478 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



with a few punctures at base each side before the intermediate 

 feet. 



This species occurs not unfrequently. As Panzer has given 

 the name gagathes to a German insect which is distinct from 

 this species, I have of course adopted a new one. 



[A Plati/nus afterwards described as AncTiomenus gagates Dej, 

 and A. cor acinus Lee. — Lec] 



34. F. EXTENSicoLLis. — Head and thorax greenish ; elytra 

 green or purplish, beneath piceous-black ; feet testaceous. 



Length seven-twentieths of an inch. 



Carahus extensicoUis Melsh. Catal. 



Head dusky green; antennge and palpi rufous; labrum trun- 

 cate ; thorax narrower than the elytra, longitudinal, immargined, 

 blackish-purple or greenish, gradually contracted behind, slightly 

 excurved at the hind angles, base somewhat scabrous, basal lines 

 dilated, concave, dorsal line distinct ; scutel blackish-purple ; ely 

 tra green or purple, striae impunctured, interstitial lines convex, 

 third one with four or five obsolete remote punctures ; feet testa- 

 ceous. 



QAlso a Platijnus. — Lec] 



35. H. OCHROPEZA. — Blackish; thorax rounded behind ; ely- 

 tra with perlaceous reflections ; feet testaceous. 



Length one-fourth of an inch. 



Carahus ochropezus Melsh. Catal. 



Body glabrous, blackish, beneath piceous; antennro brown: 

 base and palpi rufous ; thorax somewhat rounded, posterior angle? 

 very obtusely [55] rounded, dorsal line obsolete, basal lines ex- 

 cavated, base with numerous small punctures, edge dull rufous ; 

 elytra dark brown or blackish, with obsolete perlaceous reflec- 

 tions, strife impunctured, interstitial lines depressed, sutural edge 

 jind deflected margin rufous or piceous ; pectus and postpectu? 

 impunctured; feet testaceous. 



"Var. a. Elytra blackish-testaceous, almost destitute of tht 

 perlaceous reflections. 



[Belongs to Stenolopkas. — Lec] 



36. F. LUCUBLANDA. — Green or reddish-purple, polished, all 

 beneath black ; head and thorax impunctured, margin of the 

 thorax depressed. 



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