The following species have been taken alive in this country, 

 but as C. erythroceplialus is a native of Georgia, and C.Julmi- 

 nans is a North American species also, it is possible they may 

 have been imported in timber, in which they were bred. 



1. C. fulminans Fab. — Oliv. 4. /. 5. f. 63. — Soxverby Brit. 



Misc. tab. 58. 

 "A specimen of this elegant insect (says Mr. Sowerby) 

 was found by a young lady upon some flowers in a garden at 

 Kensington. It is now in the cabinet of the Rev. W. Kirby." 



2. C. arcuatus Linn. — Marsh. — Don. 3. 84. 1. — Panz. 4*. 14. 



— lunatus Gmel. Fab. — detritus Lat. 

 This very local insect appears in June, and is occasionally 

 found in abundance. I once captured a considerable number 

 in a very hot day running over the trunk of a felled tree near 

 a wood in the neighbourhood of Bungav in Suffolk. 



3. C. Arietis Lin7i. — Marsh. — Oliv. — Don. 1. 27. — Panz. 



4. 1 5. — Gazella Fab. 

 This, which is called the Wasp-beetle, is the commonest of 

 the genus, being found on sunny days in June and July in 

 gardens, orchards, roads, &c., but generally upon the trunks 

 of trees ; it runs with great celerity and flies well. Donovan 

 says, " they are exceedingly numerous in Kent, in the pease 

 and bean fields, in May, or on the currant bushes, and are 

 not un frequently taken on the fern." 



4. C. 4-punctatus. 



The SDecimen figured of this valuable insect, was found 

 alive last year upon a window by a gentleman in Norwich, and 

 was given to Mr. J. Sparshall, to whom I am indebted for the 

 opportunity of making a drawing of it. 



5. C. mysticus Linn. — Marsh. — Don. 3. 84. 2. — Panz. 82. 9. 



quadricolor Scop. — litteratus Gmel. 

 This is by no means an uncommon insect round London, 

 especially at Darent in Kent, where it is met with upon the 

 trunks of trees in open pathways near the wood, and upon 

 bushes in the gardens, hedges, &c. in May, June and July. 



6. C. erj^throcephalus jPrti. — Oliv. 4. t. 5.f. 60. — americanus 



Gmel. — acuminatum Fab. 



Mr. Sparshall's cabinet contains a single specimen of this 

 insect, taken alive a few years since in Epping Forest by 

 Mr. Doubleday. 



The plant is Chelidonium majus (Greater Celandine). 



