The true Strongyli are distinguished by the tip of the anten- 
nae being mamillate, and the elytra entirely cover the body. 
1 . S. strigatus Fab . E. S. 1 . 25 7. 9. 01. v. 2. No. 12. pi. 2. f. 12. 
Panz . 83. 4. — undata Mar. — imperialis Ste. pi. 1 Q.f. 5, 
Length two lines: minutely, thickly, and regularly punc- 
tured, slightly pubescent, ferruginous, base of head and a 
great portion of the disc of the thorax piceous : elytra piceous, 
excepting the margin and near the scutellum, a sublunular 
ochreous mark at the base of each, with a dot on the outside 
and a lunulate mark below the middle, sinuated on the upper 
margin. Taken in March, under bark of trees, Coombe Wood. 
2. S. imperialis Fab. Curtis B. E. pi. 339. 
As Olivier’s N. undata [pi. 3.f. 17.) agrees in size with this 
species, it probably may be a variety of it, otherwise I should 
consider it an immature specimen of S. strigata. 
I am indebted to Mr. J. H. Griesbach for a specimen of 
this insect for dissection ; it was taken by him with the former 
species out of an old oak-tree in Windsor Park, the end of iast 
August, together with Nitidula \0-guttata and. Trinodes hirtus. 
3. S. ? fervida Oliv. 2. No. 12. pi. 4./.’ 32. 
cc It resembles Nitidida estivalis , but it is a little larger: the 
antennae and head are ferruginous, a little obscure : the body 
is ferruginous : the elytra are finely punctured, a little obscure 
at the extremity : the feet are the colour of the body.” Oliv. 2. 
p. 15. Taken in the neighbourhood of London in June. 
4. S. luteus Fab. Marsh. 73. 36. Oliv. v. 2. No. 12. pi. 3. 
f. 28. Panz . 83. 3. — Boleti Sam. 
Two to two and a half lines long: castaneous, sericeous, 
very thickly punctured : antennae with the basal joint robust, 
the club rather elongated, compressed and fuscous : eyes 
black : elytra not quite covering the abdomen, with a large 
subtrigonate fuscous spot on each, with an eneous tint : tarsi 
dilated. Some specimens are nearly ochraceous. 
This insect is found in June, in the flowers of the White- 
thorn, &c. : it forms the genus Cychramus of Kugellan and 
Campta of Kirby; the slender antennae and narrow club re- 
semble those of Strongylus, but the apical joint is not mamillate. 
5. S. ferrugineus Fab. Panz . 84. 2. — striata Oliv. 2. 12. pi. 1. 
f. 7. — fulva Marsh. 136. 21. 
Length two and a quarter lines : ferruginous, clothed with 
hairs : antennae blackish at the apex, the basal joint robust, 
the club compressed and ovate : head and thorax marked with 
fine and coarse punctures : elytra with nine rows of strong 
punctures on each, with a line of yellow hairs between them : 
abdomen projecting a little beyond the elytra : anterior tarsi 
alone slightly thickened at the base. 
June, Fungi Costessy Park Norfolk; in young plants of 
Lycoperdon Bovista in August, in ripe ones in winter. The 
smaller head and more prominent eyes of this insect distin- 
guish it from the true Strongyli, and in the form of the antennae 
it approaches Nitidula. It is the genus Ostoma of Laichart. 
The plant is Bums sempervirens (Box-tree). 
