490 ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES, 



and a large and deep fovea in each posterior angle : the elytra are 

 nigro-a;neous, regularly and somewhat deeply striated : the legs 

 are piceous. 



Inhabits England. A single male specimen, taken near 

 London by Mr. Ingall, is in that gentleman's cabinet. 



Genus. — Chl^nius, Bonelli. 



ChlflB. fulgiceps. Lahrum Jiaud emarginatum: caput nitidum 

 impimctatum, Iccte viridi-ceneum: prothorax crebrissime 

 punctatus, lateribus 'calde rotundatis, obscure nigro-xiridis^ 

 marginibus testaceis: elytra nigricantia : pedes testacei. (Corp. 

 long. '7 unc. ; lat. '3 unc.) 



The labrum is unnotched : the head is golden green, extremely bril- 

 liant, and without punctures : the disk of the prothorax is thickly 

 punctured, and of a blackish green colour ; its lateral margins are 

 rounded and testaceous : the elytra are nearly black and without 

 gloss : the legs are testaceous. 



Inhabits North America. Taken in the State of Ohio. 



Chlffi. augustus. LcEte prasinus, concolor : antemiis pedibusque 

 piceis : labrum liaud emarginatum ; caput (fronte clypeoque 

 exceptis) punctatiim : prothorax complanatus antice angustior : 

 elytris vix angustior, crebrissime punctatus. (Corp. long. "75 ; 

 lat. '3 unc.) 



Of a beautiful uniform green colour, with little or no gloss, the 

 antennae and legs being pitchy black : the labrum is unnotched : 

 the head is punctured, with the exception of the clypeus, which 

 is perfectly smooth, and also a small space in the middle of the 

 forehead : the prothorax is very flat, considerably narrower an- 

 teriorly than posteriorly ; it is nearly as wide as the elytra, and is 

 thickly punctured. 



Inhabits North America. Taken at Wilmington, in Dela- 

 ware State. Chloj. sericeus of Say, the only species which 

 resembles C. augustus in general appearance, is invariably less, 

 has pale legs, and has a convex prothorax comparatively much 

 narrower, and with the anterior and posterior margins of nearly 

 equal width. 



