the Attelabidae, which are undoubtedly Curculionidae. It is, 

 I think, very doubtful whether the Bruchidae and Anthribidae 

 (pi. 723 and 726) ought to be included in that tribe, being 

 in trutli more nearly allied to the Cerambycid£E, for they have 

 a distinct labruni, and palpi totally different to any of the Cur- 

 culionidae. 



The following are British species, arranged under Schon- 

 herr's Stirps 2, with the thorax transverse, subtrapeziform, 

 the anterior angles rounded. 



Manipulus 1. Thighs toothed. 



t Sides of thorax dentated. 



1. Pisi Linn. — Oliv. v. 4-. No. 79. tab. \.f. 6. 



This is a most destructive insect in bean and pea-fields : 

 the larvae live in the seeds until they are full-grown, some- 

 times destroying more than half the crop: they are most 

 abundant the end of May in fields in Kent, and are occasion- 

 ally found as late as August, and I have seen them alive in 

 beans as early as March: the late Mr. Atkinson found the 

 beetle on Orohus tuberosus (pi. 1 72), and in the flowers of the 

 rhubarb. 



2. granarius Linn. — Oliv. 4. 79. t. \.f. 10.— atomarius Linn. 

 Abundant on the furze everywhere, as early as February. 



3. affinis Step, a var. oi granarius with the anterior tarsi black. 



•j-j- Sides of thorax not dentated. 



4. Loti PayJc. June, on Lotus corniculatus (pi. 259), Hamp- 

 stead Heath and Somersetshire. 



5. Lathyri Kirb. " Found near London and Bristol." 



2. Thighs not toothed. 



6. seminarius Linn. — Oliv. 4. 79. t. 2. f. 12. Found at Ep- 

 ping by Mr. Doubleday, and at Henley in June. 



7. Cisti Fab. — Panz. 66. 15 ? June, abundant on the flowers 

 of Cistus Helianthemum (pi. 279). 



8. ater Marsh. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 754. 



Slate-black, thickly and minutely punctured, clothed with 



minute whitish hairs : elytra more faintly punctured, and 



deeply striated, hinder thighs a little incrassated. 



This species is distinguished by its thicker and entirely black 



antennae, with the three basal joints only small,^^. 6. a. Fig. 



c. is the antenna of B. Cisti. I think I have found B. ater 



abundant on the broom in Norfolk : July, near Sherburn, 



Yorkshire, Rev. A. Matthews : Carisbrook Castle and Hodd- 



hill, Mr. Dale. 



The Plant is Doronicum Pardalianches, Great Leopard's 

 bane, from East Woodhay, communicated by J. E. Winter- 

 bottom, Esq. 



