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Macrocnema sperqul^ Walton ? 



Ovate, somewhat flattened, less narrowed behind than in 

 M. napi, above brassy or brassy green, beneath brassy black ; 

 head finely punctured as in napi ; thorax finely and closely 

 punctured, tne punctures deeper than in napi, with a minute 

 fovea in the middle of the base, not always present ; elytra 

 regularly punctate-striate, the punctures larger and deeper 

 than in the thorax, not so coarse as in 7iapi; interstices very 

 indistinctly punctured ; coxae more or less testaceous ; femora 

 brassy black j tibiaj and tarsi pale testaceous ; antennae pale 

 at the base, with the five or six last joints more or less fuscous. 



Nearly allied to M.napi, from which it is distinguished by its 

 less convexity ; in being broader behind ; by its more or less 

 aeneous colour ; and its less deeply punctured elytra. 



Penmanshiel, J, H. ; Berwick, Dr. Johmton ; Nenthorn, 

 Mr. Hislop. 



Blemus paludosus. Gyll ii. 34. Steph. Mand. i. 171. 

 Steph. Man. No. 377. 



Head and thorax black above and beneath ; two deep im- 

 pressions around the inner margin of the eyes ; thorax wrin- 

 kled transversely, with a deep wrinkled fovea on each side at 

 the base ; elytra broader in proportion to the thorax than in 

 B. pallidtiSy shining as if varnished with a dash of glossy black, 

 delicately punctate-striate ; the striae obsolete on the sidei 

 and at the apex ; an impression towards the middle of the 

 second stria, another nearer the tip on the edge, and a third 

 somewhat towards the base of the third stria, sometimes a 

 fourth at the tip of the third and fourth striae ; abdomen 

 black beneath, pale at the margins and tip; legs, mouth, 

 antennae and palpi testaceous. 



This species reminds us of the Leisti in the texture of its 

 legs and its gloss. 



Under gravel in the channel of the Eye, near Butterdean 

 Mill J. H. 



Blkmus pallidus. Sturm. Deutch. Faun. vi. ^S,pl. 135. 

 Curtis, Brit. Ent. y'li. fol. 310. Steph. Manual. No. 378. 



Less broad than the preceding ; entirely pale testaceous ; 

 head with impressions as in paludosus ; thorax very indis- 



