Gyllenhal places Lagria after Anthicus pygmcuits, and it 

 must be admitted that there is a great resemblance between 

 them in general contour as well as in the structure of the an- 

 tennae, as shown in our illustration of Xylophilus oculatus 

 (pi. 299.), but the trophi and tarsi are so different that there 

 can be no real affinity. Latreille's location of Lagria in his 

 Genera Crustaceorum seems to me far from a natural one, 

 and I cannot think but it is much more nearly related to Cis- 

 tela (fol. 594.) than to Pyrochroa (fol. 590.), next to which 

 Latreille and Dejean have placed it in their last works : but 

 after all it is the introduction of Pyrochroa possibly that ren- 

 ders this arrangement so unnatural to my mind, for if this 

 were removed the views of the latter author would not be very 

 different from my own. 



The larva and pupa of Lagria are unknown, which is the 

 more remarkable as the insects in their perfect state are most 

 abundant, and our native one the L. hirta is found in May and 

 June, in hedges, throughout England, but it is most attached, 

 I believe, to the White-thorn and Hazel. 



The Lagriae are widely distributed over the whole world, 

 inhabiting various parts of Europe and Africa to the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and thence to Madagascar and New Holland. 



The Plant is Spiraa Filipendula (Common Dropwort). 



