge, sparingly clothed with griseous pubescence, 
moderately deeply punctate. The thorax nearly as broad as the elytra, but only half as 
long, with the sides rounded, but sinuate in front of the posterior angles, which are 
expanded and somewhat reflexed, truncate both before and behind, and the posterior 
angles obtuse. The elytra somewhat tumid. The fourth segment of the abdomen very 
short. Antennz and legs rufous. The mouth, and apex of the thighs reddish brown. 
The commonest of all the species ; feeding in great numbers everywhere in Europe on 
the nettle ( Urtica dioica), especially when in bloom. It is found also in North America. 
Dr. Leconte has sent me a specimen from Pennsylvania, which only differs in the follow- 
ing respects: it is a little smaller, and wholly piceous; the sides of the thorax before 
the posterior angles are less sinuated and the angles less reflexed. These differences are 
too slight to allow me to do more than record it as a variety (var. A, supra). 
4. BRACHYPTERUS AFFINIS. 
Cateretes affinis, Heer, Faun. Col. Helv. i. 411 (1841). 
* Statura omnino B. Urtice, oblongo-ovatus, castaneus, confertim subtilius punctatus ; 
pronoto transverso, angulis posticis rotundatis; antennis pedibusque testaceis. 
Long. £ lin. 
* Habitat in montibus subalpinis prope Linthal." 
I have not seen this species. Prof. Heer says it is exceedingly like B. Urtice, but is 
distinguished from it by a finer punctuation and by its thorax being a little longer. 
Subalpine districts in Switzerland (Linthal, &c.). 
5. BRACHYPTERUS FULVIPES. 
Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 231 (1843). 
Statura B. Urtice, niger, nitidus, dense punctatus et cinereo pubescens; thorace lateribus 
medio subangulatis ; = سد موي‎ EN his clava picea. Long. $ lin. 
Habitat in Sardinia. ; 
