192 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Black, with a griseous pubescence: head short, small, rugose between the eyes : 

 rostrum long, punctured, luith the base pilose : antennae long, rather before 

 the middle of the rostrum : eyes prominent : thorax cylindric, very deeply 

 punctate, with a deeper fovea behind : coleoptra oblong-obovate, punctate- 

 sulcate, with the interstices flat : legs short, naked. 



" Taken in the west of England, on furze." — Dr. Leach. 



* * Coleoptra oboval. 



Sp. 79. Vicise. Atrum, villoso-canescens, suhtiis niveo-pubescens, antennis pedi- 



busque testaceis, coleoptris ovafis. (Long corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. Vicise. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 188. No. 1954. 



Black, with a whitish pile above and snowy beneath: head faintly striated be- 

 tween the eyes : rostrum short, with a niveous pile, the apex glabrous and 

 shining: antennae long, medial, entirely pale testaceous: eyes slightly pro- 

 minent : thorax rather short, somewhat globose, delicately punctured, with a 

 short impressed line behind: coleoptra globose-ovate, punctate-sulcate, with 

 the interstices rather flat : legs pale testaceous, with the four posterior tibiae 

 and all the tarsi dusky-red : coxse black, the four anterior trochanters rufous. 



Found on the Vicia Cracca, but not common. 



Sp. 80. Ononis. Atrum, piloso-subincanum, antennis totis nigris,fronte striatuld, 



thorace canaliculato, coleoptris subglobosis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ap. Ononis. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 189. No. 1955. 



Black, with a slight hoary pile, rather obscure : head somewhat long, slightly 

 striated between the eyes : rostrum rather long, filiform : antennce medial, 

 rather long, black : eyes slightly prominent : thorax nearly cylindric, slender, 

 with a dorsal channel: coleoptra oblong-globose, punctate-sulcate, with the 

 interstices rather flat. Male with the rostrum shorter, a Uttle stouter and 

 more pilose. 



At times abundant on the Ononis within the metropolitan district. 

 " Plentiful on the flowers of Ononis arvensis (near Swansea)." — 

 L. W. Dillwj/n, Esq. 



Sp. 81. Lathyri. Atrum, antennis totis testaceis, clavd distincte articulatdj 



coleoptris subglobosis. (Long. corp. 1^ Un.) 

 Ap. Lathyri. Kirby.—Steph. Catal. 189. No. 1956. 



Black, with a somewhat scattered whitish pile: head with two striae between 

 the eyes: rostrum rather short, pilose, with the apex shining : antennae long, 

 submedial, entirely of a pale testaceous, with the club rather slender, with the 

 joints somewhat distinct : eyes slightly prominent: thorax with longitudinal 

 dorsal channel : coleoptra of an obovate, subglobose form, shghtly sulcate, with 



