90 CEODEPIIAGA — CAUABIDAE. 



liJ 1. Head and thorax more or less bronze- 

 j^reeii ; elytra bronze-green and yellow. 

 <i 1, Base of elytra partly yellow. 

 A 2. Thorax broader than long, pos- 

 terior angles prominent. 

 a 2. Central furrow on thorax 

 effaced or very indistinct to- 

 ward the posterior margin. 

 A 'J. First three joints of an- 

 tennae entirely pale, the rest 

 wholly orpartly brown or black. 

 a 3. Elytra red-yellow, with 

 the suture and a transverse 

 band (generally rather in- 

 distinct) behind the middle 

 greenish-bronze. 

 ' Legs red-yelk)W. Tiiorax nearly as long as broad ; elytra 

 almost smooth behind. L. 2{ 1. Not uncommon. 



B. testaceum, Duft. 

 b 3. Elytra bronze-green, with 

 two yellow spots on each. 

 A d. Outer striae on ely- 

 tra distinct to apex. 

 Legs red, femora often brownish. Apical spot on elytra 

 roundish. L. 2 1. Ilather common. B. saxatile, GyU. 



jK 4. Outer striae on elytra 

 effaced behind. 

 Similar to B. fcinoratum but rather larger ; head, thorax, 

 and dark parts of elytra distinct metallic-green ; antennae 

 longer, thorax slightly broader and Hatter, elytra broader 

 and flatter ; legs entirely pale, femora sometimes a little 

 pitchy in middle. L. 2 — 2| 1. Dumfries. 



B. anglicanum, Sharp. 



JB 3. First or first and second 



joints of antennae entirely 



pale, the rest wholly or partly 



brown or black. 



a 3. Striae on elytra fine, 



Body rather Hatter than B. littorale, head and thorax 



more bronze ; femora brownish ; penultimate joint of palpi 



brown-black. Base of thorax indistinctly punctured ; spots 



