300 PHYTOPHAOA. f 



colour extremely variable, usually coppery with the thorax greenish nr 

 bluish, but sometimes entirely coppery, metallic green or bluish-green, vio- 

 laceou?, deep blue, cyaneous-blaek, or black ; head diffusely punctured, 

 antennae black, with the first joint coloured like the upper surface ; thorax 

 short, narrower in front than behind, thickly and finely punctured ; 

 elytra irregularly, thickly and rather strongly punctured, with an inter- 

 mixture of finer punctures; legs metallic. L. 4-5} mm. 



Male with the last ventral segment truncate at apex and impressed with 

 a small fovea. 



Grassy places; by sweeping, &c. ; local, but not uncommon in many districts; 

 London district, rather widely distributed ; Hastings; Holm Bush, Brighton ; New 

 Forest; Swansea; Bui-mouth ; Dean Forest; Bewdley Forest; Burnt Wood, St:if- 

 fordshire; Matlock ; Teesdale (an entirely green variety taken by Kev. W. C. 

 Hey) ; Northumberland and Durham district ; Scotland, local, Solway, Tweed, Fortb, 

 and Moray districts. 



C. g-oetting-ensis, L. Oval, violaceous, with the base of the 

 antennae, the palpi, and the tarsi ferruginous ; head diffusely and finely 

 punctured, antennae rather long ; thorax very transverse, with sides 

 slightly rounded, more narrowed in front in the male than in the female, 

 thickly and finely punctured, sides more strongly punctured ; elytra 

 thickly punctured, the punctuation being fine and consisting of larger and 

 smaller punctures intermingled ; legs, except tarsi, obscurely violaceous. 

 L. 6}-9 mm. 



Male with the last joint of the maxillary palpi, and the tarsi, strongly 

 dilated. 



Sundy and chalky places ; under stones, on grass stems, Ac. ; not common ; 

 Befkenlmm, Darenth Wood, Sittingbourne, Chatham, Chiselhurst, Orpington, Belve- 

 dere. Croydon, Guildford, Ashford, Addington, Bromley, Mickleham ; Hertford; 

 Folk* stone; Southwold ; Alverstoke ; Porlock, near Exmoor, Devon ; Buth ; near 

 Burt<n-ou-Trf nt ; Stephens records it from Edinburgh, but this is probably an 

 en or, as it has not been recorded from any of the more northern counties of Eng- 

 land, nor does Dr. Sharp include it in his Scotch list. 



C. graminis, L. A large and conspicuous species, oblong-oval, 

 very convex, of a bright golden-green colour, with the thorax, suture, 

 and a more or less obscure band on elytra bright green or blue, margins 

 of elytra usually coppery ; head diffusely punctured, antennae rather 

 long, metallic, basal joints usually more or less ferruginous; thorax with 

 sides very slightly rounded, broadest about middle, with the disc 

 diffus -ly and finely punctured, sides coarsely punctured; elytra thickly 

 and strongly and almost rugosely punctured, with very fine punctures 

 and scratches in the interstices; legs metallic green. L. 7-10| mm. 



Male smaller than female, with the anal segment thickly pilose, and 

 the last ventral segment of the abdomen somewhat swollen, impressed 

 with a central line, and truncate at apex. 



In marshy places ; on Tunacetum vulgare, also on species of Mentha, and on sallows ; 

 local, nnd chiefly coufined to the fen districts ; Soham and Wicken Fen, Cambridge 

 (in numbers) ; Ely; Burwell Fen ; Huntingdonshire ; Bretby Park, near Burton-on- 

 Trent (E. Brown) ; Archdeacon Hey used to take it in some numbers on tansy near 

 York, and it has occurred at Dover. 



