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bouchon de liege cacheté, et envoyé A Bory de Saint Vincent, cet 
insecte devint loccasion de ma délivrance.” 
I. Thorax and base ofelytrared . . . . . . . =. . N.RUFICOLLIS, F, 
IJ. Thorax and elytra dark blue. 
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N. ruficollis, Ff. Oblong, shining, clothed with long villose 
pubescence ; head bluish-black, antenne black with base reddish, 
thorax and base of elytra and legs bright red, elytra, except base, 
cyaneous, abdomen black; head and thorax finely punctured, the 
former rather large, with eyes prominent; the latter almost as long as 
broad, with sides rounded, posterior angles obtuse; elytra depressed, 
considerably broader than thorax, slightly widened behind, with very 
fine punctured strive, interstices very broad, regularly and finely, but 
distinctly, punctured. L. 43-5 mm. 
In dry carcases, skins, &c., and about old bones; locally common, and sometimes 
very abundant; London district, common; Broadstairs; Dover; Lowestoft ; 
Hastings ; Weymouth; Devon; Bristol; Swansea; Smallheath, near Birmingham ; 
Repton ; Sherwood Forest; Manchester; Northumberland and Durham district ; 
Scotland, rare, Solway and Forth districts ; Ireland, near Belfast. 
N. violacea, L. Smaller than the preceding, entirely cyaneous, 
with the antenne and legs black; it may also be distinguished both 
from this and the following species by the strong rows of punctures on 
the elytra, which become feebler towards apex ; the interstices are 
narrow, and are very finely punctured; the upper surface is rather 
sparingly clothed with blackish villose pubescence ; the elytra are 
rather more convex than in NV. ruficoilis, and are somewhat uneven. 
L. 33-4 mm. 
In dead animals, dry skins, &e.,and often on flowers; local, and not so common 
as the preceding; London district, rather common; Hastings; Brighton; New 
Forest ; Glanvilles Wootton; Swansea; Bewdley; Knowle; Repton; Manchester ; 
Northumberland and Durham district; Scotland, local, Solway, Tay, Dee, and 
Moray districts; Ireland, near Dublin. 
N.rufipes, De G. (Agonolia rufipes, Muls.). Very like the pre- 
ceding, but easily distinguished by the entirely red legs and red base of 
antenne, and also by the much finer punctuation of the elytra, which 
rather resembles that of NV. ruficollis, but is somewhat stronger; the 
thorax is more transverse than in NV. violacea, and the elytra more even ; 
the pubescence on the elytra is shorter and on the thorax longer, the 
difference being rather more marked than in either of the other two 
species. L. 33-4 mm. 
In careases ; about old bones, &e.; local; London district, rather common ; Wey- 
mouth; Devon; Sherwood; Scarborough; Manchester district ; Northumberland 
and Durham district; Scotland, Tweed and Solway districts; Ireland, Belfast, 
Larne, &e. 
