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ami the tibiae and tarsi clear testaceous-red ; the finely punctured head 

 and thorax will easily separate it from 6'. hortensit. L. 2i-2f ram. 



Marshy places ; by sweeping herbage, and in moss ; very local, bat occasionally 

 not uncommon where it occurs; Wimbledon, Kslior, Tilgate; Ashdown ; Shipley, 

 near Horsham; New Forest; Quy Fen, Cambridge (one specimen only ( Power) ); 

 Portland ; Manchester district (Chuppell). 



C. hortensia, Fourc. (aridella, Payk.). Oblong oval, moderately 

 convex, of a coppery bronze colour, not very shining ; head with strong 

 and very close punctuation, antennae dark with the base clear red (a 

 character that will distinguish it from mature specimens of all our other 

 species); thorax short, in the male almost twice as broad as long, in the 

 female about half as broad again as long, with sides slightly rounded 

 and narrowed in front, very thickly and rather deeply punctured ; wings 

 present ; elytra more shining than thorax, and distinctly broader at base, 

 with rows of rather strong punctures, the central ones being more or less 

 irregular and double towards base ; legs testaceous, with all the femora 

 dark. L. 2-2 f mm. 



By sweeping herbage ; generally distributed and common in the London and 

 South-eastern districts, and probably from the Midlands southwards ; it apparently 

 becomes rarer further north, and is only recorded from one locality in the North- 

 umberland and Durham district, viz. " Wooler Haugh, Mr. J. Hardy-;" Dr. Sharp 

 only records it from the Moray district of Scotland, but U of the opinion that it 

 probably occurs in several other localities. Ireland, near Dublin and Watcrford. 



C. Sahlbergri, Gyll., nee Wat. Cat. Oblong-ovate, convex, of a dark 

 bluish or greenish-blue colour, sometimes cyaneous or violaceous, and 

 occasionally aeneous green ; it resembles C. wbccerulea, from which it may 

 easily be known by its more strongly punctured head and shorter and 

 stouter antennae ; antennae dark with the base more or less red, the 

 upper surface of the first joint and of the apex of the second, and some- 

 times of the following, being dark ; thorax convex, closely and strongly 

 punctured ; elytra a little broader at base than thorax, with coarse rows 

 of punctures, the central ones being more or less irregular and double 

 towards base, interstices very finely alutaccous, shining ; legs somewhat 

 variable in colour, femora all dark, tibiie and tar.-,i ferruginous or 

 testaceous, clear or more or less inftiscate. L. 2-2 -J- mm. 



On Cartx, and occasionally on the Cranberry ( Vaccinium Orycoctof); very rare, 

 and .fU?n represented in collections by ('. subcaruUa ; it has been taken \>\ Dr. Power 

 at Quy Ft 11, Cambridge, and by Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Lawsou near Scarborough, 

 and I found one specimen of the a>neous green variety at Westward Ho! X. Df\ >>. 

 at the end of August or beginning of September. 1883 ; it has al*o been recorded 

 from Wimbledon, Bluckdown (Devon}, and the Bollin Valley, Cheshire, but I l..i\i- 

 not closely examined any of these specimens. 



Herr Keitter, to whom I submitted this specimen, is of opinion that it is a 

 variety of C. hortentis, but the general form and appearance is certainly rather 

 that of C. Safilbergi. and the colour of the basal joints of the ntenua- is also tint of 

 the latter upecit-s ; <'. kortcmif appears always to have the basal joint* clear red. 



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