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side bl-ick with a green metallic reflection ; the head is mostly yellow, much narrower 

 than protliorax, which is larg'c and sul)([iiadrate, a little narrowed in front ; tlic 

 nuiscular inipiessions on all the segments are large and well marked, those on the pro- 

 thorax being the snitdJest ; the cerci are about twice as long as the anal appendage, 

 yellow, with base and apex black ; the claws are of equal length. In the larva of 

 C. nigricornis the colour of the dorsal shields is asneous-black, and the whole cerci are 

 black ; the form, too, is flatter and more robust. The larva lives in damp places, aud 

 runs actively in the sunshine. 



I. Elytra with yellow border ; epipleura; yellow . . . . C, VESTITUS, Fayk. 



II. Elytra without yellow border; epipleurai concolorous 



with elytra, 

 i. Upper surface strongly metallic, greenish or reddish 

 bronze ; piostcrnal process punctured between cox:b. 



1. Anteunie with two or three first joints red ; posterior 



angles of thorax well marked C. Sciirankii, Dufl. 



2. Antenna with fnst joint only red ; posterior angles 



of thorax very blunt, almost rounded C. ^■IGRICOKNJS, F. 



ii. Upper surface very slightly metallic of a silky fuscous 

 colour; prostcrnal process not punctured between the 



coxa) C. HOLOSKRICEUS, F. 



C. vestitus, Payk. {viridqmnctatin^, Gaze). Head and thorax 

 green, nioutk palpi and antennje testaceous ; thorax subcordate, rather 

 long, with sides rotmded from below the anterior angles to behind middle 

 and thence straight to base, posterior angles right angles ; central furrow 

 of thorax al>breviatcd in front and behind, not reaching margins; elytra 

 much broader than thorax, dull green, with rusty yellow pubescence, 

 with lateral margins narrowly and apex broadly yellow, striated, interstices 

 linely granulated ; legs testaceous. L. 9-11 mm. 



Under stones and refuse iu damp places ; rather local, hut widely distributed. 

 Common in the London district; Kent; Somerset; Repton ; Tewkesbury; Caunock 

 Chase ; Isle of Wight ; not recorded from the north of England or Scotland ; Irelaud, 

 near Dublin, and other localities. 



C. Schrankii, Duft. {nUldulut^, Schraid<). Head brilliant grceu, 

 llinrax and scutellum coppery ; antennae dark, with three basal joints 

 ltd ; mouth parts red ; thorax coarsely and deeply punctured, pimctures 

 often confluent, with central furrow not so plainly marked as in the 

 preceding species, abbreviated before and behind, posterior angles dis- 

 tinct, prominent ; elytra greenish, sometimes bluish, with thick and close 

 rusty yellowish pubescence, striated, interstices finely granulated ; legs 

 reddish testaceous, femora darker. L. 11-12 mm. 



Very rare; Kemp Town, Brighton, one example (Dr. Power); Luccomhc Chine, 

 Isle of Wight, in some numbers (Mr. G. Lewis) ; found in damp places in moss, &c. 



C. nig-ricornis, F. A'cry like the preceding, but easily distinguished 

 by its rather smaller form, less smooth head, roundeil posterior angles of 

 tliorax, and the fact that the mouth, antennae (except one lighter basal 

 joint), and legs are pitcliy black : the tibiiu are lighter towards apex. 

 L. 10-11 mm. 



'J"he van ii}r/a)ior(jnus, JJej., has the moutli, aud llie lirst and some- 



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