Plate XXI. 



Fig. 180. ANTHAXIA NITIDULA, L. ^F. Buprestidie. G. Autliaxia, Eschs.'] (Bii- 

 prestis nitidula, Curtis.) 



Elongate, golden green, shining. Head thickly, sh.allowly, riigulose-pnnctate, with a sparse, 

 short grey pubescence ; antennae black, the basal articulations with a metallic green tint. Thorax 

 transverse, narrowed behind ; anterior margin bi-sinuate ; sides rounded anteriorly, sinuate poste- 

 riorly ; posterior angles nearly rectangular ; with a shallow, longitudinal, impressed, central line, 

 a small round fovea in the middle on each side of tlie central line, and a large, ill-defmed inipres- 

 . sion near the hinder angles ; thickly rugulose-puuctate. Scutelluru black, thiekl}' and iinely 

 punctate. Elytra a little wider than the thorax, depressed, with the sides parallel three-fourths of 

 their length, thence rounded to the apex ; rather thickly and coarsely punctate, the interstices 

 granulate. Legs black, femora and tibia? with a green tint. Length, 2| lines. 



Rare. lu flowers of white-thorn. New Forest, near Brockenhurst. 



Fig. 181. APHANISTICUS PUSILLUS, Olivier, Curtis. [iC Buprestida-. G. Apha- 

 nisticus, Latr.~\ 



Elongate, brassy black, shining. Head large, convex, with a deep, broad, central, longitudinal 

 furrow, and a few large, shallow, ocellate impressions. Thorax transverse ; the sides flattened, 

 lateral margins reflexed ; base bi-sinuate, posterior angles acute ; with two transverse impressions, 

 one just before, the other a little behind the middle, and, usually, an elongate fovea in front of the 

 scutellum ; with a few scattered, large, shallow, ocellate imi)ressions. Elytra at the base a trifle 

 wider than the thorax, gradually widening at the sides to about two-thirds of their length, thence 

 rather abruptly narrowed to the apex ; coarsely rugulose-puuctate, the punctures here and there 

 in rows. Length, I5-I5 lines. 



Not common. In moss, and by brushing in grassy places ; Combe Wood ; Southend ; Bath ; 

 Farnham ; &c. 



Fig. 182. EROS MINUTUS, Fab. [F. Lycidse. G. Ei-os, Nexvman.'] (Lycus minutus, 

 Curtis.) 



Elongate, black, pubescent, opaque, elytra blood-red. Head triangular, with a deep fovea 

 between the antennse ; eyes largo, prominent ; antenna; with the entire ajiical, and the anterior 

 portion of the penultimate joints pale yellow. Thorax sub-quadrate, narrowed in front ; the 

 sides nearly straight ; posterior angles acute ; all the margins refle.iced ; with six foveas, formed by 

 two oblique, one longitudinal, and two transverse ridges, uniting a little behind the middle. 

 Elytra with the sides parallel, each with the suture elevated and four longitu<linal ridges, and 

 between them two rows of quadrate punctures. Length, 2|-3 lines. 



Very rare, although widely distributed in the south ; Linton, Cambridgesliire ; Tunbridge 

 Wells ; Coombe, Birch, and Darenth Woods ; near Croydon ; Bristol ; Norfolk ; Devon ; i*;c. 



Fig. 183. AGRILUS SINUATUS, Olivier. \F. Buprestidte. G. Agrilus, Sulier.'] 

 (Agrilus chryseisj Curtis.) 



Elongate, above coppery purple, opaque. Head rugulose-puuctate, with a central, longitudinal, 

 impressed line ; antennaj brassy black. Thorax transverse, narrowed behind ; anterior margin 

 bi-sinuate ; sides rounded in front, sinuate posteriorly ; base bi-sinuate, posterior angles acute ; 

 coarsely punctate, interstices obliquely riigulose ; with a broad, shallow, longitudinal, central 

 impression, and a deep, oblong fovea, bounded externally by a fine, curved, longitudinal ridge, on 

 each side, near the posterior angles. Elytra at the base a little wider than the thorax, sluiulders 

 pi'ominent, sides gradually widened to about two-thirds of their length, thence narrowed to the 

 apex ; .separately rounded and finely serrated at the tips ; each with a large, deep, circular impres- 

 sion at the base, and a broad, shajlowc longitudinal furrow next the suture ;' coarsely grauiilate. 

 Beneath brassy black, apical abdominal segment entire, pro-sternum deeply emarginate in front. 

 Femora and tibia; brassy black ; tarsi black, claws bifid. Length, Sh-ih lines. 



Rare. New Forest; Windsor. 



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