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Brilliant bronze ; head smooth, with a deep longitudinal line on each side, above 

 the eyes ; the anterior part, with the mandibles, palpi^ and antennae brown, 

 the latter with the apical joint obscure: eyes dusky: thorax broader than 

 the head, very convex and globular, very smooth, with a deep longitudinal 

 line, and an obsolete transverse one on the anterior margin : the elytra are 

 rather broader than the thorax, oblong-oval, quadrate at the base, much 

 rounded at the tip, and very convex; they are strongly striated, the striae 

 being deeply punctured vdth three distinct impressions on the third stria 

 from the suture : the body beneath is dusky brown, with a bronzed tinge : 

 the legs are somewhat ferruginous ; a little tinted with bronze on the thighs : 

 the anterior tibiae are furnished with two strong spines of equal length, and a 

 smaller one towards the tibial notch. 



My specimens of this species-rwhicli are probably synonymous 

 with the CI. elloughtonensis of Spenee's MSS. — were obtained from 

 the collection of the late Mr. Marsham. 



Sp. 2. thoracicus. Supra ceneus, nitidus ; tibiis anticis apice bi- 

 spinosis, extrorsum bidenticulatis ; elytris ovatis, temdter siriato- 

 punctatis ; antennis pedibusque riifo-piceis. (Long. corp. 1| — 

 2 lin.) 



Ca. thoracicus. Payhul. — Dy. thoracicus. Stepli. Catal, No. 48. 



Of a brilliant bronze, and similar to Dy. nitidus, but smaller : the thorax rather 

 shorter, more globose, the longitudinal line less evident: the elytra are rather 

 shorter, broader, more oval, and somewhat more convex, with the striae more 

 obsolete, and the impressed dots less distinct : the antennae and legs are simi- 

 lar : the anterior tibiae have on their external side two teeth, which are more 

 produced than in Dy. nitidus. 



Found on the coast of Norfolk. 



Sp. 3. politus. Supra ceneus, nitidus ; tibiis anticis apice bispino- 

 sis, extrorsum obsolete bidenticulatis ; elytris oblongo-ovatis, te- 

 nuiter striato-punctatis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



CI. polita. De Jean. — Dy. politus. Steph. Catal. No. 49. 



Similar to Dy. nitidus : rather smaller, narrower, and more cylindric : the thorax 

 less globiilar, rather elongated, with the longitudinal line less distinct: the 

 elytra narrower, more elongated, and less convex ; the striae less evident, and 

 the impressed dots very indistinct, 



I possess a pair of this species, but I am unacquainted v/ith their 

 locality. 



Sp. 4. cylindricus. Supra aneus; tibiis anticis apice bispinosis, 

 extrorsum bidenticulatis ; elytris obhngis, iiarcdlclis, striato- 

 punctatis. (Long. corp. 2\ lin.) 



