62 ADEPHAGA, [PferosHclius. 



Widely distributed and common in England and Ireland ; Scotland, common, 

 Lowliinds. 



The variety P. affinis, Sturm, has the legs entirely red. 



P. versicolor, Sturm (^>a«r-/se^a, Thoms., ccerulescens, L. (1)). Yery 

 like the preceding, of which it has by many authors been considered a 

 variety, but it is usually smaller and of a brighter colour, and is distinct 

 by its smooth head, and the fact that the hiiid tibise are furnished w^ith 

 about six bristles on their inner side instead of about ten as in P. cupreus. 

 L. 10 mm. 



Widely distributed and ratber common in tbe middle and soutb of England and 

 Ireland ; in tbe uortb of England and in Scotland it is mucb commoner tban tbe 

 preceding. 



P. dimidiatus, OL Oblong ; head and thorax shining coppery red, 

 elytra brilliant metallic green, sometimes blackish, antennae black or fus- 

 cous brown with the two first joints red underneath ; thorax subquadrate, 

 with sides evenly rounded, posterior angles obtuse, with plain dorsal 

 furrow, base rugose with two oblong depressions, the outer one shortest ; 

 elytra hardly broader than thorax, with well marked and strongly 

 punctured striae ; legs black. L. 1 3-14 mm. 



Rare ; it used to be taken abundantly on Hampstead Heatli and Wandswortb 

 Common ; Wimbledon, Bcdvedere, Sbirley, Barnes, Red Hill, Reigate, Coombe Wood ; 

 also recorded from Folkestone; New Forest, near Lyndburst. 



P. lepidus, r. Narrower and more oblong than the preceding 

 species, apterous; colour variable as in P. cupreus, but usually cop- 

 ])ery, males shining, females dull, antennse and palpi entirely black ; 

 thorax narrower and more quadrate than in P. dimidiatus, with sides 

 straighter and more contracted behind, and the basal depressions deeper 

 and stronger ; elytra oblong, with moderately strong striae which are 

 almost impunctate ; legs wholly black. L. 11-12 mm. 



Very local; Dartford, Esber, Cbarlton, Weybridge, Cbobbam ; Cannock Cbase (dis- 

 covered by Mr. W. G. Rlatcb, vybo found it in some numbers) ; New Forest; Scotland, 

 very local, Lowlands, Tay, Moray, Clyde ; Ireland, Waterford. Dawson gives tbe 

 following as localities: Norfolk, Dfevon, Hants, Ely, Cambridge, Nortbampton, Hert- 

 ford, and Dareutb Wood. 



(Sub-Gen. Steropus, Megerle.) 



I. Tbird interstice of elytra with one impression (on posterior 



tbird) S. MADIDUS, F. 



II. Tliird interstice of elytra witb three or four almost equi- 

 distant impressions S. iETHiops, Panz. 



P. madidus, F. Shining black, apterous, antennae black fuscous 

 towards apex ; thorax with sides evenly rounded, somewhat narrowed 

 towards base, posterior angles rounded, with distinct dorsal furrow, base 

 with a deep fovea on each side close to angle ; elytra ovate, convex, with 

 moderately strong stria* which are obsoletely punctured, third interstice 



