These insects considerably resemble the Halticae in habit, 

 particularly in their long and slender antennae, but the poste- 

 rior thighs are not incrassated. They are also nearly related 

 to the Adimoniae (pi, 366) ; but besides essential differences 

 in the structure of the labrum and mandibles, the joints of the 

 antennae, especially of the males, are greatly elongated, with 

 the exception of the 3 basal joints, the 2nd also is generally 

 shorter than the 3rd. 



This little genus contains 3 British species. 



1. L. rufipes Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 1. pars 2. p. 10. n. 39. — Panz. 



32. 5. — longicornis Fab. mas. — flavipes var. Paylc. 



2 lines to 2^ long. Bluish black, shining : antennae very 

 long in the male, fuscous, 3 or 4 basal joints ochreous : elytra 

 thickly and minutely punctured : legs ochraceous, 4 posterior 

 thighs black at the base, and sometimes the anterior also. 



Found in May, on Hazels, &c. : beginning of June, Oaks 

 Parley Copse and New Forest ; end of June and beginning of 

 July on the underside of the leaves of Sallows : also near 

 Swansea. 



2. L. flavipes Linn. S. N. 2. 601. 106.—Pa7iz. 32. 4. 



H line to 2^ long. Blue black, shining: antennae fuscous, 

 the 3 basal joints generally ochreous: thorax ochraceous : ely- 

 tra faintly, but thickly punctured : legs ochreous, base of the 

 thighs and tips of the tarsi piceous. 



Found in da,mp woods, on bushes ; Shooter's Hill ; end of 

 June and beginning of July, feeding on the underside of hazel 

 leaves, Ambleside ; also near Swansea. 



3. L. Brassicae Panz. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 370. 



Panzer having published this insect in 1795, 1 have adopted 

 his name. Taken by Mr. Wailes near Newcastle ; on a furze- 

 bush in Norfolk ; and Mr. Millard used to find it near Bristol 

 on the same plant ; by Mr. Dale on Parley Heath and Copse, 

 and near Stafford, Dorset; near Swansea, by Mr. Dillwyn. 

 It is found from the middle of June to the middle of August. 



I discovered a pretty species in July, 1830, upon grass at 

 the summit of the Puy de Dome, in Auvergne ; and as I think 

 that it may occur on some of our Welsh mountains I shall 

 describe it, lest it should be overlooked : at a considerably 

 less elevation I took the Chrysomela cerealis, which has been 

 found on Snowdon. 



L. montanus Curt. MSS. — 1^ line long. Green shining: an- 

 tennas fuscous, 3 basal joints ochreous : thorax ochre- 

 ous : elytra thickly and strongly punctured : legs, in- 

 cluding the coxae, entirely bright ochre. 



The Plant is Orchis Morio (Meadow Orchis), 



