when the sun shines running over the sides of walls, posts, and 

 sandy banks, from May to the middle of August. 



2. C. affinis Leach. — Sam. — Curfis's Guide. 



About the size of C ignita, and probably only a variety ; the fore and 

 hind part of the head, 3 spots on the collar, the mesothorax and scutel- 

 lum are blue ; back of the abdomen purplish ; the apex with the teeth 

 very short. 



3. C. nitens Ste. — Curtis's Guide. 



4. C. micans Ste. — Curtis's Guide. 



5. C. fulminans Ste. — Curtis's Guide. 



6. C. confinis Ste. — Curtis's Guide. 



These are probably merely varieties of C. ignita, as well as the 

 three next. 



7. C. effulgens Leach. — Harris's Exposition, pi. 19. f. 2.? 



Very similar to C. ignita. Mr. Dale has taken it in June and 

 July at Glanville's Wootton, Dorset. 



8. C. pulchra Ste. — Curtis's Guide. 



Taken by Mr. Dale at Dawlish, Devon, May 22nd. 



9. C. ephippium Ste. — Curtis's Guide. 



Length 4 lines. Duller than C. ignita, thickly punctured and clothed 

 v^rith soft upright gray pubescence ; bright green : antennae velvety black, 

 2 basal joints green, crown of the head, a central and 2 lateral spots on 

 the collar, the whole of the mesothorax and centre of the scutellum dark 

 blue-purple : abdomen with the sides slightly coarctate, with a ridge down 

 the back, rather dull golden crimson, the back somewhat blue, the row of 

 punctures sometimes irregularly united, teeth rather acute ; beneath green 

 to the apex variegated with gold : wings slightly stained with brown, 

 the nervures piceous : tarsi velvety black. 



I do not think this is a good species, and it may be the other sex 

 of the variety named C. ajfiiiis. Taken by Mr. Dale in June at 

 Puddle Town and Glanville's Wootton ; near Cambridge ; at Am- 

 bleside, and in the Isle of Bute. 



10. C. aurulenta Ste. — Curtis's Guide. 



Length 3|^ lines. Thickly and rather coarsely punctured, clothed with 

 soft long gray pubescence, especially the head ; bright shining green, 

 crown of the head and the whole of the mesothorax deep purple : abdo- 

 men with an elevated line down the back, golden reflecting crimson, 12 

 or 14 punctures surrounding the apex, the central teeth somewhat ap- 

 proximating : wings scarcely tinted, nervures piceous : antennae and tarsi, 

 excepting the two basal joints of the former, velvety black, underside 

 bright green to the apex. 



This insect I have taken near London. 



11. C. fulgida Linn. F. S. 415. IQQ^.—Curt. Brit. Ent.jil. 8.— Pane. 79. 15. 



Shining, deeply and thickly punctured, pubescent ; bright grp°D, varie- 

 gated with purple and green : abdomen with an elevated line down the 

 back, the 2nd and 3rd joints only aureous, reflecting bright crimson on 

 the back, greenish on the sides, apex surrounded by about 16 punctures, 

 and furnished with 4 rather acute teeth, beneath green and black : tarsi 

 and antennae, excepting the 2 basal joints of the latter, black : wings 

 stained brown, nervures piceous. 



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