220 KHYNCHOPHORA. — CVRCULIOXWJE. 



striate ; thorax with an acute tubercle on each side, and a dorsal channel ; 

 legs and suture black. (L. l^-l^L) 

 Var. Cr. chloropterus Kirby, — Ste. M. iv. 29. — More brassy, the elytra 

 brassy-green, and faintly striated. (L, 1-1^ 1.) On tetradynamous 

 plants : London and Edinburgh districts ; Netley ; Swansea ; Suffolk ; 

 Raehills, &c. : 5-6. 



1699 contractus Marsh, i. 250. — Ste. M. iv. 29. — Black, rather shining: 

 thorax with an obsolete channel, very suddenly narrowed in front, and 

 with 2 acute tuhercles ; elytra bluish-black, shoulders prominent, deeply 

 punctate-striate, the apex slightly tubercled. (L. f-1 1.) Grassy places : 

 London district ; Newcastle ; Raehills ; Carlisle ; Edinburgh : 4-6. 



1700 Cochleariae Gyll. iii. 144. — Ste. M. iv. 29. — Black, with an ashy 

 pile ; base of the suture and the breast dusky, clothed with white scales : 

 thorax convex, with a dorsal channel, its anterior edge bituberculate ; 

 elytra deeply punctate-striate, shoulders rounded. (L. 1-1^ J.) On 

 Cochlearia officinalis : London and Edinburgh districts ; Ripley ; Rae- 

 hills : 6-8. 



1701 nigrinus Marsh, i. 250. — Ste. M. iv. 29. — Black, densely clothed 

 with whitish scales beneath : thorax flat, with an obsolete channel, sides 

 with an acute tubercle, hinder margin truncate ; elytra faintly crenate- 

 striate, interstices with a row of ashy hairs, shoulders prominent: antenna? 

 pitchy in the middle. (L. 1-1| 1.) In grassy places : London district; 

 Swansea : 5-6. 



1702 constrictus Marsh, i. 258. — Ste. M. iv. 29. — Black, with an ashy 

 pile : beneath densely clothed with whitish scales : thorax convex, with a 

 faint channel, hinder margin waved, sides with an acute tubercle; elytra 

 faintly crenate-striate, interstices with a row of ashy hairs; antenna? 

 black. (L. 1 1.) On herbage, &c. : London district : 4-6. 



1703 floralis Pk. F. iii. 266. — Ste. M. iv. 30. — Black ; body beneath and 

 suture densely clothed with whitish scales : thorax slightly convex, with a 

 dorsal channel, the base bisinuated, the apex 2-tuberculate ; elytra faintly 

 crenate-striate, interstices with ashy hairs, shoulders prominent. (L. f-1 1.) 

 Hedges : London district ; New Forest ; Devonshire ; Swanel : 5-6. 



1704 monostigma Marsham. — Ste. M. iv. 31. — Black, clothed above with 

 ashy pile, beneath hoary : thorax with a dorsal channel ; and an acute 

 tooth on each side in front ; elytra obsoletely striated, with a white spot 

 on the suture near the scutellum ; shoulders prominent. (L. 1 1.) Hedges, 

 &c. : London district : 5-6. 



1705 pyrrhorhynchus Marsh, i. 257. — Ste. M. iv. 31. — Black; beneath 

 silvery-white : thorax punctured, with an obscure dorsal channel, the base 

 straight, the apex with 2 obsolete tubercles ; elytra faintly striated ; 

 rostrum with the tip red. (L. ^-fl.) Hedges: London district : 5-6. 



1706 melanarius Kirby. — Ste. M. iv. 31. — Black, with an ashy pile, 

 beneath with compact whitish scales : thorax slightly convex, with a faint 

 dorsal channel, the apex with 2 obtuse tubercles ; elytra deeply crenate- 

 striate ; shoulders slightly prominent. Hedges: London district ; Suffolk 

 and Yorkshire : 5-7. 



1707 sulculus Kirby. ? — Ste. M. iv. 32. — Black, sparingly clothed with 

 ashy pile above ; the suture behind, and the body beneath, densely clothed 

 with whitish scales : thorax slightly convex, with a deep dorsal channel, 

 the apex with 2 obtuse tubercles, the base somewhat truncate ; elytra 

 faintly crenate-striate, shoulders slightly prominent. (L. f-1 1.) Hedges, 

 &c. : London district ; Suffolk ; Norfolk : 4-6. 



1708 phasorhynchus Marsh, i. 258. — Ste. M. iv. 32. — Dusky-black; 

 clothed throughout with a silvery down, whitest beneath : thorax slightly 



