112 SERRicousiA. 



slmrp and strongly carinatc ; scutolhuu large, closely punctured ; elytra 

 with rather fine punctured strife which are deep at base, interstices 

 finely punctured and transversely rugose ; legs black, with claws, and 

 often knees, red. L. 12-16 mm. 



Male narrower than female, with thorax longer in proportion and more 

 parallel-sided in front ; antennai longer, strongly pectinate, the processes 

 of the joints being twice as long as the joints themselves. 



Female broader, with thorax more convex and rounded in front j an- 

 tennae shorter, strongly serrate. 



By sweeping long grass, Ac. ; local ; not, apparently, found in the London district 

 or the south of England ; Bewdley Forest ; Knowle uud Coleshill, near Birmingham ; 

 Malvern Hills; North Wales; banks of Bollin, Cheshire; Staffordshire ; Langworth 

 Wood, Lincoln; Yorkshire; Bowdon, Manchester; Northumberland, Cumberluud, 

 and Durham district ; Scotland, rare, Tweed, Forth, and Arygle districts. 



C. cuprous, F. (Ctenicerus cupreus, Latr.). Rather smaller on an 

 average than the preceding, to which it bears a strong superficial re- 

 semblance as far as structure is concerned ; thorax coppery, greenish, or 

 reddish, elytra with apical half or third dark, more or less distinctly 

 metallic, usually greenish or coppery, basal portion yellowish-testaceous, 

 the testaceous colour extending to middle or considerably beyond middle, 

 shoulders with a metallic patch on each ; head coarsely punctured, 

 antennae black; thorax much as in the preceding species, but more 

 closely punctured and duller ; elytra with rather fine punctured striae 

 which are deep at base, interstices finely punctured and transversely 

 rugose ; legs black, claws, and often knees, red ; the colour of the upper 

 surface is very variable. L. 12-14 mm. 



The sexual differences are much as in the preceding, except that the 

 processes of the joints in the pectinate antennae of the male are con- 

 siderably shorter, being not much longer than the joints. 



By sweeping, &c.; local; often found in company with the preceding, and like it 

 not occurring apparently in the London district or the south of England; there is 

 only one record, from Exeter, which may perhaps be a true one, as it occurs in the 

 west ; Norwich ; Dean Forest ; Cheltenham ; Birmingham district ; Llangollen ; 

 North Wales, Snowdon, Llanheris, Llyfnant Valley near Glandovey, &c. ; Canuock 

 Chase ; Church Strettou, Cheshire ; Hepton ; Needwood, Staffordshire ; Langworth 

 Wood, Lincoln; Harrogute; Eipon ; Tcesdalc ; Isle of Man; Lancashrre; North- 

 umberland and Durham district ; Scotland, common, Solway, Forth, Clyde, Tay, 

 Dee, and Moray districts ; Ireland, Dublin, Newcastle co. Down, Armagh, Antrim, 

 Ac., and probably generally distributed. 



V. ceruginosus, F. This variety has the upper surface unicolorous, of 

 a bright reddish-coppery or violet-coppery colour, shot with green if 

 held against the light. 



Occurs with the type, and is not uncommon. 



In this species the female appears as a rule to be much rarer than 

 the male, but Stephens records an instance of the captuie of a large 



