HARPALID^. — CHL^NIUS. 77 



or Jess pubescent, and are usually of beautiful tints of green and 

 cupreous ; they usually reside in marshy places, on the margins of 

 rivers and ponds, or beneath stones in damp hedges. 



A. With the thorax broader behind than before. 



f Sp. 1. sulcicollis. Niger, ihorace antice sparse punctata, postice trisulcato, 

 punctatissimo, elytris obsolete punctato-striatis, interstitiis rugoso-granulatis. 

 (Long. corp. 6 lin.) 



Ca. sulcicollis. Paykul. — Ch. sulcicollis. Curtis, ii. pi. 83. — Steph. Catal. No. 

 105. 



" Black : antennae, excepting the three first joints, covered with fuscous hair : 

 head smooth, shining: thorax narrowed and sparingly punctured before, 

 scabrose behind, where it is covered with short brown hair, sides scabrose, 

 shghtly reflexed, a channel down to the centre, with four longitudinal elevated 

 shining lines, the exterior one furcate, and large punctures between them : 

 scutellum smooth : elytra scabrose, thickly covered with short brown hairs, 

 interspersed with a few am'eous ones, an abbreviated stria next the scutellum, 

 and eight others extending the whole length on each elytron." 



Being unable to examine the only specimen of this insect which 

 has been captured in England, I have transcribed the possessor's 

 description. The specimen in question was found (dead) at Cove- 

 hithe, in Suffolk. 



Sp. 2. holosericeus. Plate V. f. 4. — Obscure-ceneus, thorace rugoso, elytris 

 striatis, interstitiis rugoso-granulatis, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long, 

 corp. 6 lin.) 



Ca. holosericeus. Fahricius.—C\\. holosericeus. Steph. Catal. No. 106. 



Black : head shining brass ; slightly punctulate, with a transverse impression 

 between the antennae : thorax short, transverse, above rather depressed, dusky, 

 black, clothed with a glossy yeUowish-brown down, thickly rugose-punctate ; 

 with a slight channel in the middle, and an obsolete oblong fovea on each side 

 near the hinder angle: elytra ovate, rather convex, dusky-black, with yellowish- 

 brown pubescence, obsoletely striated, the interstices transversely granulated, 

 the second stria from the margin with several deep foveas : labrum, mouth, 

 and palpi pitchy-black : legs and body beneath glossy black. 



A local insect, found in marshy places ; it M'as formerly in three 

 or four collections only; but in August, 1826, several specimens 

 were taken by Mr. Weaver, on the borders of Whittlesea Mere ; 

 and Mr. S. Hanson found one at Fen Ditton, Berks. 



Sp. 3. nigricornis. Capita sublcevi, thorace punctata citpreo-oeneo, elytris viridibus 

 subpunctato-striatis subtilissime granulatis, antennaruni articula p'imo pedi.- 

 busqiie piceis. (Long, corp* 4^-5 lin.) 



Ca. nigricornis. Fabricius. — Ch. nigricornis. Steph. Catal. No. 107. 

 Mandibulata, Vol. I. 1st January, 1828. l 



