ChrytomelaJ] PHTTOPHAOI. 303 



af. Length 8-11 mm. ; form convex ; elytra 

 with suture and margins obscurely 



bluish, or coppery C. GBAMIXIS, L. 



bf. Length 6-7 mm. ; form depressed ; 

 elytra with the suture broadly blue, 

 and a broad longitudinal blue band on 



each C. FASTUOSA, Scop. 



b. Upper surface marked with longitudinal bands 

 of brilliant green, red, purple and copper 



colour C. CRBBALIB, L. 



3. Elytra confusedly punctured, with more or less 

 distinct rows of larger punctures. 



A. Larger punctures small and arranged near to- 

 gether, interstices comparatively strongly 



punctured C. DIDTMATA, Scriba. 



B. Large punctures very coarse and arranged at 

 the sides in pairs, interstices very finely punc- 

 tured C. HYPEBICI, Fortt. 



C. sangruinolenta, L. Of rather long oval, elliptic form, deep 

 black, sometimes with a bluish reflection, margins of the elytra red ; 

 antennae thickened towards apex, with the first two joints yellow under- 

 neath ; thorax very transverse, with the side margins raised, disc finely 

 and moderately closely punctured ; elytra rather long with coarse punc- 

 tuation which is confluent ; legs black, rather stout. L. 7-9 mm. 



Male with the three first joints of the tarsi strongly dilated, and the 

 last ventral segment of the abdomen somewhat swollen. 



On dry grassy places and sandy hills; local; Scotland, local, Clyde, Sutherland, 

 Orkney, and Shetland districts. 



C. marg-inalis, Duft. (distinguenda, Steph. C. sanguinolenta, 

 var., (1) auct.). Very like the preceding, but differing by its bluer 

 colour, shorter and more oval form, and the less confluent punctuation 

 of the elytra ; the antennae also are less thickened and the disc of the 

 thorax is almost smooth ; the colour of the side margins of the elytra 

 and of the under-side of the first two joints of the antennae is also brighter 

 and more marked. L. 7-8 mm. 



Grassy places ; on the flowers of Linaria, Ac. ; local ; London district not uncom- 

 mon ; Chatham, Belvedere, Plumstcad, Croydon, Cowfold, Boundatone ; Gorleston, 

 Norfolk ; Pegwell Bay ; Abbey Wood; Southampton ; Swansea ; Malvern ; Scotland, 

 rare, Forth district. 



C. margrinata, L. Oblong, moderately convex, upper surface bronze 

 or reddish-bronze, with the thorax often darker than the elytra, which 

 have a broad and well-defined yellowish-red border ; head very finely 

 punctured, antennae dark with base red ; thorax diffusely and finely 

 punctured on disc, coarsely at sides where there is a trace of a raised 

 fold, especially at base ; elytra more shining in male than in female, 

 finely punctured, with rows of larger punctures ; legs pitchy. L. 

 5-7 mm. 



Male with the elytra shining, the anterior tarsi strongly dilated, and 

 the last ventral segment of the abdomen slightly convex. 



