186 CURCULIONID^. 



strife, which are sometimes obsolete, 

 the interstices flat or feebly convex; 

 body glabi-ous or very finely and 



sparsely pubescent. L. 3-3J mm. B. araneiformis, Schranh 



{brunni2)es, 01.) 

 Rostrum feebly dilated at the apex in 

 both sexes, and also more parallel ; 

 thorax somewhat closely and 

 coarsely punctured, a narrow 

 smooth space down the middle ex- 

 cepted ; elytra convex in both sexes, 

 very coarsely and deeply punctate- 

 striate, the punctures closely 

 placed and the strise deep to the 

 apex, the interstices more or less 

 convex ; body distinctly pubescent, 

 the elytral interstices each with a 

 regular series of decumbent hairs. 

 L. 3-3| mm. . . . . B. pyren.eus, S'eidl. 



E. pellucidus, Boh., may be distinguished from both these species 

 by its thicker and longer pubescence, and, as a rule, by its colour, apart 

 from other diflferences. E. j^yrenceus has been taken by Mr. J. H. Keys 

 in the Plymouth district (Radford, Lipstone Park, Bovisand, and 

 Whitsand Bay) at roots of grass, in faggots, under bark, and by 

 beating hawthorn. It originally occurred in the Pyi^enees, and has 

 also been taken in the woods of Calvados, France; it is probably 

 overlooked owing to its superficial likeness to E. araneiformis. 



Mr. Halbert records the capture of a specimen by Mr. R. Gordon, 

 taken amongst grass on the banks of the River Tolka, near Finglas, 

 Ireland, in September 1908 (Irish Nat. 1910, p. 32). 



LIOSOMA, Stephens. 



L. troglodytes, Rye, is only a variety of L.pyrenaium, Bris., diflfer- 

 ing in having the thorax more regularly punctured, the upper [surface 

 less shining (the thorax appearing duller) and the general shape a little 

 less oblong. The small size is of no importance, as Z. j^yrenceum varies 

 greatly in this respect. There is no doubt in the matter as M. Bedel 

 at the request of Mr. Champion compared a specimen of L, troglodytes 

 with the type of L. pyrenoium. 



BAGOUS, Schonherr. 

 In the Entomologist's Record for 1902, vol. xiv. p. 149, Mr. ISTewbery 

 publishes a valuable revision of the British species of this difficult genus, 

 with notes on localities, &c. ; he certainly has succeeded in clearing up 

 several obscure points, and some of these require notice. He has 

 wrongly left out B. lutosus, Gyll. 



