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in Yorkshire on the Astragalus glycyphyllus, and more recently by 

 Mr. Kirby on the same plant in Suffolk. 



Sp. 57. Loti. Nigrum piloso-siibincanmn, coleoptris obovatis, rostro longiori. 

 (Long. Corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. Loti. Kirby.— Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1932. 



Black, slightly shining, with a slight hoary pile: head punctate, with two or 

 three wrinkles between the eyes : rostrum rather long, curved, filiform, very 

 glossy: antennae moderate; eyes somewhat immersed: thorax somewhat glo- 

 bose, with confluent punctures, and a larger excavation in the middle behind : 

 coleoptra obovate, punctate-striate, the interstices convex. 



Found on the Lotus eorniculatus, not very abundantly : I have 

 taken specimens beneath moss, in January, near Ripley. "Taken 

 in July, by Mr. Jeffreys, on Antirrhinum Linaria, in St. Helen's- 

 lane (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. 



Sp. 58. civicum. Nigrum, griseo-pilosum, thorace transverso, punctulato, postice 

 canaliculato, coleoptris oblongo-ovalihus, punctato-subsulcatis. (Long, corp, 

 H lin.) 



Ap. civicum. Germar.— Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1933. 



Black, luith a delicate griseous pile : head broad, a little rugulose between the 

 eyes : rostrum rather long and slender, punctate, glossy at the apex : antennae 

 rather long : eyes a little prominent : thorax broader than long, irregularly 

 punctured, with an abbreviated channel in the middle behind: coleoptra 

 oblong-oval, punctate-sulcate, the interstices slightly convex. 



Occasionally met with in the vicinity of London in June, " Dork- 

 ing." — Mr. Waterlioiise. 



Sp. 59. seratum. Atro-cEneum, subpilosum, thorace subdepresso, punctato,postice 

 foveato, coleoptris oblongo-ovalibus, obscure cyaneis, punctato-sulcatis. (Long, 

 corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. auratum. Steph. Catal. 187. No. 1934. 



Brassy -hla.ck, slightly pilose : head obscurely punctured between the eyes : 

 rostrum moderate, slender: antenna; moderate, black: thorax sHghtly de- 

 pressed, punctured, with a fovea at the base : coleoptra oblong-oval, dull blue, 

 punctate-sulcate. 



My specimen of this insect was taken in the neighbourhood of 

 London, I believe, at Coombe-wood. 



Sp. 60. pavidum. Nigrum, griseo-puhescens, thorace subcylindrico, punctato, 

 postice canaliculato, coleoptris obovalibus, punctato-sulcatis, obscure viridibus, 

 antennis basi rufis. (Long. corp. Ig lin.) 



