102 SEKRICOKNIA. [At/tOU4. 



liy sweeping, Ac. ; very rare ; Orkney nml Shetland Islands ; Mr. Chappcll lias 

 recorded it from Llangollcn. Tlie A. tulfuscut of Stephens which he records from 

 the New Forest is only A. viUatu*. 



X.XMONXUS, Eschscholtz. 



This genus is distinguished from At/urns by having the first tarsal 

 joint not or only slightly shorter than second, and from Corymbites, to 

 certain species of which some of its members bear a rather strong 

 superficial resemblance, by the absence of ventral epipleurse, the eyes 

 sunk further in the thorax, and the short and scarcely projecting pos- 

 terior angles of the thorax ; about sixty species are contained in the 

 genus, which are chiefly confined to Europe, Northern Asia, and North 

 America; two or three species have been described from the Australian 

 region; about a dozen occur in Europe, of which three have been 

 reputed as British, but one of these is very doubtfully indigenous, and 

 requires further confirmation. 



I. Lenpth 8-10 mm. ; upper surface distinctly metallic j 

 thorax coarsely and thickly punctured, with central 



furrow distinct L. CYHNDBICUS, Payk. 



II. Length 5-6 mm. ; upper surface not or scarcely 

 metallic ; thorax finely and diffusely punctured, with 



central furrow obsolete L. MINTTTUS, L. 



I*, cylindricus, Payk. (ceniginosus, 01.). Oblong, subcylindrical, 

 elytra somewhat depressed on disc, of a dark and more or less obscure 

 aeneous colour, clothed with distinct greyish pubescence; head strongly 

 punctured, antennae moderately long, obtusely serrate; thorax convex, 

 longer than broad, with sides slightly rounded and narrowed in front, 

 rather strongly and thickly punctured, central furrow distinct, pos- 

 terior angles very slightly projecting; scutellum large, closely punc- 

 tured; elytra parallel-sided, very slightly dilated behind middle, with 

 fine punctured striae, interstices rather finely and thickly punctured 

 and feebly rugose; legs black or pitchy. L. 8-10 mm. 



Male with the antennae longer, and the last joint elongate; female 

 with the antennae shorter and the last joint oblong. 



In damp grassy places ; by sweeping ; local and not common ; Birch Wood, 

 Esher, Woking, Hask-mere, Chertsey, Horsell, Sandhurst; Norfolk; Suffolk; 

 Devon; Swansea; Buruham, Somerset; Hartlebury, Worcestershire; York; Man- 

 chester ; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, local, Solway, Tweed, 

 Forth, and Moray districts ; Ireland, near Dublin, local. 



It. minutus, L. ( $ forticomis, Bach). Much smaller and narrower 

 thin the preceding, black, shining, with or without a slight aeneous 

 reflection, clothed with fine and sparing greyish pubescence ; head 

 strongly punctured, with blackish pubescence, antennae varying in the 

 KCXCS, black, second and third joints small, about equal ; thorax much 

 longer than broad, sparingly and rather finely punctured, with sides sub- 



