GLYPTOCEPHALUS PROCEPS. 23 



It feeds on Fhragmitis communis, and is found in parts 

 of Finland during the months from July to October. 

 Size, 0*18 inch, or 4*5 millimetres. 



Genus XXXIV.— GLYPTOCEPHALUS,* Klrsclih. 

 Plate XLIIL, figs. 3 to del. 



Only one species has been identified in Britain : — 



GLYPTOCEPHALUS PROCEPS, Kirschh. 



Athysanus proceps, Kirschb. 

 ,, canescens, Scott, 



Glyptocephalus canescens and proceps, Edw. pt. ii. p. 31. 



Colour very pale yellow. Vertex with a fine line 

 running from each eye parallel to the frontal apex, and 

 a broader line from the apex to the margin of the pro- 

 notum. Two lower spots mark the seats of shallow 

 depressions. Pronotum sublunate and finely striated. 

 A large spot on the disc, with three smaller spots sur- 

 rounding the same. Scutellum irregularly marked 

 with brown. Legs stout, with strong setae springing 

 from black dots on the hind tibiae. Three or more 

 acmninate spots on the dorsum. Abdomen ending 

 with two genital valves, furnished with strong bristles. 

 Elytra white, with a hoary appearance, which is most 

 perceptible during life." 



In some specimens the elytra are nearly immaculate, 

 but in others fuscous bands or stripes occur on the 

 areas. The elytra of the females are shorter than the 

 abdomen ; those of the males are nearly equal to the 

 same, and are blotched with brown oblong dashes. 



This rarely met species is found on several grasses. 

 I have specimens taken at Brockenhurst, in the New 

 Forest, and others taken at Hunstanton, Norfolk, in 

 July. 



Size, 0-20 inch, or 5*00 millimetres. 



* From rXuTTTo? and Ki(pa.M, carved head. 



