CKryfometal ^ 469 



Chvvfom, futgida. Fabr, EteiiU i, 4SZ, jp^ 

 ScHonh. fynon^ 2, 247. ^4, 



Hibitat in pratis aridis, fat frequensj van 

 c, tamen apud nos raro occurrit* Doni. 



Schonnevr^ 



Defcr* loter majoreg, Chr« Sang^uinolenta fere 

 Jongior. ftrd paullo anguftior. Caput rotund^tum, 

 viridi.aeneum, fubtiUcer pun6tulatum, fronte obfo- 

 lete canaiicalaU, fupra os rotundatim deprelTa ; ocu« 

 li oblonsii , bfunnei; os piceum, labro viridi seneo, 

 Ancctinae thorace longiores, t^nues, coeruleo vire* 

 fcentes , extrorfum nigro- fufcae, articulis dnobns 

 biifeos fubtus ferrugfn::is. Thurax brevis, transver- 

 fus, anrice late, frd minu$ prefunde emarginatus, 

 , lateribu« rotundatus, angufte marginatus, vix in- 

 craiiatus, bad fub. iinuatu», angulis acutis; fupr* 

 valde convexus, viridi- seneus, certo (itu faepe coe- 

 ruieo- micans, crebre punftatui, punftis verfus la- 

 tera mijonbus, conHuentibus^ 5'cutellum triangula- 

 re, coeruleo-virefcens, laeve* Elytra thorace latio- 

 ra, & quintupki longiora, lupra valde convexa, vi- 

 ridi-aenea, nitida, verfus lafera aareo-senea, futura 

 & plaga media lonj^itudinali certo fitu coeruleo - mi- 

 canaa, crebre punftata, punftis verfus latera & fa« 

 turam fub- feriatis. Corpus fubtus viridi* aureum, 

 nitidifnmum , parce pun^lulatum. Pedes longiufculi^ 

 ▼iridi aenei, nitidi, fpongiis tarfuum cinereis* 



Vair* b, differt tantum colore paginae fLiperioris 

 coeruleo-violaceo; oblique infpefta, color viridi-3C* 

 ncus tamen translucet, (aitem verfus margines. 



Var. c, etiam colore tantum differt, ut in dit- 

 Snoii indicatiim^ io cacteris Tero 11« fun^uio diver-; 



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