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SHUCKARD ON THE 



Chr. diraidiata? Fab. E. S. Sup. 258. 15. 16. Piez. 174. 

 22. Coquebert, 58. PL 14. F. 2 and 3. 

 Latr._ Hist. XIII. 238. 5. Xe Peletier, 

 Ann. du Museum, VII. 127. 20. Spin. 

 II. 170. 15. 



Head, first joint of anteniic-e, metathorax, excepting post dorsolum, 

 extreme base of the first segment of the abdomen, and its terminal 

 segment, of a rich metallic golden green or blue : pro- and meso- 

 thorax, and the post dorsolum, the first segment of the abdomen, 

 excepting as above, and the second segment, of a rich crimson 

 red, sometimes obscured : legs green or blue ; tarsi pitchy : wings 

 slightly clouded : entire insect sculptured as in the preceding 

 species : abdomen terminated by two lateral teeth, generally 

 obsolete, and sometimes by four obsolete equidistant teeth. 



This species is exceedingly common. I always find it in 

 sand-banks, chiefly abundant where Epipone spinipes abounds. 

 I have not the least doubt the above authors have described 

 this species under the above two names, and it stands in the 

 Banksian cabinet, named by Fabricius, as his Chr. bidentata. 



Sp. 7. Chr. succincta. 



Linn. Sys. Nat. 947. 3. 



Fab. S. E. 358. 8. Sp. I. 456. 10. Mant. 283. 12. 



Ent. Sys. II. 241. 13. Piez. 174. 19. 

 Oliv. Ency. Meth. Ins. II. 674. 14. Le Peletier, 



Ann. du Museum, VII. 128. 24. 

 Panz. F. G. 77. 16. Spin. I. 64. 7. Rossi, Vol. II. 



8vo. 122. 846. 



Of a metallic blue or green, splashed with gold : the dorsolum and 

 abdomen of a rich crimson red, splashed with gold, esjiecially the 

 first segment ; the terminal segment having four obtuse teeth ; 

 the central ones nearer together than to the lateral ones : tarsi 

 pitchy : head and thorax rather coarsely punctured : the abdomen 

 delicately so, and wanting the central, elevated, smooth line, conspi- 

 cuous in the majority of the species of this genus : the prothorax 

 has usually a couple of golden red spots in the centre of its ante- 

 rior margin, above. (Length, 3 lines ; expansion of wings, 4^ 

 lines.) 



The only localities I know for this very pretty species, is 

 the sandy lane near Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, where 



