Plate IV. 



Fig. 28. LICINUS DEPEESSUS, Pa7jk., Curtis. [_F. Licinidse. G. Licinus, Latr.l 



Black, snb-opaqne. Head sparsely and finely punctate. Thorax convex, a little wider than 

 long, with a conspicuous central longitudinal furrow, slightly rounded at the sides, narrowed 

 behind, emarginate at the base, the lateral margins reflexed posteriorly, posterior angles rounded, 

 very thickly and somewhat coarsely punctate. Elytra depressed, a little wider than the thorax, 

 finely striate, the stria; finely punctate, interstices flat, thickly punctate. Length, 4-4J lines. 



In Britain this species appears to be confined to the chalk, and to be distributed over a very 

 limited area. It has occurred, occasionally in some plenty, at Box Hill, Micklehara, and near 

 Reigate, Surrey ; at Dover, and near Canterbury, Kent ; and near Brighton, Sussex. 



Fig. 29. FERONIA (POECILUS) LEPIDUS, Fab. \F. Feroniidre. G. Feronia, Latr. 

 s-G. Poecilus, BonelliJ\ (P. lepidus, Curtis.) 



Black ; head and thorax brassy green, sometimes with a coppery tint ; elytra bright cupreous, 

 the sides brassy green, of the male shining, of the female sub-opaque. Head smooth, with an 

 elongate shallow fovea on each side between the eyes. Tliorax a trifle broader than long, slightly 

 narrowed behind, postein'or angles nearly rectangular, convex in front, depressed behind, smooth, 

 with a deeply impressed central longitudinal line, and two deep linear rugose longitudinal 

 impressions on each side at the base, the outer one bounded externally by a ridge. Elytra a trifle 

 wider than the thorax, elongate, deeply striate, the striaj impunctate, interstices somewhat convex, 

 the third with three large punctures. Beneath greenish black. Length, 5-6 lines. 



Local, but widely distributed. Charlton, Weybridge, Toll-cross near Glasgow. 



Fig. 30. ZABRUS OBESUS, Dejean, Curtis. (F. Feroniida;. G. Zabrus, Clairville.) 



Robust, convex, black, thorax with a brassy, elytra with a greenish, olivaceous or coppery tint. 

 Head wide with two shallow impressions between the antenna^. Thorax transverse, slightly 

 narrowed in front, its sides rounded, base broadly emarginate, margins punctate, disk smooth, with 

 a faint central longitudinal impressed line. Elytra ovate, striate, the stria; smooth or very 

 minutely and obsoletely punctate, interstices slightly convex, with a series of punctures on the 

 lateral margin. Beneath black ; tibia; and tarsi pitchy red. Length, 7-8 lines. 



Inhabits the Pyrenees, but only at high altitudes : introduced, but erroneously, into the British 

 List on the authority of a specimen said to have been taken in Devonshire by Dr. Leach. 



Fig. 31. CALLISTUS LUNATUS, Fa6., Cwrfe. [F. ChlffinUdfe. G. Callistus, Boneffi.] 



Head black with a blue tint, rather thickly and coarsely punctate, smooth in front ; palpi, 

 mandibles and two basal joints of antenna; rusty-red. Thorax rusty-red, heart-shajied, convex, very 

 thickly, somewhat less coarsely punctate than the head, posterior angles acute. Elytra ovate, 

 faintly striate, the dorsal stria> with a few indistinct punctures, yellow, each with three bluish- 

 black patches, the first small, transverse, .at the base just .above the shoulder ; the second transverse, 

 situate a little behind the middle, and extending from the lateral margin to the first stria ; the 

 third occupying the apex with the exception of its extreme tip, united with the second at the 

 outer margin and extending to the suture. Beneath bluish-black. Thighs black, testaceous at 

 the base ; tibia; p.ale yellow, with the base and tips black, tarsi pitchy-brown. Length, 3 lines. 



Local, and apparently restricted to the chalk. Dover, Canterbury, and Folkestone, Kent ; 

 Jlickleham, near Reigate, and near Croydon, Surrey. 



Fig. 32. CHL^NIUS SULCICOLLIS, Payk., Curtis. [F. Cbiijeniida;, G. Chtenius, 

 Bonelli?^ 



Aliove black, opaque. Head with two longitudinal impressions between the antenna;. Thorax 

 transverse, narrowed in front, its sides reflexed, with a dense, short, yellowish-brown pubescence, 

 punctate, the pnucturcs coarse and sparse on the anterior portion, fine, thick, and somewhat con- 

 fluent behind ; central longitudmal channel broad and ruggedly punctate, dilated posteriorly, not 

 extending to the base, and on each side a broad punctate impression ascending as far as the middle. 



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