Plate II. 



Fig. 10. DRYPTA DENTATA, Rossi. [F. Dryptidre. G. Diypta, Fahricius.] (D. 

 emarginata, Fab., Curtis.) 



Bright green, or blue with a greenish tint ; clothed with a short, sub-erect, amber yellow 

 pubescence ; labrum, mandibles, palpi, legs, and antennas red, the latter with the apex of the first 

 and third joints, and a patch on the second, dusky. Head and thorax thickly and coarsely 

 punctate. Elytra deeply striate, the striaj deeply punctate, interstices flat, punctured. Length, 

 4 lines. 



Exceedingly local, and rare. Lyme Regis, Dorset ; Faversham, Kent ; Hastings, Sussex ; 

 Luccombe, Isle of Wight ; and Alverstoke, Hants. 



Fig. 11. LEBIA TURCICA, Fab., Curtis. \F. Lebiidfe. G. Lebia, Latr?^ 



Black ; mouth, antennje, thorax, scutellum and legs red ; elytra with a large triangular pale 



yellow humeral patch extending to the second stria, the striaj fine but deep, minutely punctate, 



interstices obsoletely punctate, the third with two large punctures contiguous to the third stria ; 



abdomen with a pitchy red patch in the middle beneath. Length, 2-2^ lines. 

 Taken by the late Dr. Leach in Oakhampton Park, Devon. 



Fig. 12. LEBIA CYANOCEPHALA, Linn. [F. Lebiida:. G. Lebia, Latr.l (Lamprias 

 cyanocephalus, Curtis.) 



Shining blue, sometimes with a purple tint ; basal joint of antennje, thorax, and legs red ; rest 

 of antcnnaj, apex of thighs, and tarsi black. Elytra finely punctate — striate, interstices con- 

 spicuously punctate. Length, 2|-3J lines. 



Appears partial to the chalk, and occurs in many places in the south of England, beneath 

 stones, in moss, and by brushing. Darenth, Kent ; Reigate and Mickleham, Surrey, &c. 



Fig. 13. POLYSTICHUS VITTATUS, Brulle. [F. Dryptidse. G. Polystichus, Bonelli.'] 

 (P. fasciolatus. Fab., Curtis, but not of Rossi.) 



Above, pitchy brown, with a long yellow pubescence ; a central longitudinal stripe on each 

 elytron, .nntennai and legs ferruginous. Head and thorax thickly and deeply punctate. Elytra 

 deeply striate, the striaj finely punctate, interstices very thickly and finely punctate, with a row of 

 large punctures between the outer stria and the margin. Length, 4-4,1 lines. 



Excessively local, but occasionally abundant. South wold, Sufl'olk ; Cley, Norfolk ; Sandown, 

 Isle of Wight ; and near Hastings, Sussex. 



Fig. 14. ODACANTHA MELANURA, Linn., Curtis. \_F. Odacanthids. G. Odacantha, 



Pa^Jkull.'\ 



Head and thorax bright bluish green, the latter sub-cylindrical, much narrower than the head, 

 transversely wrinkled, sparsely and coarsely punctate, with a fine central longitudinal impressed 

 line. Mandibles red ; palpi and antenna black, the latter with the three basal joints and the 

 extreme base of the fourth yellowish red. Elytra yellowish red, with a bluish-black apical 

 patch, finely striate-punctate, interstices smooth. Abdomen bluish black ; breast, yellowish red ; 

 legs, yellowish red ; tips of thighs, black ; tarsi, pitchy. Length, 31 lines. 



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