4 ADEPUAGA. [Cirindela. 



rax, margins of elytra and chief part of legs brilliant coppery red ; elytra 

 ovate, much wider than thorax, finely shagreened with five white 

 markings on each ; under surface of abdomen shining green, of thorax and 

 breast coppery red except in middle ; legs pilose, tarsi green ; in the 

 female there is nearly alwaj's a small black spot near suture towards 

 base, which is obsolete in the male. L. 11-15 mm. 



Commou and generally distributed in sandy places, especially in spring and early 

 summer, througliout the kingdom. The var.funehris is almost black, and is found 

 very rarely in the Clyde district of Scotland (Loch Long, &c.) ; in the Isle of Wight 

 there is a dark dirty green variety, which is common in April. In the last European 

 catalogue (Heyden, Reitter, and Weise, 1883) seventeen named varieties are men- 

 tioned. 



C. hybrida, L. Brownish or greenish bronze with purplish re- 

 flection ; thorax quadrate, scarcely narrowed behind, sides clothed with 

 long white hairs ; elytra more coarsely shagreened than in C. campestris, 

 granulated, with three irregular white bands on each at shoulder, apex, 

 and in middle, the latter simply waved ; underside purplish green 

 with the breast and sides of thorax coppery red ; legs metallic (red, 

 green, and purple), very pubescent, tarsi greenish or purplish. L. 12-15 

 mm. 



Local ; Wallasey and Crosby sandhills, Cheshire and Lancashire ; Swansea, Crymlyn 

 Burrows ; also found in North Wales ; coast of Bristol Channel ; Yarmouth j one speci- 

 men only has been recorded from Scotland, Glenfarg, Tay district. 



V. maritima, Dej. Very like the type, but smaller and mbi'e slender as a rule, 

 and rather more variable in colour. It is easily distinguished by the white central 

 band on elytra being strongly detlcxed and produced towards apex. L. 12 mm. 



Local; sandy coasts; Devonshire; Dorset; Hants; South Wales; Burnham, 

 Somerset; Burnham Market, Norfolk; Cleethoi'pes, Lincolnshire j Birkenhead and 

 Wallasey. 



C. g-ermanica, L. {Cylindrodera germanica, Westwood). Elon- 

 gate, almost cylindrical, bright green, bluish green, olivaceous, or black ; 

 thorax long, narrow, and cylindrical ; elytra narrowed in front, widest 

 towards apex, with three rather variable white spots on each, one at the 

 humeral angle, a larger one about middle near to but not touching 

 margin, and a third, crescent- shaped, stretching along margin of apex ; 

 underside green or purplish-green, sides of thorax and breast coppery ; 

 legs greenish, tibise testaceous. L. 10 mm. 



Black Gang Chine, Isle of Wight ; also recorded by Dawson from Dorset, and by 

 Stephens from Darenth Wood, and from Devonshire. This sj)ecies is found among 

 grass, and flies very rarely, and then close to the ground ; it runs, however, with very 

 great rapidity. It is very local and rare, and, in fact, Black Gang Chine appears to be 

 the only locality iu which it is now taken. 



CARABID-ffi. 



Head usually narrower than thorax ; maxillai with the outer lobe 

 almost always two-jointed, the inner usually curved, acute, set Avith 

 cilia, or spines ; antenna3 inserted behind the base of the mandibles, 

 clypeus not extending laterally in front of insertion of antennae ; abdomen 

 with the three anterior segments connate or soldered together, usually 

 with six ventral segments visible in both sexes, occasionally seven or 



