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Sp. 20. Hydrolapathi. Atrum, glabrum, coleoptris ohlongo-obovatis cceruleis 

 viridescentibusve, rostro brevi crassiusculo. (Long. corp. 1^ — 1£ lin.) 



Cu. Hydrolapathi. Marsham.—Ap. Hydrolapathi. Lin. Trans, ix. pi l.f. 17. 

 — Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1895. 



Black, very glabrous : head nearly as broad as the thorax, punctate, the punc- 

 tures confluent and disposed in striae between the eyes : rostrum extremely 

 short, very much punctured, obscure, rather flat above : antennae seated a little 

 behind the middle of the rostrum, hairy, with the club stout : eyes some- 

 what prominent : thorax subcylindric, thickly punctured, with a dorsal furrow, 

 most deeply impressed behind : cokoptra oblong-ovate, blue or green, rather 

 glossy, punctate-striate, interstices rather flat. 



Found abundantly on the dock (Rumex Lapathus) throughout 

 the metropolitan district, and in other parts. " Etterby." — T. C. 

 Hey sham, Esq. " Near Ely, abundant on Rumex maritimus." — 

 Rev. L. Jenyns. " At times very plentiful (near Swansea.)"— 

 Ij. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 21. caeruleopenne. Atris, glabrum, coleoptris oblongo-obovatis cceruleis, rostra 



longiori, thorace punctata lineold impressa. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. caeruleopenne. Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1896. 



Black, glabrous, slightly shining: head very coarsely and thickly punctured, 

 obsoletely striated between the eyes : rostrum rather long, punctured, the 

 apex shining: antennae somewhat basal: eyes slightly prominent: thorax 

 coarsely punctured, with a dorsal channel reaching froin base to apex : elytra 

 oblong-ovate, blue, punctate-striate ; the interstices convex. 



Taken in January, 1824, near Ripley, beneath moss. 



Sp.22. Malvffi. Nigrum, cinereo-villosum, elytris antennis pedibusque testaceis. 



(Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 At. Malvae. Fabricius. — Ap. Malvae. Kir by. — Linn. Trans. \x. pi. 1. f. Q. — 



Steph. Catal. 185. No. 1897. 



Black, clothed with whitish decumbent hairs : head finely punctured : rostrum 

 short, rather thick, villose, with the apex glabrous : antennw long, placed 

 rather behind the middle of the rostrum, testaceous, thickish, with the club 

 somewhat large : thorax rather broadest behind : coleoptra oblong, testaceous, 

 striated, the striae scarcely punctured, each elytron with the inner edge of the 

 base obliquely dusky: legs testaceous; coxae black; trochanter testaceous. 

 Male with the rostrum rather stouter and thicker. 



Very abundant on mallows within the metropolitan district, and 

 not uncommon in other parts of the country. " Bottisham." — Rev. 

 L. Jenyns. " Cambridge."— C C. Babington, Esq. " Not un- 

 common (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



