ICr. CHRYSOMELID^. 



LOCHM-ffiA, Weise. 



L. suturalis. Thorns., var. nigrita, Weise (Naturg. Insect. Deutsch, 

 vi. 614). This insect is the jet-black variety of L. sicturcdis ; it occurs 

 on Cannock Chase, and, I believe, in other localities {v. Ent, Mo. Mag. 

 .xl. (2 Ser. xv.), 1904, 183 (TomUn) ). 



GALERUCELLA, Crotch. 



G. pusilla, Duft. (Faun. Aust. iii., 230). A little smaller than 

 G. calmariensis, less marked with black on the upper side and with the 

 colour of the upper surface a little paler. It may be known by having 

 the last two segments of the abdomen entirely red. L. 3-4 mm. 



Horning, Mildenhall, New Foi-est (Dr. Sharp); Wicken Fen 

 (Champion) ; Lewes (Dollman) ; Cattield, Norfolk (Beare and Donis- 

 thorpe); Balrath, co. Meath (Donisthorpe and Nicholson). 



Bedel (Fauna. Col. Bassin du Seine, v. 279) refuses to regard this as 

 a valid species, and it is very doubtful whether it can be accepted. 

 Sharp, however, who introduces it as British (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlvi. 

 (2 Ser. xxi.) 1910, 28), is of opinion that it must stand, and it is 

 regarded as distinct in the last published European Catalogue. 



G. fergussoni, Fowler (Ent. Mo. Mag. xlvi. (2 Ser. xxi.) 1910, 

 228). Allied to G. sagittarke, but much smaller and shorter, entii'ely, 

 or almost entirely, black, the margins of the elytra and thorax 

 being often more or less lighter, usually very narrowly so ; antennae 

 with the second joint proportionately longer than the third ; the lateral 

 angles of the thorax are more distinct, and the interstices of the elytra 

 are more plainly alutaceous. L. 4-5| mm. (In vol. iv. p. 329 the length 

 of G. sagittarue should be 6-7|- mm. instead of 4-5 mm.) 



Taken first at Fossil Marsh, near Glasgow, by Mr. Adie Diilglish, and 

 .subsequently in numbers in the same locality and at Frankfield Loch, 

 Glasgow, by Mr. Anderson Fergusson. The insect occurs on the marsh 

 cinquefoil, Comarum jmlustre (the Potentilla jxilust^'is of the London 

 Catalogue) in June and August. 



This is the G. sagittarue var. B of Dr. Sharp (Ent. Mo. Mag. 1910, 

 00); it is about the size of G. lineola, from which it is quite distinct ; it 

 is evidently closely allied to G. sagittaricc, but is totally unlike the 

 ordinary examples of that species in facies. G. sagittai'ke appears to be 

 very rare or local in Scotland ; Dr. Sharp has taken it at Dabton Loch, 

 Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, and Mr. Dalglish at Milngavie, near Glasgow. 

 Both these, it must be admitted, are somewhat intermediate forms, and 

 the synonymy may require revision in the future. 



LONGITARSUS, Latreille. 

 This genus requires very careful working oat as far as our British 

 species are concerned : there are a great many eirors in our collections 



