300 Mr. J. Walton on the genera Pissodes, Hypera, H^c. 



13. Hyper a suspiciosa, Herbst, Germ., Schonh., Steph. Man. 

 Cure, miles, Pk., Gyll., Steph. 



— pedestris, Pk., Gyll., Steph., var. sec. Germ, et Schonh. 



— bitceniatus. Marsh. 



— senex, Kirb. MSS. 



Variable in form : the narrow elongate varieties have been mis- 

 taken for Cure, elongata of Gyll., of which there are foreign spe- 

 cimens in the cabinet of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Frequently found in damp meadows and in marshy places. 



14. H. Arundinis, Fab., et auct. alior. 

 Rhynch. Sii, Leach MSS. 



Extremely rare ; I do not possess a specimen, nor have I heard 

 of any recent captures : there are examples in the cabinets of the 

 British Museum, Entomological Society, Mr. Stephens and Mr. 

 Curtis. 



Genus Limobius, Schonh.^ 



Hypertty Germ., Steph., Curt. 

 Phytonomits, Schonh. olim. 



Char. Gen. Antennae moderate, rather slender, eleven-jointed ; 

 scape moderately incrassated towards the apex, reaching to the 

 eyes ; funiculus six-jointed, the first longer and stouter than the 

 second, third obconic, fourth and fifth nodose, sixth cup-shaped ; 

 clava ovate or oblong-ovate, four-jointed. Rostrum twice or 

 three times as long as the head, rather stout, rounded ; scrobes 

 oblique, somewhat deep. Eyes lateral, oval, more or less pro- 

 minent. Thorax, base and apex truncate, dilated and rounded 

 at the sides. Scutellum minute. Elytra ovate or oblong-ovate, 

 the shoulders obtusely angulated, moderately convex above, 

 densely clothed with scales. 



Obs. Closely approximating to the genus Hypera, but the 

 funiculus of the antenna is only six-jointed. 



1. Limobius dissimilis, Gyll., Germ., Schonh. 

 Hypera fulvipes , Steph. 



— fumipes. Curt. Ann. Nat. Hist. v. p. 280. 



I found many specimens of this insect upon Geranium pra- 

 tense growing on hedge-banks near East Tanfield, Yorkshire, in 

 July. Taken in Scotland by the Rev. W. Little; Newcastle, 

 Mr. S. Stevens. 



2. L. mixtus, Schonh. 



Oblong-ovate, black, thickly clothed with metallic brown or 

 cinereous scales, variegated with white and black, and with short 

 suberect black hairs. Head short, convex, thickly punctulated ; 



* Mant. secund. Fam. Cure. p. 44. Holmise, 1847. 



